My Take
Sophie Turner is one of those rare actors who literally grew up on screen, and I mean that in the best possible way — she joined Game of Thrones at 15 and spent nearly a decade evolving Sansa Stark from a naive, wide-eyed girl into one of the show's most quietly formidable survivors. That arc required real emotional range, and Turner delivered it convincingly enough to earn a well-deserved Emmy nomination in 2019. Beyond Westeros, she stepped into the X-Men franchise as Jean Grey and has been steadily building a film career. What impresses me most is that she managed to avoid the child-star burnout trap despite growing up almost entirely in the public eye — the pressure of that kind of fame at that age is immense, and she's come out the other side as a genuinely compelling presence worth watching.
Overview
Sophie Belinda Turner (born 21 February 1996) is a British actress. She made her acting debut as Sansa Stark in the television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2019. Turner appeared in the 2013 British television film The Thirteenth Tale and made her feature film debut in Another Me in 2013.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sophie Turner
- Name (Japanese)
- ソフィー・ターナー
- Reading
- そふぃー・たーなー
- Born
- February 21, 1996 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rat
- Origin
- Northampton, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / activist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- The King's High School for Girls
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.