Sophie Anna Ward was born on 30 December 1964 and is an English stage and screen actress, and a writer of non-fiction and fiction.
19 Facts About Sophie Ward
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Sophie Ward has had a variety of other roles on stage and in short and feature films.
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Sophie Ward returned to higher education, earning a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2019, in English and Comparative Literature, focusing on the intersection between literature and philosophy, including the use of narrative and thought experiments in philosophy, the philosophy of mind in particular.
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Sophie Ward has written for The Guardian, The Times, and The Spectator, won the 2018 Royal Academy Pin Drop Award for her short story "Sunbed", and had her first novel, Love and Other Thought Experiments, longlisted for both the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Booker Prize in its publication year.
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Sophie Anna Ward was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1964, the eldest of the three daughters of Alexandra and actor Simon Ward, one of whom, Kitty, went on to marry to comedian Michael McIntyre.
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In childhood, Sophia Sophie Ward trained at the Anna Scher Theatre.
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Sophie Ward earned a BA honours degree in English with Philosophy from the Open University.
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Sophie Ward started work as an actress when she was aged 10, and has worked in film, television and theatre.
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Sophie Ward trained as a dancer under ballerina Merle Park.
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Sophie Ward has appeared in several Glasgow Citizens' Theatre productions including Private Lives, Don Carlos and most strikingly in Hamlet as Ophelia.
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From 2004 until 2006, Sophie Ward had the recurring role of Dr Helen Trent in long-running ITV drama Heartbeat.
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In 2008, Sophie Ward joined the cast of Holby City in a recurring role as Sophia Byrne.
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Sophie Ward appeared in the BBC series Land Girls from 2009 to 2011.
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Sophie Ward had long been considered a "Face of the 1980s" as a Vogue model.
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Sophie Ward acted in the 1982 Academy Award-winning short film, A Shocking Accident.
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Especially since beginning her advanced academic work, Sophie Ward has been writing professionally, including for newspapers The Guardian, The Times, and The Spectator, and the online journalism network, The Conversation.
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Sophie Ward has become known as an LGBT activist, and her 2014 long-form essay, a strong statement regarding equality of marriage rights, was published by Guardian Shorts, The Guardian's e-book publishing house.
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Sophie Ward has hosted several of the annual European Diversity Awards, including in 2016,2019, and 2021.
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Sophie Ward married veterinary surgeon Paul Hobson in 1988, and the couple have two sons, born in 1989 and 1993.