biography of Sophie Skelton

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Skelton in 2018
Born	Sophie Alexandra Skelton 7 March 1994 (age 31) Woodford, Stockport, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present

Sophie Alexandra Skelton

(born 7 March 1994) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Brianna Fraser in the Starz drama series Outlander.

Early life

Skelton was born and raised in Woodford, Stockport, the daughter of entrepreneurial children's toy inventors. She began dancing at the age of three, eventually training in ballet at the Royal Academy in London, before moving into musical theater and stage productions. Her first professional television role, in series two of the British crime drama DCI Banks (2012), was a two-episode stint as schoolgirl Becca Smith.

Skelton attended Stockport Grammar School, completing her A-levels in 2012. She was going to study English Literature at King's College London the following year but ended up turning down her offer to pursue acting instead.

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Sophie Alexandra Skelton is an English actress known for playing the fiery, American, redheaded "Brianna" in BAFTA winning, Golden Globe and Emmy nominated series, Outlander. Outlander (2014) She trained as a ballerina, singer, tap and contemporary dancer, and started on stage from a very young age before moving into screen. She is the youngest of three, with two brothers, and the only one to go into acting.

Named one of "Top Ten Brits to Watch" in 2018 by Variety magazine.

Career

In 2013, Skelton guest-starred as Esme Vasquez-Jones in series one of CBBC's award-winning children's drama The Dumping Ground That same year, she went on to portray Nikki Boston's (Heather Peace) estranged daughter Eve in the ninth series of BBC One's school-based drama series, Waterloo Road, and Yasmin Carish in a series thirteen episode of the long running medical series Doctors

Transitioning into feature films, Skelton's first role was in 2014's The War I Knew. She portrayed Margaret in director Ian Vernon's tale of a WWII paratrooper lost behind enemy lines.

2015 saw a return to episodic television for Skelton. She again appeared in the BBC series Doctors, portraying Ellen Singleton in the series sixteen episode "Revenge". Next, she guest starred in a series nine episode of ITV's WWII and post-war era legal drama Foyle's War. Later that year, Skelton appeared in a twelve-episode stint as Sofia Matthews on So Awkward, CBBC's sitcom revolving around three socially awkward school-age friends, and a two episode guest starring role as Gemma Holt on BBC One's medical drama Casualty

Skelton's first leading film role was in Charlotte Stente Nielsen's 2016 fantasy-horror short Blackbird. Her breakout role, in the British fantasy action-adventure series Ren: The Girl with the Mark, came later that year. She won Best Lead Actress at the Hyperdrive Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival for her role in the series. 2016 also saw Skelton cast in the role of Brianna Fraser in the Starz TV series Outlander.^[22]^[23] The role, opposite Scottish actor Richard Rankin as Roger MacKenzie is recurring, becoming a main cast member from Season 4 onwards, and will continue throughout their story arc as outlined in Diana Gabaldon's genre-bending book series.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The War I Knew	Margaret
2016	Blackbird	Rose	Short film
2017	Another Mother's Son	Jess
2017	Day of the Dead: Bloodline	Zoe Parker
2018	211	Lisa MacAvoy
2022	Stalker	Rose Hepburn
2026	I Can Only Imagine 2	Shannon Street	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
2012	DCI Banks	Becca Smith	ITV	2 episodes
2013	The Dumping Ground	Esme Vasquez-Jones	CBBC	Episode: "Esme"
2013−2014	Waterloo Road	Eve Boston	BBC One	2 episodes
2013, 2015	Doctors	Yasmin Carish / Ellen Singleton	BBC	2 episodes
2015	Foyle's War	Student Jane	ITV	Episode: "Trespass"
	So Awkward	Sofia Matthews	CBBC	Recurring role, 12 episodes
	Casualty	Gemma Holt	BBC One	2 episodes
2016	Ren: The Girl with the Mark	Ren	Online	Series regular, 5 episodes
2016–present	Outlander	Brianna Fraser	STARZ	Main role (season 2–present) 48 episodes
2023	Castlevania: Nocturne	Julia Belmont (voice)	Netflix	Episode: "A Common Enemy in Evil"