Sophie Turner / Sansa Stark: roles and films

Biography of Turner

Sophie Turner was born in February 1996, in the UK (Northamptonshire). She lived in this place until she was two years old, and soon the whole family moved to Warwickshire.

There were no artists among Turner's relatives. Mother was a simple teacher in a kindergarten. Moreover, this institution specialized in the adaptation of children who had special needs. Dad had a small agricultural business. Sophie became the youngest among two brothers. They often spent time together. It was in this vein that the future actress spent her carefree and cheerful childhood.

When Sophie was three years old, her mother enrolled her in the Playbox children's theater. It was here that she realized that she wanted to become an actress, no matter what.

In high school, she also joined a drama club. There she played one of her first roles (the Scarecrow in the production of “The Wizard of OZ”).

At the age of 11, Sophie began studying at a gymnasium where only girls studied. There was also a theater club here, which Turner could not help but enroll in.

At the age of 15, Sophie Turner learned from her acting teacher about a casting for a role in an upcoming television project. At that moment, the girl decided to take part and try herself on a real stage. It was with her talent that Sophie became interested in the director and was accepted for the role of Sansa in the series “Game of Thrones”. It was he who gave the girl worldwide fame. It was on the set that she met her best friend Maisie Williams, who played Arya (Sansa Stark's sister).

Filmography Turner

If we turn to the girl’s career, her first famous role was Sansa Stark in the series “Game of Thrones.” This role brought her worldwide recognition and her first salary. Despite her young age, she quite organically fit into the team and did not even regret changing her image (she changed her blond hair color to copper).

In addition to the Game of Thrones series, Sophie Turner began to receive a large number of offers in other projects. In particular, in 2013 the following films were released: “The Other Me” and “The Thirteenth Tale”.

In 2020, the actress again gets to the big games, only now in “Wanted.” Here she played in the company of famous Hollywood artists (Jessica Alba, Samuel L. Jackson).

2016 gave Turner a role in the films Alone, Mary Shelley's Monster and a role in X-Men: Apocalypse.

Sophie Turner's husband confused her with a stunt double from Game of Thrones. And he can be understood (and forgiven)

Actress Sophie Turner spoke about working with stunt doubles: and it turned out that sometimes this can cause very unexpected difficulties. After all, the girl who replaced Sophie in “Game of Thrones” is so similar to her that she even confused the actress’s husband, singer Joe Jonas.

Sophie Turner became famous for her role as Sansa Stark in the series Game of Thrones. Many people also know her for her role as the new Jean Gray in X-Men. It was about filming the new film in this franchise, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, that the actress recently gave an interview on Australian radio Nova.

The presenters asked the girl about how she worked with the stuntmen who replaced her on the set of the film. And, according to Sophie, the stunt doubles who did her stunts weren't all that similar to her. This is not surprising, because usually frames with them do not allow you to take a closer look at the face.

They didn't look like me. First of all, they are much more toned, they have more muscles and generally look cooler. But they also have red hair.

But then the conversation turned to the filming of “Game of Thrones” - and it was there that the understudies were selected much more carefully. After all, these were no longer stuntmen, but full-fledged understudies, replacing actors in the scene. For example, when they should be in the frame, but in the background. And there is no longer enough similarity just in hair color.

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Apparently, Sophie's stunt double was chosen perfectly. After all, she even managed to mislead the partner (now husband) of the actress, performer Joe Jonas, a member of the Jonas Brothers. Jonas and Turner dated in 2020 and got married on May 1, 2020, in Las Vegas.

Sophie said that many actors and crew members confused her with a stunt double. But she was most surprised when Joe came to visit her on the Game of Thrones set. After all, the guy found himself in an awkward situation.

Joe approached her and tried to kiss her. And immediately he said: “Oh, sorry, sorry! You are not Sophie!

Of course, neither Sophie nor her understudy, Laura Butler, made any claims against Joe. After all, they really are similar.

So what does Sophie Turner's double look like? Here is a collage that was published by fans of the series on Reddit, and I must say that there really is a similarity, and what a resemblance.

And commentators couldn’t help but make jokes in the spirit of “Game of Thrones.”

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Original What kind of joke is this, is this Arya wearing her face? Original
It's about Sansa Stark's younger sister, who learned to wear other people's faces as a disguise while being raised by the Faceless Ones, a secret society of assassins. In the promotional photo for the series, Sansa's (that is, Sophie's) face was shown among similar masks.

However, the next commentator made an even better joke.

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Original She kind of forgot that she could do that. Original
And this is a reference to the meme phrase with which viewers, dissatisfied with the series finale, mock the writers.

