1. Sophie Alexandra Skelton was born on 7 March 1994 and is an English actress.
13 Facts About Sophie Skelton
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Sophie Skelton is best known for her role as Brianna Fraser in the Starz drama series Outlander.
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Sophie Skelton 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.
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Sophie Skelton's first professional television role, in series two of the British crime drama DCI Banks, was a two-episode stint as schoolgirl Becca Smith.
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Sophie Skelton attended Stockport Grammar School, completing her A-levels in 2012.
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Sophie Skelton 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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In 2013, Sophie Skelton guest-starred as Esme Vasquez-Jones in series one of CBBC's award-winning children's drama The Dumping Ground.
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Sophie Skelton portrayed Margaret in director Ian Vernon's tale of a WWII paratrooper lost behind enemy lines.
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Sophie Skelton again appeared in the BBC series Doctors, portraying Ellen Singleton in the series sixteen episode "Revenge".
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Later that year, Sophie 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.
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Sophie Skelton's first leading film role was in Charlotte Stente Nielsen's 2016 fantasy-horror short Blackbird.
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Sophie Skelton won Best Lead Actress at the Hyperdrive Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival for her role in the series.
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In 2017, Sophie Skelton portrayed Jess in Christopher Menaul's film Another Mother's Son, the true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi-occupied Jersey during WWII.