Sophia Myles was born March 18, 1980 in England. At 16, she starred in a school production of "Teachers" written by Kevin Godber. Among those in attendance, Julian Fellowes, the Oscar winning writer of Gosford Park (2001). Sophia was subsequently cast in the BBC production of "The Prince and the Pauper" (1996). 'Julian Fellowes' worked on the script. Two years after her role in "The Prince and the Pauper" (1996), Sophia was cast as young "Saffron" in the TV mini-series "Big Women" (1998). In 1999, after recently enrolling in Cambridge University to study philosophy, she got a small part in Mansfield Park (1999) playing "Susan Price". Before heading to school, Sophia was cast as "Agnes Fleming" in the TV series, "Oliver Twist" (1999).
After that, Sophia got a number of small parts in movies and television shows. Most notably, she was cast as Johnny Depp's wife in From Hell (2001). She also starred in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) (TV), The Abduction Club (2002), "Heartbeat" (1992) and "Foyle's War" (2002); the latter 2 of which are TV series.
In 2003, Sophia got a supporting role in Underworld (2003) opposite fellow British beauty, Kate Beckinsale (Pearl Harbor (2001). Up next, Sophia was cast in the thriller Out of Bounds (2003)) as "Louise Thompson", about an awkward young girl in an English boarding school who falls in love with her American art teacher who is married to the headmistress.
Later that same year, Sophia was cast in the big screen version of the English cult hit, Thunderbirds (2004). Though the movie didn't perform as expected, she earned praise for her role as the iconic "Lady Penelope". Soon, Sophia began working on Art School Confidential (2006), directed by 'Terry Zwigoff' (Ghost World (2001)) playing an American who is the muse of a student in art school. Afterwards, she returned to her television roots, starring in Colditz (2005) (TV) as "Lizzie Carter", who is the object of affection and desire for 2 brothers. She then appeared in Marple: Sleeping Murder (2006) (TV) as a young woman who discovers that, as a child, she witnessed a murder.
Sophia was cast in Tristan + Isolde (2006). She played "Isolde", the fiery young Irish princess who is promised to an evil man, that she does not love. In 2006, she returned to television starring "Madame de Pompadour" in "Doctor Who" (2005) as the Doctor's love interest.
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Crossing Lines (2013)
Guest starring as Dr. Anna Clarke
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x12: The Team (2) (Aug 24, 2014)
- Episode 2x11: The Team (1) (Aug 24, 2014)
Moonlight (2007)
Starring as Beth Turner
(16 episodes)
- Episode 1x16: Sonata (May 16, 2008)
- Episode 1x15: What's Left Behind (May 9, 2008)
- Episode 1x14: Click (May 2, 2008)
- Episode 1x13: Fated to Pretend (Apr 25, 2008)
- Episode 1x12: The Mortal Cure (Jan 18, 2008)
- Episode 1x11: Love Lasts Forever (Jan 11, 2008)
- Episode 1x10: Sleeping Beauty (Dec 14, 2007)
- Episode 1x09: Fleur de Lis (Nov 23, 2007)
- Episode 1x08: 12:04 AM (Nov 16, 2007)
- Episode 1x07: The Ringer (Nov 9, 2007)
- Episode 1x06: B.C. (Nov 2, 2007)
- Episode 1x05: Arrested Development (Oct 26, 2007)
- Episode 1x04: Fever (Oct 19, 2007)
- Episode 1x03: Dr. Feelgood (Oct 12, 2007)
- Episode 1x02: Out of the Past (Oct 5, 2007)
- Episode 1x01: No Such Thing as Vampires (Sep 28, 2007)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
Guest starring as Gwenda Halliday
- Episode 2x01: Sleeping Murder (Feb 5, 2006)
Foyle's War (2002)
Guest starring as Susan Gascoigne
- Episode 1x03: A Lesson in Murder (Nov 10, 2002)
Spooks (2002)
Starring as Beth Bailey
(8 episodes)
- Episode 9x08: Episode 8 (Nov 8, 2010)
- Episode 9x07: Episode 7 (Nov 1, 2010)
- Episode 9x06: Episode 6 (Oct 25, 2010)
- Episode 9x05: Episode 5 (Oct 18, 2010)
- Episode 9x04: Episode 4 (Oct 11, 2010)
- Episode 9x03: Episode 3 (Oct 4, 2010)
- Episode 9x02: Episode 2 (Sep 27, 2010)
- Episode 9x01: Episode 1 (Sep 20, 2010)
Silent Witness (1996)
Guest starring as Laine Cassidy
(2 episodes)
- Episode 26x02: The Penitent, Part Two (Jan 2, 2023)
- Episode 26x01: The Penitent, Part One (Jan 2, 2023)