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| occupation = Actress |
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| yearsactive = 2008–present |
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| ⚫ | '''Sophie Alexandra Skelton''' (born 7 March 1994) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as [[Brianna Fraser]] in the [[Starz]] drama series ''[[Outlander (TV series)|Outlander]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a12108461/sophie-skelton-outlander-interview/|title=Outlander Star Sophie Skelton Talks Her Biggest Season Yet|date=7 September 2017|work=Harper's BAZAAR|access-date=19 July 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
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| ⚫ | '''Sophie Alexandra Skelton''' (born 7 March 1994) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Brianna Fraser in the [[Starz]] drama series ''[[Outlander (TV series)|Outlander]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a12108461/sophie-skelton-outlander-interview/|title=Outlander Star Sophie Skelton Talks Her Biggest Season Yet|date=2017 |
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| ⚫ | Skelton was born and raised in [[Woodford, Greater Manchester]], the daughter of entrepreneurial children's toy inventors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/article/2016/01/28/outlander-brianna-actress/|title='Outlander' finally casts Brianna|work=EW.com|access-date=18 July 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/outlander-season-3-sophie-skelton-brianna-day-of-the-dead-bloodline-nicolas-cage-a7928721.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/outlander-season-3-sophie-skelton-brianna-day-of-the-dead-bloodline-nicolas-cage-a7928721.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sophie Skelton on Outlander season 3, Day of the Dead: Bloodline and working with Nicolas Cage|last=Aftab|first=Kaleem|date=4 September 2017|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref> She began dancing at the age of three, eventually training in ballet at the [[Royal Academy of Arts|Royal Academy]], before moving into musical theater and stage productions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.1883magazine.com/film/film/sophie-skelton|title=Sophie Skelton|work=1883 Magazine|access-date=18 July 2018|language=En}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Her first professional television role, in series two of the British crime drama ''[[DCI Banks]]'' (2012), was a two-episode stint as schoolgirl Becca Smith.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/svgjj/dci-banks--s2-e6-innocent-graves---part-two/|title=DCI Banks - S2 - Episode 6: Innocent Graves - Part Two|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/outlander-brianna-sophie-skelton-season-2-claire-jamie-daughter-1201690894/|title='Outlander' Casts Brianna: Sophie Skelton Nabs Fan-Favorite Role for Season 2|last=Prudom|first=Laura|date=28 January 2016|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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| ⚫ | Skelton was born and raised in [[Woodford, Greater Manchester]], the daughter of entrepreneurial children's toy inventors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/article/2016/01/28/outlander-brianna-actress/|title='Outlander' finally casts Brianna|work=EW.com|access-date= |
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Skelton attended [[Stockport Grammar School]], completing her [[A Levels]] in 2012. She was going to study English Literature at [[King's College London]] the following year but ended up turning down her offer to pursue acting instead.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.stockportgrammar.co.uk/news-and-events/news/a-level-results-2012-2/|title= A-level results 2012: a golden year for our A-level pupils|website=Stockport Grammar School|date=16 August 2012|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.stockportgrammar.co.uk/alumni/alumni-stories/story/sophie-skelton/|title=Alumni Stories: Sophie Skelton|website=Stockport Grammar School|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> |
Skelton attended [[Stockport Grammar School]], completing her [[A Levels]] in 2012. She was going to study English Literature at [[King's College London]] the following year but ended up turning down her offer to pursue acting instead.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.stockportgrammar.co.uk/news-and-events/news/a-level-results-2012-2/|title= A-level results 2012: a golden year for our A-level pupils|website=Stockport Grammar School|date=16 August 2012|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.stockportgrammar.co.uk/alumni/alumni-stories/story/sophie-skelton/|title=Alumni Stories: Sophie Skelton|website=Stockport Grammar School|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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In 2013, Skelton guest-starred as Esme Vasquez-Jones in series one of [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]]'s award |
In 2013, Skelton guest-starred as Esme Vasquez-Jones in series one of [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]]'s award-winning children's drama ''[[The Dumping Ground]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/childrens|title=Children's in 2013 {{!}} BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org|language=en|access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/crfts8/the-dumping-ground--series-1---12-esme/|title=The Dumping Ground - S1 - Episode 12: Esme|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref> That same year, she went on to portray Nikki Boston's ([[Heather Peace]]) estranged daughter Eve in the [[Waterloo Road (series 9)|ninth series]] of [[BBC One]]'s school-based drama series, ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'', and Yasmin Carish in a series thirteen episode of the long running medical series ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/waterloo-road/interviews/a524257/waterloo-road-heather-peace-nikkis-daughter-plot-is-exciting/|title=Waterloo Road actress on big Nikki story|date=17 October 2013|work=Digital Spy|access-date=19 July 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p017rs79|title=Clip: The Lean, The Lean, Series 15, Doctors - BBC One|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref> |
