Sophie Thompson

Sophie Thompson recently starred in When We Are Married at Donmar Warehouse in London.

Her other recent credits include The Ballad of Hattie and James at the Kiln Theatre London.

Sophie Thompson, known to many for her screen roles in EastEnders, Coronation Street, Sex Education and Gosford Park, is an Olivier Award winning actress with a string of acclaimed theatre credits including: Present Laughter (Old Vic); Guys and Dolls (Chichester Festival Theatre, Savoy Theatre); Into the Woods (Donmar Warehouse); Company (Donmar Warehous); and Clybourne Park (Royal Court, Wyndham’s Theatre).

A six-time Olivier Award nominee, she won the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the London revival of Into the Woods.

Sophie Thompson theatre credits

When We Are Married (Donmar Warehouse), The Ballad of Hattie and James (Kiln Theatre), Present Laughter (The Old Vic – Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Play), Guys and Dolls (Chichester Festival Theatre, Savoy Theatre – Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical), The Physicists, Into the Woods (Donmar Warehouse – Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical), She Stoops to Conquer (National Theatre), Clybourne Park (Royal Court, Wyndham’s Theatre – Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actress), Female of the Species (Vaudeville Theatre), Measure for Measure (Shakespeare’s Globe), Company (Donmar Warehouse, Noel Coward Theatre – Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Performance, Olivier Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical), All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, Wildest Dreams (RSC – Olivier Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress) and Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It (Renaissance Tour).

Sophie Thompson TV & film credits

Television credits include the forthcoming Belgravia: The Next Chapter, Sex Education, Silo, Sisters, Sandylands, Feelgood, Coronation Street (as series regular Rosemary Piper), Detectorists, Inside No.9 and Eastenders (as series regular Stella Craford). Sophie won Celebrity MasterChef 2014; and for film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Gosford Park, Relative Values, Dancing at Lughnasa, Emma, Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Sophie has written the children books Zoo Boy and Zoo Boy and the Jewel Thieves and the recipe book My Family Kitchen (Faber & Faber).

Sophie Thompson Links & Socials

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