One way or another, the stunt double Laura really looks a lot like Sophie Turner. She recently told reporters that her colleagues accidentally congratulated her on her engagement - although they were, of course, talking about the engagement of Sophie and Joe.

She also talked about how she got on the set of the series. Laura registered with Movie Extras, an Irish online agency for finding extras. From time to time she was offered to work on the set. And on one of these days, one of the director’s assistants noticed her.

He saw the similarities between me and Sansa Stark and told me about an agency in Northern Ireland that was recruiting extras for Game of Thrones.

Laura decided to sign up - and in early October 2020, she received a call.

They came across my profile and asked if I would be interested in working on the final season of Game of Thrones.

Most often, the stunt double did not wear a costume and did not star in the series itself. She wore dark clothes so as not to interfere with the cameras, and when Sophie needed to move away, Laura was put in her place to adjust the light and angle of the shot. It was also used to make actors talking to someone who was not in the frame interact with it.

But on the days when Sophie was not on set, Laura was made up and dressed in her costume to film instead of the main actress - in such scenes she was in the background or stood with her back to the camera.

The girls even managed to chat with each other - and Sophie immediately noted how similar she and Laura were.

Sophie came up to me on the first day and said that she found our similarity very strange.

By the way, Laura is not the only one who looks a lot like a celebrity. But she benefits from it, and, for example, Meghan Markle’s Australian double only gets compliments from passers-by. But from a distance they and the duchess cannot be distinguished at all.

Well, a tourist with the face of Cameron Diaz was able to deceive several thousand people. But this happened completely by accident and, most likely, is due to the fact that Filipinos in general have a hard time recognizing pumped-up, pretty blondes.

Sophie's personal life

Sophie Turner is one of the few popular actresses who, despite her excellent figure and regular facial features, does not like to go on the red carpet. She also does not talk about her personal life.

The paparazzi have repeatedly caught Sophie Turner in the company of colleagues from the “workshop”. So, she was spotted with Jack Gleason, Kit Harrington. In 2014, she began an affair with James McVey (plays in the band The Vamps). The couple has been spotted together more than once in Hollywood and London. In fact, the couple has not commented on their relationship.

In 2020, the new boyfriend was Danny Cipriani (professional rugby player), and already in 2020, Sophie began a relationship with singer Joe Jonas (lead singer of the group DNCE). It was him who the actress married in October 2017.

By the way, in one of her latest interviews with a popular publication, the girl stated that she and her husband live “as if in an aquarium.” In fact, it is very difficult to be a popular person, so Sophie never refuses journalists or photo reporters a photo or information (within reason, of course). But what she doesn't like is the intrusiveness of the paparazzi.

How Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner's Relationship Became 'Mophie'

The term "Mophie" actually originated after Maisie Williams came across the Mophie phone case and thought it was a "terrible name for a phone case" but a "great name" for her and Sophie Turner. Fans quickly embraced the suitcase and the besties "never looked back," always ready to celebrate each other and their special bond. BFFs are known for sharing each other's Instagram messages, including celebrating specific dates that are meaningful to them. Turner captioned one of her posts as "Happy August 7th my soul!" and tagged Williams, who responded with her own message with photos of friends. Turner explained that August 7 is significant because it serves as the anniversary date when the actresses found out they had been accepted into Game of Thrones.

During the cover shoot with Glamor, the co-stars talked about how they're "obsessed" with each other and how they've always protected each other. Williams also admitted to Rolling Stone that she thinks she's "spent more time in [Turner's] bed than [her]," thanks to the "more than 300 hundred" sleepovers the couple has had over the years. Never afraid to laugh at themselves or each other, they also shared their "first paparazzi experience" together in the US, complete with putting on sunglasses, fixing up their makeup and "walking out" of the airport they're laughing about now.

What's next in Sofia's life?

The British actress, the girl who has won awards in the Best Television Actress categories, is not going to stand still. She plans to appear more and more often, both in films and TV series. In addition, she accepted the offer to continue filming in the X-Men film, so fans of the franchise will be watching the performance of the young British woman for a long time.

Sophie Turner said on her official Instagram channel that she would gladly accept the offer from the creators of the series about the teenage girl Lizzie McGuire. True, she sees herself not in the main role, but as the heroine’s best friend.

In addition to her acting profession, Sophie Turner increasingly began to appear in advertising. So, she was one of the representatives of the popular Wella Professionals hair dye.

By the way, Sophie Turner dreams of playing the role of Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn. Let's see if she manages to achieve new goals and whether the directors will invite Turner as a performer to one of these roles in 2020.