Sophie Belinda Turner is an English actress born on February 21, 1996. She made her professional acting debut as Sansa Stark on the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones, a role that earned her international recognition and critical praise.
Turner's performance as Sansa Stark brought her numerous award nominations, including an Emmy Award nomination, four nominations for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, and a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Supporting Young Actress in a TV Series.
In addition to her work on Game of Thrones, Turner has starred in the television film The Thirteenth Tale and made her feature film debut in Another Me. She has also appeared in the action comedy Barely Lethal and played Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse.
Turner was born in Northampton to a nursery school teacher mother and a father who works for a pallet distribution company. She moved to Chesterton, Warwickshire when she was two years old and attended Warwick Prep School until she was eleven. She later attended The King's High School for Girls and was a member of the theatre company Playbox Theatre Company since she was three years old.
Turner has two older brothers and described her childhood as "pretty fun" in an interview with The Telegraph. She had a tutor on the set of Game of Thrones until the age of 16, sending homework back to her teachers at school. She achieved five A and four B grades at GCSE, including a B grade in drama.
Since 2011, Turner has portrayed Sansa Stark in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, a role that she was encouraged to audition for by her drama teacher. She dyed her blonde hair auburn for the role and has appeared in all six broadcast seasons of the show.
In 2013, Turner had her first big screen role as the lead character in the independent thriller film Another Me and starred as Adeline March in the television film The Thirteenth Tale. She also narrated the audio-book version of the Lev Grossman short story The Girl in the Mirror, which was included in the short fiction anthology Dangerous Women.
In 2015, Turner starred alongside American actress Hailee Steinfeld in the comedy film Barely Lethal, which was released on 29 May 2015 in a limited release and through video on demand. She also played mutant Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse, which was released on 27 May 2016.
On 9 May 2016, it was reported that Turner would appear in a segment of the anthology film Berlin, I Love You, itself the fourth installment of the Cities of Love franchise. She will also reprise the role of Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix in the film X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which is scheduled for release in 2019.
