Sophie Dix

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Sophie Dix
Born (1969-03-03) 3 March 1969 (age 54)
Totnes, Devon, England
Occupation(s)Actress, writer
Years active1991–2020
Children2

Sophie Dix (born 3 March 1969) is an English actress, best known for her role as Captain Sadie Williams in Soldier Soldier . She has also had roles in The Bill , Benidorm , Between The Lines , and Holby City . In March 2022, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Viv Beaden. [1]

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Personal life

Dix has lived in the London borough of Hampstead for twenty years. [2] Her long-term partner is Nevil Coleman and she has two daughters, Georgia and Violet.[ citation needed ] In 2012, she stood as a candidate for the Green Party at the Hampstead Town council by-election, receiving 207 votes. [3] She stood again in 2015 and received 597 votes, coming third with 11.3% of the vote. [4]

In October 2017, Dix joined the growing number of women who have alleged that producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed, sexually intimidated, and/or sexually assaulted them. She told The Guardian that, in the early 1990s, in a hotel room to which he had invited her to watch rushes with him during filming of The Hour of the Pig , he tried to force himself on her and masturbated in front of her; the incident left her emotionally scarred and despondent: "It's the single most damaging thing that's happened in my life" Dix said, and she believes that it ruined her film career. [5]

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