Sophia Jane Myles (born 18 March 1980 in London, England) is an English actress best known for her roles in films such as Underworld, Thunderbirds, Tristan and Isolde and Transformers: Age of Extinction. She also had a memorable role as Madame de Pompadour in the Doctor Who episode "The Girl in the Fireplace" and was a regular on Moonlight and Spooks.
She has a small but dedicated fanbase that she enjoys interacting with on Twitter.
Filmography includes:
- Oliver Twist (1999) as Agnes Fleming
- Mansfield Park (1999) as Susan Price
- From Hell (2001) as Victoria Abberline
- Underworld (2003) as Erika
- Out of Bounds (2003) as Louise Thompson
- Thunderbirds (2004) as Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward
- Tristan and Isolde (2006) as Isolde
- Art School Confidential (2006) as Audrey
- Dracula (2006) as Lucy Westenra
- Marple (2006) as Gwenda Halliday
- Doctor Who (2006) as Jeanne-Antoinette "Reinette" Poisson / Madame de Pompadour (episode: "The Girl in the Fireplace")
- Moonlight (2007 - 2008) as Beth Turner
- Outlander (2008) as Freya
- Spooks (2010) as Beth Bailey
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) as Darcy Tirrel
- Our Zoo (2014) as Lady Katherine Longmore
- A Discovery of Witches (2018 – 2021) as Rebecca Bishop
- A Very British Scandal (2021) as Louisa Campbell
- Silent Witness (2023) as Laine Cassidy
Tropes:
- Awesome, Dear Boy: She took a role in Transformers: Age of Extinction because she watched the Transformers cartoons as a child and wanted to work with Stanley Tucci.
- Creator Backlash: She did not enjoy her work in Spooks because she felt her character was underwritten. She has also referred to Out of Bounds, a psychological thriller she starred in, as "shit".
- Creator Breakdown: She went into a deep depression after Moonlight was cancelled and was unable to work for a whole year. She also briefly considered quitting acting altogether while struggling to find roles after the birth of her son.
- Fake American: As Audrey in Art School Confidential, Beth in Moonlight and Rebecca in A Discovery of Witches.
- Fake Irish: As Isolde in Tristan and Isolde.
- Ms. Fanservice: Her roles frequently emphasize her beauty, and she's had a nude scene or two in her time.
- Romance on the Set: She and her Doctor Who co-star David Tennant dated for a while after filming "The Girl in the Fireplace", breaking up in 2007.
- Star-Derailing Role: Thunderbirds bombed so badly that it hurt her career in the process, with Tristan and Isolde derailing it on film in 2006 while Moonlight snuffed it on television in 2008. She hasn't starred in many big projects since aside from Transformers: Age of Extinction.
