Sophie Turner Biography

Sophie Turner was born on 21 February 1996 in Northampton, England, to Sally and Andrew Turner. Sally was a nursery schoolteacher and Andrew a pallet distribution company employee. She has two brothers, both older than her.

When Sophie was two-year-old, the family moved to Chesterton, Warwickshire, where Sophie attended Warwick Prep School, an independent school till the age of 11, after which, she enrolled at The King's High School for Girls, a prominent day school for girls.

Fascinated by acting, she joined the Playbox Theatre Company when she was just three years old.

She grew up near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire in a large Edwardian house replete with pigsties, a paddock, and barns that gave her ample opportunity to “muck around in the mud.”

Sophie was still in school when she started acting in The Game of Thrones. She was tutored on-set until the age of 16. She passed her GCSE with five A-grades, and four B-grades, including Drama.

After being encouraged by her dramatics teacher in the school to audition, Sophie was successful in obtaining the part of Ned Stark’s daughter Sansa Stark, a young noblewoman in Game of Thrones, the HBO fantasy drama series in 2011, when she was just 15 years of age.

The series premiered on April 2011, in the United States on HBO and had a very successful run with its seventh season ending on August 27, 2017. The eighth and final season released in April 2019 and ended in May 2019. Sophie Turner appeared in all eight seasons.

In 2012, she along with her on-screen sister, Maisie Williams, was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress.

She landed her first film role in 2013 as the lead character in Another Me, an independent thriller film based on Catherine MacPhail’s book of the same name. In the same year, she appeared in The Thirteenth Tale, a British drama television film adapted from the 2006 gothic novel by Diane Setterfield, which was broadcast on 30 December 2013 on BBC Two.

She was also selected in 2013 to play Heather in Barely Lethal, a comedy film alongside Hailee Steinfeld; the movie had a limited release on May 29, 2015.

On December 3, 2013, the audiobook Dangerous Women: Stories, containing 21 stories, including the Lev Grossman short story The Girl in the Mirror narrated by Sophie Turner, was released.

In 2014, she lent her voice as the narrator of City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare that was released in an audiobook format. The same year, she was also seen modeling for Karen Miller’s Autumn/Winter 2014 campaign.

In May 2016, she appeared in X-Men: Apocalypse, an American superhero film, as mutant Jean Grey; the film received a mixed response from the critics.

Sophie Turner was chosen to host a new web docu-series in 10 parts called #PowerShift. The series was commissioned by The Huffington Post during the summer of 2016 to examine how social media has been used around the world to effect change.

In February 2017, Sophie announced that she has been selected to appear in a new film Dark Phoenix, in which, she would reprise her role as Jean Grey. A part of the X-Men franchise, the film was set in the early 1990s and follows the developments of X-Men: Apocalypse. Dark Phoenix released in 2019.

Meanwhile in June 2017, she became the first international brand ambassador for Wella Hair; she announced the news on her Instagram account.

In November 2017, it was announced that Sophie Turner had signed on to star and produce the movie Girl Who Fell from the Sky being directed by Stan Brooks. The film is an adaptation of the book When I Fell from the Sky by Juliane Koepcke that narrates the story of her falling 10,000 feet from a lightning-struck plane, landing in the Amazon jungle, and then fighting for survival for an agonizing 11 days.

On April 6, 2018, Turner completed shooting for Jouri Smit’s revenge thriller Heavy opposite Daniel Zovatto. Released in 2019, the film depicts the crazy life of a couple living the high life against the backdrop of trust funds, model parties, and drugs.

In 2020, she was seen in a couple of TV series, including Survive in which she played Jane. The streaming television series is based on Alex Morel's novel of the same name. The following year, she voiced Princess Charlotte in the adult animated sitcom The Prince. In 2021, Sophie Turner was also cast to play Margaret Ratliff in the crime drama television miniseries The Staircase.

Game of Thrones, the HBO fantasy television series, earned her worldwide recognition and critical acclaim.

Her first romantic interest was James McVey, the guitarist of The Vamps; they were together briefly during May-June 2014 but broke up in July 2014.

In late November 2016, Sophie Turner was first seen with Joe Jonas. In October 2017, she announced her engagement to the American singer and actor. Turner and Jonas got married in Las Vegas on May 1, 2019. In July 2020, the couple was blessed with a daughter, named Willa. In March 2022, they announced that they're expecting their second child. The couple welcomed their second child in July 2022.

In an announcement in March 2017, she said that she had become a patron of Women for Women, an organization which supports female war survivors.

Sophie Turner is a huge fan of the popular video game series, "Game of Thrones" and even adopted her direwolf's name, Lady, for her own pet dog.

She has a hidden talent for playing the banjo and enjoys serenading her friends and family with impromptu performances.

Sophie Turner is known for her love of tattoos and has several meaningful designs inked on her body, each with a unique story behind it.

In her free time, she enjoys baking and often treats her "Game of Thrones" co-stars to delicious homemade treats on set.

Sophie Turner is a passionate advocate for mental health awareness and has used her platform to speak openly about her own struggles, inspiring others to seek help and support.