1. Sophia Myles later has received critical acclaim for her television work, particularly as Madame de Pompadour in the Doctor Who episode "The Girl in the Fireplace", Beth Turner in Moonlight, Beth Bailey in Spooks and Rebecca Bishop in A Discovery of Witches.
Sophia Myles won a BAFTA for Best Actress for her role as Kate in Hallam Foe and was nominated for a BIFA at the British Independent Film Awards for the same film.
Sophia Myles has won several other awards at various other film festivals across the world.
Sophia Myles's mother, Jane, works in educational publishing, and her father, Peter R Myles, was a retired Church of England vicar in Isleworth, West London.
Sophia Myles grew up in Notting Hill and attended Fox Primary School.
Since 1996, Sophia Myles has appeared in a number of films and television productions.
Sophia Myles played a main role in the comedy-romance film The Abduction Club before then playing the role of Erika in the 2003 vampire film Underworld with Kate Beckinsale, and reprised the character in its sequel, Underworld: Evolution.
Sophia Myles initially had the choice to star in either Thunderbirds or Troy but she chose the former as she said "Lady Penelope is such an iconic character".
In 2005, Sophia Myles starred in the two-part war drama miniseries Colditz with Damian Lewis and Tom Hardy.
Sophia Myles appeared as Madame de Pompadour in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Girl in the Fireplace", which is often referred to as one of the best episodes of the series.
Sophia Myles had roles as Gwenda Halliday in the British detective drama Agatha Christie's Marple: Sleeping Murder and Sophie Amsden in American thriller Covert One: The Hades Factor on television before starring in the 2006 comedy film Art School Confidential.
In 2007, Sophia Myles was cast as Beth Turner in the popular CBS supernatural television drama Moonlight, a role she would play until the show's end in 2008.
Sophia Myles was nominated for the Best Actress Award in 2007 for her role as Kate in Hallam Foe from the British Independent Film Award committee, for which she received a BAFTA Scotland Award.
Sophia Myles then had a starring role as Lauren in the 2013 American horror film The Damned with Peter Facinelli and Nathalia Ramos.
In 2014, Sophia Myles starred as geologist Darcy Tirrel opposite Mark Wahlberg and Stanley Tucci in the sci-fi action blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction which was directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg.
Later in 2014, Sophia Myles starred as Rachel in the psychological horror film Blackwood before going on to have roles as Dr Anna Clarke in the international action-thriller Crossing Lines and the aristocratic Lady Katherine Longmore in the miniseries Our Zoo.
In 2018, Sophia Myles provided her voice for an episode of the sci-fi series Firestorm.
Sophia Myles currently plays Rebecca Bishop in the fantasy-romance television series A Discovery of Witches; the first season was released in 2018 and the second in 2021 with a third series already filmed and awaiting release.
Also in 2020, Sophia Myles reprised her role as Madame de Pompadour for a minisode sequel specially written for her by Steven Moffat that aired on YouTube on 6 May 2020.
In 2021, Sophia Myles starred as Beth Barnes in the comedy-heist film Decrypted about the kidnap of the creator of Bitcoin, alongside Amanda Abbington and Kevin McNally.
In December 2021, Sophia Myles played Louise Campbell, Duchess of Argyll in the acclaimed BBC television mini-series A Very British Scandal with Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.
From 2004 to 2005, Sophia Myles was in a relationship with actor Charles Dance, She has dated Damian Lewis and musician Paul Wilson from the band Snow Patrol.
Sophia Myles began dating David Tennant after they filmed an episode of Doctor Who together in 2006.
In September 2014, Sophia Myles gave birth to a son fathered by her partner James Bell, who works for the Bank of England.