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Transitioning into feature films, Skelton's first role was in 2014's ''The War I Knew.'' She portrayed Margaret in director Ian Vernon's tale of a WWII paratrooper lost behind enemy lines.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.filminquiry.com/interview-sophie-skelton/|title=Interview With Sophie Skelton, Star Of 211 {{!}} Film Inquiry|website=www.filminquiry.com|language=en-US|access-date= |
Transitioning into feature films, Skelton's first role was in 2014's ''The War I Knew.'' She portrayed Margaret in director Ian Vernon's tale of a WWII paratrooper lost behind enemy lines.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.filminquiry.com/interview-sophie-skelton/|title=Interview With Sophie Skelton, Star Of 211 {{!}} Film Inquiry|website=www.filminquiry.com|language=en-US|access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=The War I Knew (2014)|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/the-war-i-knew/|language=en|access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref> |
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2015 saw a return to episodic television for Skelton. She again appeared in the [[BBC]] series ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]],'' portraying Ellen Singleton in the series sixteen episode "Revenge".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/events/will-naimh-confess-her-fears-to-al/|title=Will Naimh confess her fears to Al? {{!}} Episode {{!}} Doctors {{!}} What's on TV|work=What' s on TV|access-date= |
2015 saw a return to episodic television for Skelton. She again appeared in the [[BBC]] series ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]],'' portraying Ellen Singleton in the series sixteen episode "Revenge".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/events/will-naimh-confess-her-fears-to-al/|title=Will Naimh confess her fears to Al? {{!}} Episode {{!}} Doctors {{!}} What's on TV|work=What' s on TV|access-date=19 July 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xrpw4|title=Revenge, Series 16, Doctors - BBC One|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref> Next, she guest starred in a series nine episode of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s WWII and post-war era legal drama ''Foyle's War.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/foyles-war/trespass-3062096/cast/|title=Foyle's War: Trespass|last=TV.com|website=TV.com|access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref> Later that year, Skelton appeared in a twelve-episode stint as Sofia Matthews on ''[[So Awkward]]'', CBBC's sitcom revolving around three socially awkward school-age friends, and a two episode guest starring role as Gemma Holt on BBC One's medical drama ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/sophie-skelton/credits/858565/|title=Sophie Skelton|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/dq8hnh/casualty--series-29---42-forsaking-all-others/|title=Casualty - S29 - Episode 42: Forsaking All Others - Part One|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref> |
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Skelton's first leading film role was in Charlotte Stente Nielsen's 2016 fantasy-horror short ''Blackbird''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Blackbird (2016)|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/blackbird-2016-1/|language=en|access-date= |
Skelton's first leading film role was in Charlotte Stente Nielsen's 2016 fantasy-horror short ''Blackbird''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Blackbird (2016)|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/blackbird-2016-1/|language=en|access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref> Her breakout role, in the British fantasy action-adventure series ''Ren: The Girl with the Mark,'' came later that year.<ref name=":1" /> She won Best Lead Actress at the Hyperdrive Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival for her role in the series.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/outlander-sophie-skelton-ren-brianna-202807685.html|title=Before Her 'Outlander' Debut as Brianna, See Sophie Skelton in 'Ren'|last=Alter|first=Ethan|date=9 July 2016|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref> 2016 also saw Skelton cast in the role of [[Brianna Fraser]] in the [[Starz]] TV series ''[[Outlander (TV series)|Outlander]]''.<ref name="Petski">{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/01/outlander-sophie-skelton-brianna-cast-claire-jamie-daughter-1201692108/|title='Outlander': Sophie Skelton Cast As Brianna|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=28 January 2016|work=Deadline|access-date=20 July 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://collider.com/outlander-interview-richard-rankin-sophie-skelton/#brianna-and-roger|title='Outlander': Richard Rankin and Sophie Skelton on Navigating Fan Expectations|date=8 October 2017|work=Collider|access-date=20 July 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The role, opposite Scottish actor [[Richard Rankin]] as [[Roger MacKenzie]] is recurring, becoming a main cast member from Season 4 onwards, and will continue throughout their story arc as outlined in [[Diana Gabaldon]]'s genre-bending book series.<ref name="Petski"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://parade.com/607672/paulettecohn/outlanders-new-star-richard-rankin-on-working-with-sophie-skelton-and-what-he-has-learned/|title=Outlander's New Star Richard Rankin on Working with Sophie Skelton and What He Has Learned|last=Cohn|first=Paulette|work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade Magazine]]|access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref> |
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In 2017, Skelton portrayed Jess in [[Christopher Menaul |
