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Sophie Winkleman in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Sophie Winkleman appears as "Older Susan Pevensie" in the 2005 film production of The Chronicles of Narnia : the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, directed by Adam Adamson.

The Chronicles of Narnia is out now on DVD - you can buy it here.

Sophie in Lewis (spin-off from Inspector Morse)

Sophie Winkleman appeared as Regan Peverill in Reputation, the pilot episode of Lewis, which focuses on the ongoing career of Lewis from Inspector Morse. When the episode aired in January 2006, it pulled in over 11m viewers. Given the success of the pilot, a new series of Lewis has since followed. The pilot episode is available to buy now on DVD.

Sophie Winkleman in Peep Show

Sophie featured in a number of episodes of Peep Show, an innovative Channel 4 sitcom about two twenty-something flat sharing men, Mark (David Mitchell) and Jeremy (Robert Webb). Sophie Winkleman is Big Suze, Jeremy's ex-girlfriend, who also once shared a flat with him.

Poirot, Five Little Pigs

Poirot, Five Little Pigs - featuring Sophie Winkleman alongside David Suchet aired on ITV on Sunday 14 December 2003 at 9pm. For more information on this episode including cast, synopsis and an interview with Sophie, click here. If you missed the programme, you can see Sophie's performance by buying the DVD of 5 Little Pigs online.

Latest: Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off

Sophie played Sophie De Montfort in this radio play, written and conceived by comedian Marcus Brigstocke (Have I Got News For You) and Jeremy Salsby. The latest series aired during Jan-Feb 2005 on BBC Radio 4.

AD/BC: A Rock Opera

Sophie appeared as one of the wise men in this very alternative version of the nativity story, also featuring Matt Berry and Matt Lucas (from Little Britain). The show, which views events through the eyes of the innkeeper, first aired on BBC3 on 21 December 2004. More information

Sophie Winkleman in Beauty and the Beast with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)

Sophie Winkleman played Veronique, one of Beauty's horrible sisters, in the RSC's production of Beauty and the Beast, which ran from 1 December 2003 until 22 February 2004 at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. The production follows the RSC's previous successes with The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Secret Garden and Alice in Wonderland and is suitable for children aged 7 and over.

Poirot, Five Little Pigs

Poirot, Five Little Pigs - featuring Sophie alongside David Suchet aired on ITV on Sunday 14 December 2003 at 9pm. For more information on this episode including cast, synopsis and an interview with Sophie, click here. You can also buy or rent it on DVD.

Update on "Keen Eddie, Horse Heir"

Sophie Winkleman co-starred in this episode of Keen Eddie. UK viewers saw the show on Saturday 29 November 2003 at 5:00pm on Sky One Mix, repeated the following Sunday 7 December 2003 at 2:00pm on Sky One.

15 October 2003 - Update on "Poirot, Five Little Pigs"

The cast includes: DAVID SUCHET as Hercule Poirot plus RACHAEL STIRLING (Tipping The Velvet), AIDAN GILLEN (Queer as Folk), TOBY STEPHENS (Die Another Day), MARC WARREN (State of Play), JULIE COX (Spooks), GEMMA JONES (Midsomer Murders), PATRICK MALAHIDE (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin), ANNETTE BADLAND (Cutting It), AIMEE MULLENS (Cremaster 3) and, of course, SOPHIE WINKLEMAN.

12 June 2003 - Sophie Winkleman in filming of new Christie "Poirot" TV film, "Five Little Pigs"

Sophie Winkleman features in the first of a new series of TV films based on Agatha Christie's novels. Five Little Pigs, based on the 1943 book, stars David Suchet, reprising his role as Belgian Detective, Hercule Poirot.

The 90 minute episode was written by Kevin Elyot (author of Olivier award-winning comic drama, My Night With Reg) and directed by Paul Unwin (co-creator of BBC's Casualty and whose Director credits include The Bill and Silent Witness).

Filming began in July 2003. US cable network Arts & Entertainment controls the US rights and ITV the UK rights.

This episode is available to rent or buy it on DVD.

10 June 2003 - Sophie Winkleman in Paramount TV's "Keen Eddie"

Sophie appears as Prudence in police drama, "Keen Eddie", produced by Paramount TV. Episode two, Horse Heir, aired in the US on Fox on 10 June 2003. The show stars Mark Valley as a brash American detective who is relocated to London to work with Scotland Yard.

14 April 2003 - Sophie Winkleman stars in the US pilot of "Chasing Alice"

Sophie Winkleman takes the lead role in the pilot of "Chasing Alice" for Warner Brothers Television. The show centres on a Scotland Yard detective who travels to New York in search of her missing sister and, along the way, meets various characters adapted from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Filming finished in April 2003 in Mississauga, Canada. Expected to be shown in US in Autumn 2003.

