Sophia Myles

Sophia Jane Myles (/səˈfaɪ.ə/;[1] born 18 March 1980) is an English actress, best known in film for portraying Erika in Underworld (2003), Isolde in Tristan & Isolde and Darcy in Transformers: Age of Extinction. She has received critical acclaim for her television work, particularly as Madame de Pompadour in the Doctor Who episode "The Girl in the Fireplace" and Beth Turner in Moonlight.

Sophia Myles
Myles at the 2007 Berlinale Film Festival
Born
Sophia Jane Myles

(1980-03-18) 18 March 1980
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Partner(s)David Tennant (2005–07)
Children1

Early life

Myles was born in London. Her mother, Jane (née Allan), works in educational publishing, and her father, Peter R. Myles, was a retired Church of England vicar in Isleworth, West London.[2] Her paternal grandmother was Russian,[3] and Myles refers to herself as "half-Welsh, half-Russian".[4] She grew up in Notting Hill and attended Fox Primary School. At the age of 11, she moved with her family to Isleworth and attended the Green School. Following success at her A Levels, she had been planning to study philosophy at Cambridge, but chose to pursue an acting career after being spotted by Julian Fellowes in a school play.[3]

Career
Myles at Berlinale, 2007

Since 1996, Myles has appeared in a number of films and television productions. In 2001, she got a small role as Victoria Abberline in the thriller film From Hell. She had a supporting role in the 2003 film Underworld, and reprised the character in a brief flashback scene in its sequel, Underworld: Evolution (2006). In 2003, she starred in the thriller Out of Bounds and played Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds. In 2006, she co-starred as Isolde in the romantic drama Tristan & Isolde.

Myles appeared as Madame de Pompadour in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Girl in the Fireplace". The episode was nominated for a Nebula Award and won the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.[5] She co-starred in 2006's comedy film Art School Confidential. Also in 2006, she appeared as Lucy Westenra in a BBC adaptation of Dracula. In 2007, she played Freya in Outlander.[6]

Myles was cast in the CBS supernatural television drama Moonlight. She was nominated for the Best Actress Award in 2007 for her role in Hallam Foe from the British Independent Film Award committee,[7] for which she also received a BAFTA Scotland Award. Moonlight won for Best New Drama in the 2007 People's Choice Awards. In 2010, she joined Spooks, a BBC series about a counter-terrorism unit in MI5, for its ninth series, playing Beth Bailey.[8] She appeared in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).[9]

Personal life

Myles began dating David Tennant after filming an episode of Doctor Who.[10] In October 2007, it was reported they were no longer together.[11]

In September 2014, Myles gave birth to a son.[12][13]

Her father, Peter Myles, died on 23 March 2020 after contracting COVID-19.[14]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1996The Prince and the PauperLady Jane Grey
1998Big WomenSaffron
1999Mansfield ParkSusan Price
1999Guest House ParadisoSaucy Wood Nymph
2001From HellVictoria Abberline
2002The Abduction ClubAnne Kennedy
2003UnderworldErika
2003Out of BoundsLouise Thompson
2004ThunderbirdsLady Penelope Creighton-Ward
2006Tristan & IsoldeIsolde
2006Underworld: EvolutionErikaFlashback scene
2006Art School ConfidentialAudrey
2006DraculaLucy Westenra
2007Hallam FoeKate Breck
2008OutlanderFreya
2012A Sunny MorningGraceShort film
2013Gallows HillLaurenDirect-to-video
2014BlackwoodRachel Marshall
2014Transformers: Age of ExtinctionDarcy Tyril[15]
2018Two WordsVictoriaShort film

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Oliver TwistAgnes FlemingMiniseries
2001The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyKate NicklebyTelevision film
2001HeartbeatHeather ConwayEpisode: "No Hiding Place"
2002Foyle's WarSusan GascoigneEpisode: "A Lesson in Murder"
2003Coming UpNina1 episode
2005ColditzLizzie CarterTelevision film
2006Agatha Christie's MarpleGwenda HallidayEpisode: "Sleeping Murder"
2006Covert One: The Hades FactorSophie AmsdenTelevision film
2006;2020Doctor WhoMadame de PompadourEpisode: "The Girl in the Fireplace";

Webcast Episode: "Pompadour"[16]

2006ExtrasHerself
2007MoonlightBeth Turner16 episodes
2010SpooksBeth Bailey8 episodes
2014Our ZooLady Katherine
2014Crossing LinesAnna Clarke2 episodes
2014PanoramaNarratorEpisode: "Last Chance Academy"
2018A Discovery of WitchesRebecca Bishop4 episodes
2018Gerry Anderson's FirestormOperative 19/Laura Hope (Voice)various episodes

Music videos
YearArtistSong
2002Bush"Inflatable"
2003Ronan Keating"Love Won't Work (If We Don't Try)"
2006Gavin DeGraw"We Belong Together"

References
  1. Sophia says her own name at the start of the video commentary for "The Girl in the Fireplace" in the DVD collection Doctor Who: The Complete Second Series.
  2. Sheffield, Emily (8 August 2003). "Myles ahead; Sophia Myles beat Sophie Dahl and Rosamund Pike to the coveted role of Lady Penelope in next year's 'Thunderbirds'. Now she's about to star in Hollywood's vampire tale 'Underworld'. Not bad for a vicar's daughter from Isleworth, says Emily Sheffield". Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 May 2012 – via Questia Online Library.
  3. Husband, Stuart (5 August 2007). "Curtain call for Miss Myles". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 5 August 2007.
  4. Hoggard, Liz (20 September 2010). "From wronged maiden to kickass spy: Spooks star Sophia Myles". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  5. "2006 Final Nebula Award Ballot". sfwa.org. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Archived from the original on 22 March 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2007.; "2007 Hugo Awards". thehugoawards.org. World Science Fiction Society. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  6. "Moviefone | Movies | Movie Times | Movie Trailers | Movie News". Movies.aol.com. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  7. "Nominations 2007: BIFA". Bifa.org.uk. British Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  8. "Press Office – Network TV Programme Information BBC Week 38 Spooks Feature". BBC. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  9. Sneider, Jeff. "Sophia Myles to Join Mark Wahlberg in Michael Bay's 'Transformers 4' (Exclusive)". Thewrap.com. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  10. "David Tennant & Sophia Myles". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  11. "David Tennant splits from girlfriend Sophia Myles". Hello!. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  12. "Sophia gives birth to baby boy!". Simply Sophia Myles. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  13. "Sophia Myles on Twitter: "He melts my heart and lights up my life."". Twitter. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  14. https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-transformers-actress-sophia-myles-reveals-father-died-after-contracting-covid-19-11961780
  15. "Transformers: Age of Extinction Interview with Stanley Tucci". Collider.com. 17 June 2014.
  16. Moffatt, Steven (2020). Pompadour.
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