In 2017, Skelton portrayed Jess in [[Christopher Menaul]]'s film ''[[Another Mother's Son]]'', the true story of [[Louisa Gould]], a widow living in Nazi-occupied [[Jersey]] during WWII.<ref>{{Citation|title=Another Mother's Son (2017)|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/another-mothers-son/|language=en|access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref> From there she went on to star in ''[[Day of the Dead: Bloodline]]'' (2017), a remake of the 1985 [[George Romero]] zombie film<ref name=":2" /> and alongside [[Nicolas Cage]] in the bank heist film ''[[211 (film)|#211]]'' (2018), based upon the real-life "Battle of North Hollywood" in 1997. |
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|''Outlander''<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Hipes|first1 |
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==External links== |
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* {{IMDb name|5310225}} |
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* {{Instagram|sophie.skelton}} |
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* [https://twitter.com/sophiescharity/ Charity Information] |
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* [http://rentheseries.com/ Ren: The Girl with the Mark Website] |
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| Born | Sophie Alexandra Skelton 7 March 1994 Woodford, Greater Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Sophie Alexandra Skelton (born 7 March 1994) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Brianna Fraser in the Starz drama series Outlander.[1]
Early life[edit]
Skelton was born and raised in Woodford, Greater Manchester, the daughter of entrepreneurial children's toy inventors.[2][3] She began dancing at the age of three, eventually training in ballet at the Royal Academy, before moving into musical theater and stage productions.[4][1] Her first professional television role, in series two of the British crime drama DCI Banks (2012), was a two-episode stint as schoolgirl Becca Smith.[5][6]
Skelton attended Stockport Grammar School, completing her A Levels in 2012. She was going to study English Literature at King's College London the following year but ended up turning down her offer to pursue acting instead.[7][8]
Career[edit]
In 2013, Skelton guest-starred as Esme Vasquez-Jones in series one of CBBC's award-winning children's drama The Dumping Ground.[9][10] That same year, she went on to portray Nikki Boston's (Heather Peace) estranged daughter Eve in the ninth series of BBC One's school-based drama series, Waterloo Road, and Yasmin Carish in a series thirteen episode of the long running medical series Doctors.[11][12]
Transitioning into feature films, Skelton's first role was in 2014's The War I Knew. She portrayed Margaret in director Ian Vernon's tale of a WWII paratrooper lost behind enemy lines.[13][14]
2015 saw a return to episodic television for Skelton. She again appeared in the BBC series Doctors, portraying Ellen Singleton in the series sixteen episode "Revenge".[15][16] Next, she guest starred in a series nine episode of ITV's WWII and post-war era legal drama Foyle's War.[17] Later that year, Skelton appeared in a twelve-episode stint as Sofia Matthews on So Awkward, CBBC's sitcom revolving around three socially awkward school-age friends, and a two episode guest starring role as Gemma Holt on BBC One's medical drama Casualty.[18][19]
Skelton's first leading film role was in Charlotte Stente Nielsen's 2016 fantasy-horror short Blackbird.[20] Her breakout role, in the British fantasy action-adventure series Ren: The Girl with the Mark, came later that year.[6] She won Best Lead Actress at the Hyperdrive Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival for her role in the series.[21] 2016 also saw Skelton cast in the role of Brianna Fraser in the Starz TV series Outlander.[22][23] The role, opposite Scottish actor Richard Rankin as Roger MacKenzie is recurring, becoming a main cast member from Season 4 onwards, and will continue throughout their story arc as outlined in Diana Gabaldon's genre-bending book series.[22][24]
In 2017, Skelton portrayed Jess in Christopher Menaul's film Another Mother's Son, the true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi-occupied Jersey during WWII.[25] From there she went on to star in Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2017), a remake of the 1985 George Romero zombie film[13] and alongside Nicolas Cage in the bank heist film #211 (2018), based upon the real-life "Battle of North Hollywood" in 1997.
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2014 | The War I Knew | Margaret | |
| 2016 | Blackbird | Rose | Short film |
| 2017 | Another Mother's Son | Jess | |
| Day of the Dead: Bloodline | Zoe Parker | ||
| 2018 | 211 | Lisa MacAvoy | |
| 2022 | Stalker | Rose Hepburn |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Character | Production | Notes |
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| 2012 | DCI Banks | Becca Smith | ITV | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | The Dumping Ground | Esme Vasquez-Jones | CBBC | Episode: "Esme" |
| 2013−2014 | Waterloo Road | Eve Boston | BBC One | 2 episodes |
| 2013, 2015 | Doctors | Yasmin Carish / Ellen Singleton | BBC | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Foyle's War | Student Jane | ITV | Episode: "Trespass" |
| So Awkward | Sofia Matthews | CBBC | Recurring role, 12 episodes | |
| Casualty | Gemma Holt | BBC One | 2 episodes | |
| 2016 | Ren: The Girl with the Mark | Ren | Online | Series regular, 5 episodes |
| 2016–present | Outlander | Brianna Fraser | STARZ | Series regular (Seasons 2-3), Main role (Seasons 4-8), 48 episodes |
| 2023 | Castlevania: Nocturne | Julia Belmont (voice) | Netflix | Episode: "A Common Enemy in Evil" |
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hyperdrive Festival Award | Best Leading Actress | Ren[26] | Won |
| Jury Award | Best Actress | Ren | Nominated | |
| International Online Web Fest | Best Actress | Ren | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Outlander | Nominated |
| 2021 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Outlander[27][28] | Nominated |
| 2022 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Network or Cable Television Series | Outlander[29] | Nominated |
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