Sophie Turner is an English actress. Turner made her acting debut as Sansa Stark in HBO’s epic fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011-2019), for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. in a drama series in 2019.

Turner appeared in the 2013 British drama television film The Thirteenth Tale and made her film debut in the psychological thriller Another Me (2013). She appeared in the action comedy Barely Lethal (2015) and portrayed the young Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2016-2019).

Turner was cast as Sansa Stark, a young noblewoman, in HBO’s fantasy drama series Game of Thrones in August 2009. Filming began in July 2010, when Turner was 14. Sansa was Turner’s first television role. Turner’s drama teacher encouraged her to audition for the role, and she dyed her hair auburn blonde for the role, although in Season 7 she began wearing wigs. In 2012, she was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Television Series – Young Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Sansa, alongside her on-screen sister, Maisie Williams. Turner appeared in all eight broadcast seasons.

In 2013, she had her first film role as the title character in the independent thriller Another Me, based on the novel of the same name by Catherine MacPhail. She starred as Adeline March in the 2013 TV movie The Thirteenth Tale. In 2013, she participated in the comedy film Barely Lethal, alongside Hailee Steinfeld, released on May 29, 2015 in a limited version and on video on demand. Turner also narrated the audiobook version of Lev Grossman’s short story “The Girl in the Mirror”, which was included in the short fiction anthology Dangerous Women and was edited by George R. R. Martin. In 2014, she narrated the City of Heavenly Fire audiobook by Cassandra Clare. The same year, she was the face of Karen Millen’s “The Journey” campaign. Turner played the mutant Jean Gray in X-Men: Apocalypse, released in May 2016 to mixed critical acclaim.