Sophie Stuckey

Sophie Stuckey
Born (1991-03-01) 1 March 1991 (age 33)
Camden, London, England[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2002–2013

Sophie Stuckey (born 1 March 1991) is an English actress.

Biography and career

Sophie Stuckey was born in London, in the borough of Camden, on 1 March 1991. Her first role as an actress was in 2002, at the age of 11, in the film Close Your Eyes,[2] while the following year she was in I Capture the Castle, film adaptation of Dodie Smith's book of the same name. Afterwards, she was in The Dark in 2005[3] and in My Life in Ruins (aka Driving Aphrodite) in 2009.[4]

Meanwhile, in 2004 she debuted on TV in the BBC film Who Cares?, written and directed by Ray Harrison Graham and produced by RedBird Productions;[5][6] in 2006 she appeared in one episode of the ninth season of Midsomer Murders, playing Dora Southerly, a girl who finds the body of a man in an old sawmill.[7]

In 2010, she got the role of Summer Farley, leading of the TV series Summer in Transylvania,[8] which pushed her to quit her studies in Global Politics and International Relations at Birkbeck,[9] and took part in The Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe, coming out in 2012:[10] in the film she was Stella Kipps, late wife of the leading, who appeared only in flashbacks or as a ghost. The next year she joined the cast of the two-part miniseries The Reckoning,[11] in which she played the part of cancer-stricken fifteen-year-old Amanda Wilson.[9]

In 2012 she took part, as Jemma, in Menhaj Huda's horror film Comedown,[12] which was screened as world premiere on 4 October 2012 at Grimmfest.[13] In January 2013 she was in two episodes of the sixteenth season of the TV series Silent Witness, playing Karen Masters,[14][15] while in April she was in Endeavour.[16] In September she portrayed Eva Harper in the fourth episode of the third season of Vera.[17]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Close Your Eyes Heather aka Doctor Sleep
2003 I Capture the Castle Cassandra (aged 7)
2004 Gyppo Rosa Short film
2005 The Dark Sarah
2009 My Life in Ruins Caitlin
2012 The Woman in Black Stella Kipps
2012 Comedown Jemma

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Who Cares? Trixy TV film
2006 Midsomer Murders Dora Southerly Episode: "Country Matters"
2010 Summer in Transylvania Summer Farley Main role (20 episodes)
2011 The Reckoning Amanda Wilson
2013 Silent Witness Karen Masters Episodes: "True Love Waits – Part One" and "True Love Waits – Part 2"
2013 Endeavour Pamela Walters Episode: "Girl"
2013 Vera Eva Harper Episode: "Prodigal Son"

References

  1. ^ "8 Things to Know About The Woman in Black's Sophie Stuckey!". 25 January 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  2. ^ "DOCTOR SLEEP aka CLOSE YOUR EYES; HYPNOSIS". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  3. ^ "The UnPetrifying Sophie Stuckey". Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  4. ^ ""My Life in Ruins" poster. It's all Greek to Vardalos". 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Who Cares? – BBC". Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Sophie Stuckey – United Agents". Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Midsomer Murder – Country Matters". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Summer in Transylvania". 18 March 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  9. ^ a b "Interview with star of ITV's The Reckoning". 26 April 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  10. ^ "Official Photo of Daniel Radcliffe in Hammer Films' The Woman in Black". 9 November 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Ashley Jensen, Max Beesley join ITV drama". 30 September 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  12. ^ "Comedown". Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  13. ^ "Grimmfest – 2012 Schedule". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  14. ^ "Series 16 – 5. True Love Waits – Part One". Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  15. ^ "Series 16 – 6. True Love Waits – Part Two". Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  16. ^ "ITV's 'Broadchurch', 'Endeavour' & 'Murder on the Home Front' Line Up Guest Stars". 3 December 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  17. ^ "Vera Episode 4". Retrieved 21 September 2013.