Director Ralph Hemecker and the producer and production manager all previously worked together on TNT's Witchblade, a highly successful fantasy show about an NYPD detective, the first series of which was sold into over 115 markets worldwide. Writer Scott Lobdell is executive producing with Susanne Daniels.

Ralph Hemecker has previously directed several other TV pilots (including Fox's fantasy-adventure series Roar, starring Heath Ledger, and MTV's Dead at 21), numerous episodes of television series (including The X-Files , Millennium, Strange Luck and Kindred: The Embraced) and the feature film, Double Edge.

Sources: Hollywood Reporter, Playback Magazine, Witchblade.com, Turner Network Television.

Autumn 2002 - filming in Cambridge for "post..." - Catseye Productions (UK)

Filming took place in Cambridge for this short film, which follows the independent stories of three girls whose paths intersect as a result of their involvement with the Cambridge University ADC Theatre (home to the Amateur Dramatic Club and Cambridge Footlights). Sophie Winkleman co-stars as a student actress desperately seeking certainty when faced with agents, contacts, financial and other issues associated with the professional acting world.

post... is written and directed by Debs Paterson (a real life fellow Cambridge graduate), whose independent production company, Catseye Productions, also produces.

More information: post... - mini site from Catseye Productions, ADC Theatre - ADC Theatre site.

Sources: Front Court - Development and Alumni Office - Trinity Hall - Cambridge, Catseye Productions.

3 & 4 Nov 2002 - Waking The Dead - Thin Air - BBC1 (UK)

BBC TV crime drama series. Beautiful 18-year-old, Joanna Gold (Sophie Winkleman) disappeared in broad daylight on London's Hampstead Heath in 1989. Her famous red dress has just been found in a lock-up garage in King’s Cross.

Detective Chief Inspector Peter Boyd, Head of the Metropolitan police's Cold Case Unit, is certain that when he finds the owner of the garage, the case will be solved. But he may be about to make a terrible mistake...

Guest cast also includes Roger Allam (Stranded), Cherie Lunghi (The Manageress) and Jack Ellis (Bad Girls). Written by Ed Whitmore, directed by Edward Bennett.

More information on "Waking The Dead": www.bbc.co.uk/drama/crime/waking/

This episode is available to buy on DVD.

17 Sep 2002 - White Teeth - Channel 4 (UK)

"As hyped as the Zadie Smith debut novel from which it is adapted, White Teeth lives up to everything that it should be and more. White Teeth is a comic-by-turns story of two families, three cultures and the changing face of modern Britain.

The first episode of the four-part adaptation sees the men finding optimism in a life that has largely flashed past their eyes without them in it. In three further episodes, telescoping through the decades with the help of the era's music, the two families will have children. It is this new generation's comic and dysfunctional response to adulthood, their parents and identity that drives White Teeth.

Channel Four's adaptation lives up to the book but arguably betters it. The screenplay captures the book's grand scale and intimacy. But it also keeps up the pace where the novel began to flag. Translated to the small screen it is fresh, energetic and effortlessly played out by a great cast".

From "White Teeth sparkles on TV" by Dominic Casciani for news.bbc.co.uk

2001 - Far Too Happy - Cambridge Footlights 2001 tour show (UK)

Cast: Ed Jaspers, Tim Key, Day Macaskill, James Morris, Mark Watson, Sophie Winkleman. Directors: Phil Breen, Owen Powell. Written by the cast and directors.

"This production introduces a range of characters that, despite their hilarity, preserve a certain affinity with the audience. The actors are talented individuals whose performance is enhanced by the interaction of the cast as a whole. Sophie Winkleman clearly displays her versatility as a talented actor and Jaspers gives a priceless portrayal of a taxi driver.

The cast proves to be a winning combination. The material is diverse and so will appeal to many. At one moment the audience may find themselves laughing at a stereotypical portrayal of modern life and then, later, the absurdity and lack of realism of the script. Although, in parts, some people may find the unique material a little strange and nonsensical, this aspect does, in fact, contribute to the hilarious package produced by the intelligent writing, technical expertise and talented delivery".

Adapted from the review by Becky Walker for www.varsity.co.uk

"a funny, unpretentious look at life ... well written, well acted, and subtly funny" - Sam Taylor, The Observer, 12th August 2001.

"Thought-provokingly funny ... astute and macabre ... a real treat, so go." - Jane Denny, Cambridge Evening News, 30th June 2001.

"Impeccably scripted ... a play in its own right, and rather a good one" - Christopher Gray, The Oxford Times, 22nd June 2001.

"This is the future. No straw boaters. No stripey blazers. No fake beards. Footlights, despite your preconceptions, are funny again." - Stefan Golaszewski, The Cambridge Student, 21st June 2001.

Above review extracts from: Cambridge Footlights

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