Sophie Stuckey Explained

Sophie Stuckey
Birth Date:1991 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Camden, London, England[1]
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:2002–2013

Sophie Stuckey (born 1 March 1991) is an English actress.

Biography and career

Sophie Stuckey was born in London, in the borough of Camden, on 1 March 1991. Her first role as an actress was in 2002, at the age of 11, in the film Close Your Eyes,[2] while the following year she was in I Capture the Castle, film adaptation of Dodie Smith's book of the same name. Afterwards, she was in The Dark in 2005[3] and in My Life in Ruins (aka Driving Aphrodite) in 2009.[4]

Meanwhile, in 2004 she debuted on TV in the BBC film Who Cares?, written and directed by Ray Harrison Graham and produced by RedBird Productions;[5] [6] in 2006 she appeared in one episode of the ninth season of Midsomer Murders, playing Dora Southerly, a girl who finds the body of a man in an old sawmill.[7]

In 2010, she got the role of Summer Farley, leading of the TV series Summer in Transylvania,[8] which pushed her to quit her studies in Global Politics and International Relations at Birkbeck, and took part in The Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe, coming out in 2012:[9] in the film she was Stella Kipps, late wife of the leading, who appeared only in flashbacks or as a ghost. The next year she joined the cast of the two-part miniseries The Reckoning,[10] in which she played the part of cancer-stricken fifteen-year-old Amanda Wilson.[11]

In 2012 she took part, as Jemma, in Menhaj Huda's horror film Comedown,[12] which was screened as world premiere on 4 October 2012 at Grimmfest.[13] In January 2013 she was in two episodes of the sixteenth season of the TV series Silent Witness, playing Karen Masters,[14] [15] while in April she was in Endeavour.[16] In September she portrayed Eva Harper in the fourth episode of the third season of Vera.[17]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Close Your EyesHeatheraka Doctor Sleep
2003I Capture the CastleCassandra (aged 7)
2004GyppoRosaShort film
2005The DarkSarah
2009My Life in RuinsCaitlin
2012The Woman in BlackStella Kipps
2012ComedownJemma

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Who Cares?TrixyTV film
2006Midsomer MurdersDora SoutherlyEpisode: "Country Matters"
2010Summer in TransylvaniaSummer FarleyMain role (20 episodes)
2011The ReckoningAmanda Wilson
2013Silent WitnessKaren MastersEpisodes: "True Love Waits – Part One" and "True Love Waits – Part 2"
2013EndeavourPamela WaltersEpisode: "Girl"
2013VeraEva HarperEpisode: "Prodigal Son"

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 8 Things to Know About The Woman in Black's Sophie Stuckey!. 25 January 2012. 18 May 2012.
  2. Web site: DOCTOR SLEEP aka CLOSE YOUR EYES; HYPNOSIS. 29 October 2012.
  3. News: The UnPetrifying Sophie Stuckey. 18 May 2012.
  4. News: "My Life in Ruins" poster. It's all Greek to Vardalos. 9 March 2009. 26 November 2011. dead. https://archive.today/20130205193034/http://www.upcoming-movies.com/newsdetails.aspx?z=1&articleid=1719. 5 February 2013. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Who Cares? – BBC. 29 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130724224053/http://resource-base.co.uk/television.asp#pp19. 24 July 2013. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Sophie Stuckey – United Agents. 29 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130216163232/http://unitedagents.co.uk/sophie-stuckey. 16 February 2013. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Midsomer Murder – Country Matters. 29 October 2012.
  8. News: Summer in Transylvania. 18 March 2010. 26 November 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307065046/http://screenterrier.blogspot.com/2010/03/summer-in-transylvania.html. 7 March 2012. dmy-all.
  9. News: Official Photo of Daniel Radcliffe in Hammer Films' The Woman in Black. 9 November 2010. 26 July 2011.
  10. News: Ashley Jensen, Max Beesley join ITV drama. 30 September 2010. 29 October 2012.
  11. News: Interview with star of ITV's The Reckoning. 26 April 2011. 29 October 2012.
  12. News: Comedown. 18 May 2012.
  13. Web site: Grimmfest – 2012 Schedule. 29 October 2012.
  14. Web site: Series 16 – 5. True Love Waits – Part One. 19 January 2013.
  15. Web site: Series 16 – 6. True Love Waits – Part Two. 19 January 2013.
  16. News: ITV's 'Broadchurch', 'Endeavour' & 'Murder on the Home Front' Line Up Guest Stars. 3 December 2012. 4 December 2012.
  17. Web site: Vera Episode 4. 21 September 2013.