Sophie Winkleman
Sophie Winkleman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sophie Lara Winkleman 5 August 1980 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Television | Peep Show The Palace |
| Spouse | Lord Frederick Windsor (2009-present) |
| Parent(s) | Barry Winkleman Cindy Black |
| Relatives | Claudia Winkleman (half-sister) |
Sophie Winkleman (born 5 August 1980) is an English actress who has worked extensively in television, film and stage. On 14 February 2009, she became engaged to Lord Frederick Windsor, son of Prince Michael (grandson of George V) and Princess Michael of Kent. They married in Hampton Court on 12 September 2009. Sophie Winkleman then became styled Lady Frederick Windsor.,[1] but will continue to use her maiden name Winkleman professionally.[2]
Biography
Sophie Lara Winkleman[3] was born in Primrose Hill in London.
She was educated at City of London School for Girls and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she read English literature.[4] She joined the university's famed dramatic society Cambridge Footlights and wrote and performed in the comic revue Far Too Happy.[5] For the first time in twenty years, the Footlights received a Perrier award nomination. Winkleman is also a member of the National Youth Theatre.[4] She is also a soprano.[6]
Television
Winkleman's credits include lead roles in numerous series, including Peep Show, Harry and Paul, which she co-wrote, White Teeth, The Trial of Tony Blair, Plus One, Lead Balloon, Keen Eddie, Chasing Alice, Poirot, The Palace, Robin Hood, and the upcoming Titanic. She was nominated for Best Newcomer by the BBC for her leading guest role in 'Waking the Dead'.
Stage
Winkleman's stage career includes a spell at the Royal Shakespeare Company where she played Veronique in Laurence Boswell's adaptation of Beauty and the Beast and a summer in Bath with the Peter Hall Company playing a variety of roles including Archangela in Gallileo's Daughter, a new play by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Violet in George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman and Charlotte in Don Juan directed by Thea Sharrock. Her numerous roles whilst at Cambridge included the Bride in Lorca's Blood Wedding which toured the amphitheatres of Greece for three months, Elizabeth in 'Six Degrees of Separation' which played at Edinburgh Festival, Abigail in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Dockdaisy in Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Kate in Alan Ayckbourn's Confusions.
Film
Winkleman's film credits include the lead roles in the movies Shattered and "Love Live Long"[7] written and directed by Mike Figgis. Winkleman also played the comic role of Debbie Levine in Pathe's romantic comedy Suzie Gold and the older Susan Pevensie in the Disney film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Other film roles include the leads in the shorts 'Seared', Love Letters, 'The Lost Domain', a cinematic take on Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnesand 'Post' directed by Debs Gardner-Paterson.
Radio
Winkleman is also a regular in BBC Radio 4 comedy and drama. She is among the cast of comedy programmes such as Marcus Brigstocke's Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off, and such afternoon plays as 'Tea for Two. She also played Anna Freud in Radio 4 play "Doctor Freud Will See You Now, Mrs Hitler", by Lawrence Marks and Maurice Gran and has a leading role alongside Alistair McGowan and Stephen Mangan as the Amazon warrior princess Penthiselea in the Radio 4 comic fantasy series ElvenQuest by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto . She will shortly be recording the lead role of Sasha in 'Von Ribbentrop's Watch', a historical drama for Radio 4. In 2009 she appeared as Kelly Westwood in the Doctor Who audio dramas The Eight Truths and World Wide Web.[8]
Filmography
- 2002: Ultimate Force as Woman in Bank`(1 episode)
- 2002: White Teeth as Joely
- 2002: Waking the Dead as Joanna Gold/Clara Gold (1 episode)
- 2003: Chasing Alice as Unknown
- 2003: Keen Eddie as Prudence (1 episode)
- 2003: Agatha Christie's Poirot as Angela Warren (1 episode)
- 2004: Suzie Gold as Debbie Levine
- 2004: AD/BC: A Rock Opera as Wise Man
- 2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Older Susan
- 2005 - 2010: Peep Show as Big Suze (9 episodes)
- 2006: Lewis as Regan Peverill
- 2006: Dalziel and Pascoe as Alice Shadwell (2 episodes)
- 2007: The Trial of Tony Blair as Fiona
- 2007: Shattered as Natalie Encore
- 2007 - 2008: Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul as Various roles/characters (7 episodes)
- 2008: The Palace as Princess Eleanor (8 episodes)
- 2008: Love Live Long as Rachel
- 2008: Seared as Stranger
- 2009: Plus One as Abby Ross (1 episode)
- 2009: Kingdom as Kate (1 episode)
- 2009: Red Dwarf as Katerina (2 episodes)
- 2009: Red Dwarf: The Making of Back to Earth as Herself
- 2009: Robin Hood as Ghislaine (1 episode)
- 2010: 100 Questions as Charlotte Payne (6 episodes)
- 2011: Lead Balloon
- 2011: CSI: Miami as Sharon Kirby (1 episode)
References
- ^ "Lord Frederick Windsor announces engagement to actress " Royal Roundtable". Royalroundtable.wordpress.com. 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ "Arianna Huffington: London Diary: Gordon Brown's Obsessions, The Loyal Opposition's Cuddly Karl Rove, Bad Germs, and the Most Unusual Royal Honeymoon Ever". The Huffington Post. 2009-07-02. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ "thePeerage". thePeerage. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ a b http://footlights.org/2001/tour/cast.html
- ^ Interview with Tim Key « The Tab – www.cambridgetab.co.uk
- ^ Sophie Winkleman | United Agents
- ^ Love Live Long at IMDb
- ^ "3.7 Doctor Who - The Eight Truths". Big Finish. Retrieved 2011-01-24.