Wednesday 7 March 2007



About Sophia Myles!

Born: March 18, 1980

Age: 26

Born in: London, England

Occupation: English actress

A bit about her early life

Her father, Peter Myles, is a vicar in Isleworth, West London and her mother, Jane, works in educational publishing; her paternal grandmother was Russian. Sophia began her acting career after being spotted in a school play. Beforehand, she had been planning to accept a conditional place to study philosophy at Cambridge University.

About films and shows she has starred in

Since 1996, Sophia has appeared in a number of both American and English films and television productions. She had a supporting role in the 2003 film, Underworld, and (in a brief flashback scene) its sequel, Underworld: Evolution, and in 2004, played the schoolgirl lead in the thriller Out of Bounds. In 2006, Sophia co-starred with actor James Franco in the romantic drama Tristan and Isolde, playing the role of Isolde.
Sophia appeared as Madame de Pompadour in a series one 2006 episode of Doctor Who, The Girl in the Fireplace. She also co-starred opposite English actor Max Minghella, playing his love interest in 2006's quirky comedy Art School Confidential. Also in 2006, shes appeared in a BBC TV adaptation of Dracula; she played Lucy alongside Marc Warren, David Suchet and Dan Stevens.
Currently, she is filming Outlander with James Caviezel and Jack Huston.

About her personal life

Sophia lives in Green Park and enjoys horse riding, skiing, skating and swimming. As of October 2005, she is dating Scottish actor David Tennant, opposite whom she appeared in her guest role on Doctor Who. She was previously in a relationship with actor Charles Dance, whom she met while working on Nicholas Nickleby.

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