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Sophia Myles - Biography |
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Myles was born in London. Her
father, Peter Myles, is an Anglican vicar in Isleworth, West London, and
her mother, Jane, works in educational publishing; her maternal
grandmother was Russian. Myles grew up in Notting Hill, while her father
worked at the Campden Hill Church. Myles began her acting career after
being spotted in a school play. Beforehand, she had been planning to
accept a conditional place to study philosophy at Cambridge.
Since 1996, Myles has appeared in a number of both American and English
films and television productions. She had a supporting role in the 2003
film, Underworld, and (in a brief flashback scene) its sequel, Underworld:
Evolution, and in 2004, played the schoolgirl lead in the thriller Out of
Bounds. In 2006, Myles co-starred with actor James Franco in the romantic
drama Tristan and Isolde, playing the role of Isolde.
Myles appeared as Madame de Pompadour in a 2006 episode of Doctor Who,
"The Girl in the Fireplace". She also co-starred opposite English actor
Max Minghella, playing his love interest in 2006's quirky comedy Art
School Confidential. Also in 2006, Myles appeared in a BBC TV adaptation
of Dracula; she played Lucy alongside Marc Warren, David Suchet and Dan
Stevens. As of 2007, she is filming Outlander with James Caviezel and Jack
Huston. She was also cast in the CBS supernatural television drama,
Moonlight, in June 2007 replacing Shannon Lucio.
Myles lives near Green Park and enjoys horse riding, skiing, skating and
swimming. She was in a relationship with actor Charles Dance, whom she met
while working on Nicholas Nickleby. From 2005 to 2007 she dated the actor
David Tennant, with whom she had acted in Foyle's War and a Doctor Who
episode. However, they have recently split. |
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Sophia Myles - Personal Quotes |
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"I'm just pretending that this
isn't real. You've got to continue living your life, otherwise it's
so expensive! You've got to take taxis everywhere!"
I sometimes think that if someone spoke to me the way I speak to
myself, I would kick them. I've always been really ambitious,
whatever I do. At school, I always wanted to be the best in the
class - no, it wasn't enough to be the best in the class, I'd want
to be the best in the country.
"James Franco is Mr. Method, very intense. He scoured the globe for
every single copy of the original story whereas I sat with a pint of
Guinness and my script."
[on Tristan and Isolde]"The funniest scene was where we drag James
into the hut. We referred to that scene as the Franco Sandwich, me
and Bronagh. When she drops down naked and said the line, "Ah, I
haven't been naked with a man in 15 years!", we always used to find
that so funny. You know when something kinda gets you and you just
can't stop? I'd see him shaking and I'd start laughing... it took
about 69 takes to do."
"I've spent a lot of time in LA and I love it. A lot of Brits can't
stand the place, but I like the west coast attitude and the way
people celebrate success."
"It's so difficult because, y'know, you're only as good as your last
job in this business and sometimes it can take a while to shake a
dull one off."
[on her first nude scene in 'Art School Confidential (2006)']
Terrified. "I was...I mean I had a no nudity clause for "Tristan and
Isolde" because I didn't think it was appropriate I didn't think you
needed to see anymore than you see to believe that we were in love
or making love and quite often you see so much gratuitous nudity in
films, especially from women, and my body is a very kind of precious
thing to me. So when I was first sent the script and I opened it and
flicked through it, and it says 'she enters and she disrobes' I
thought no way and threw it across the other side of the room. I
didn't really know who Terry Zwigoff was at this point and then it
was actually James Franco who told me Terry Zwigoff is really good
and you should think about that and I said 'no, no, no, no I
couldn't possibly'. Apparently Terry scoured the country and I think
other parts of the world...he is very, very picky about his casting
and the producer had apparently got him by the throat and said 'look
just tell us what you want'. There was about two weeks left before
shooting and he said 'I don't know maybe like a young Kate Winslet'
and I had met the producer Rus Smith when I was 21 in LA and he said
'okay I know where she is, that is fine' and they tracked me down.
It was really when my agent Tony Howard ICM said 'listen you really
should take it...you don't not take a meeting with Terry Zwigoff'.
So I said 'fine' and they flew me out and we met at the Standard and
just hit it off straight away and when I found out the rest of the
cast that was attached like John Malkovich, Angelica Huston, Jim
Broadbent, Steve Buscemi..." |
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Sophia Myles - Filmography |
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Buddha's Little Finger (2007)
.... Anna
Outlander (2007) .... Freya
"Moonlight" .... Beth Turner (9 episodes, 2007)
- Fleur De Lis (2007) TV episode .... Beth Turner
- 12:04 AM (2007) TV episode .... Beth Turner
- The Ringer (2007) TV episode .... Beth Turner
- B.C. (2007) TV episode .... Beth Turner
- Arrested Development (2007) TV episode .... Beth Turner
(4 more)
Hallam Foe (2007) .... Kate Breck
... aka Mister Foe (USA: new title)
Dracula (2006) (TV) .... Lucy Westenra
"Extras" .... Defence Lawyer (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode #2.1 (2006) TV episode .... Defence Lawyer
"Doctor Who" .... Reinette (1 episode, 2006)
- The Girl in the Fireplace (2006) TV episode .... Reinette
Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006) (TV) .... Sophie Amsden
Art School Confidential (2006) .... Audrey
Marple: Sleeping Murder (2006) (TV) .... Gwenda Halliday
... aka Agatha Christie - Marple: Sleeping Murder (Australia: DVD
title)
Tristan + Isolde (2006) .... Isolde
... aka Tristan & Isolde (USA: promotional title)
Underworld: Evolution (2006) (as Sophia Miles) .... Erika
Colditz (2005) (TV) .... Lizzie Carter
Thunderbirds (2004) .... Lady Penelope
... aka Thunderbirds - Les sentinelles de l'air (France)
Out of Bounds (2004) .... Louise Thompson
... aka Dead in the Water (UK: alternative title)
"Coming Up" .... Nina (1 episode, 2003)
- Money Can Buy You Love (2003) TV episode .... Nina
Underworld (2003) .... Erika
... aka Underworld (Germany)
"Foyle's War" .... Susan Gascoigne (1 episode, 2002)
- A Lesson in Murder (2002) TV episode .... Susan Gascoigne
The Abduction Club (2002) .... Anne Kennedy
"Heartbeat" .... Heather Conway (1 episode, 2001)
... aka Classic Heartbeat (UK: rerun title)
- No Hiding Place (2001) TV episode .... Heather Conway
From Hell (2001) .... Victoria Abberline
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) (TV) .... Kate
Nickleby
... aka Nicholas Nickleby (UK: short title)
Guest House Paradiso (1999) .... Saucy wood nymph
"Oliver Twist" (1999) (mini) TV mini-series .... Agnes Fleming
Mansfield Park (1999) .... Susan Price
"Big Women" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Saffron
The Prince and the Pauper (1996) (TV) .... Lady Jane Grey |
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Sophia Myles - Related Links |
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Wikipedia: Sophia Myles
YouTube: Sophia Myles
Sophia Myles at Babemania.com
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