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Sophie Ward

1964 - Today

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Sophie Anna Ward (born 30 December 1964) is a British stage and screen actress, and a writer of non-fiction and fiction from London. As an actress, she played Jocelyn Sheffield in The Nanny; she also played Elizabeth Hardy, the female lead in Barry Levinson's Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), and in other feature film roles including in Cary Joji Fukunaga's period drama Jane Eyre (2011), and Jane Sanger's horror feature Swiperight (2020). In 1982 she had a role in the Academy Award-winning short film A Shocking Accident. On television she played Dr Helen Trent in the ITV police period drama series Heartbeat from 2004 to 2006, Sophia Byrne in the series Holby City from 2008 to 2010, Lady Ellen Hoxley in the series Land Girls from 2009 to 2011, and Lady Verinder in the mini-series The Moonstone (2016). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Sophie Ward is the 10,666th most popular actor (down from 10,517th in 2024), the 6,807th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,628th in 2019) and the 1,163rd most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sophie Ward ranks 10,666 out of 13,578. Before her are Darrell Hammond, Heather Matarazzo, Andy On, Tichina Arnold, Scarlet Ortiz, and Irene Bedard. After her are Inka Friedrich, Pollyanna McIntosh, Murat Han, Kristin Lehman, Jay Thomas, and Eric Linden.

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Among people born in 1964, Sophie Ward ranks 883. Before her are Thierry Laurey, Augustin Matata Ponyo, Ognyana Petrova, Günther Eger, Sulejman Demollari, and Gunnar Sauer. After her are Yang Xiao, Konrad Plautz, Curt O. Schaller, Jordi Sànchez, Yvonne Vera, and Anthony Scaramucci.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sophie Ward ranks 6,809 out of 8,785. Before her are Nigel Godrich (1971), Tom Rob Smith (1979), Willie Ormond (1927), Sean Maguire (1976), Jean Kent (1921), and Suranne Jones (1978). After her are Pollyanna McIntosh (1979), Alan Peacock (1937), Alfred Lyttelton (1857), Sean Lock (1963), Aaron Ramsdale (1998), and Lucy Davis (1973).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Sophie Ward ranks 1,163. Before her are Max Irons (1985), Ivan Kaye (1961), Natasha O'Keeffe (1986), Sean Maguire (1976), Jean Kent (1921), and Suranne Jones (1978). After her are Pollyanna McIntosh (1979), Sean Lock (1963), Lucy Davis (1973), Susannah Harker (1965), Fabien Frankel (1994), and Tom Wisdom (1973).

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