Sophie Hopkins

Sophie Hopkins
Born	Sophie Lisa Hopkins (1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 (age 34) Singapore
Alma mater	Identity School of Acting
Years active	2009–present

Sophie Lisa Hopkins is a British actress and model. She is best known for her role as April MacLean in the BBC Three Doctor Who spin-off Class (2016).

Early life

Hopkins was born in Singapore and grew up in the East Yorkshire Wolds, England. She attended Woldgate School and then pursued a national diploma in Performing Arts and Musical Theatre at City of York College, graduating in 2009. ^[1] In 2010, she moved to London where she trained with Identity School of Acting and joined the Fourth Monkey Theatre Company.

Career

In April 2016, Hopkins was cast in the BBC Three Doctor Who spin-off Class ^[2] as April MacLean. ^[3] Her character April is a student at Coal Hill School, who Hopkins described as "socially awkward", but also "compassionate, kind", and sometimes "extraordinarily brave". ^[4] April was advertised as the British Buffy . ^[5] When Hopkins was first sent the script, she only knew that the series would be similar to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and decided to audition on that basis, unaware that it would be a Doctor Who spin off. ^{[4] [6]} During the production of the series Hopkins lived in Cardiff, in the same building as actress Vivian Oparah. ^[7]

Also in 2016, Hopkins made her feature film debut starring in the horror-thriller Brackenmore, set in Ireland. In 2018, Hopkins reprised her role as April MacLean in six Class audio plays by Big Finish. ^[8] She then appeared in Greta Bellamacina's 2019 film Hurt by Paradise . In 2020, she participated in the Trickster virtual live readings to raise money for the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[9] She then appeared in an episode of the Sky Max series Wolfe and the Hallmark Channel film Jolly Good Christmas. She has an upcoming role in the ITV series The Long Shadow .

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Meeting Place	Anna	Short film
2013	The Square Orbit	Woman	Short film
2014	Life Lines	Mori	Short film
2015	Dead Gigolo	Jamie	Short film
	Fragments of May	Sophie	Short film
2016	Since We Last	Harry	Short film
	Breaking	Sarah	Short film
	Brackenmore	Kate
2017	Spilt	Billie	Short film
2019	Hurt by Paradise	Camille Castel
	Wives of the Landed Gentry	Elizabeth	Short film
2020	Stalling It	Sammy	Short film
2021	Watchtower	Lily	Short film
	Nightingale	Lil	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Filthy Cities	Charlotte Corday	Documentary miniseries; uncredited (Episode: "Revolutionary Paris")
2011–2012	Dark Matters: Twisted But True	Marie Vicki Llubmila	Documentary (3 episodes)
2013	Britain's Secret Homes	Anne Joan Pendrell	Documentary (2 episodes)
2016	Class	April MacLean	Main cast (8 episodes)
2018	Doctors	Ellie Hutton	Episode: "Blink"
2021	Wolfe	Sarah Goodwin	1 episode
2022	Jolly Good Christmas	Charlotte Fitzsimmons	Television film
2023	The Long Shadow

Audio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018–2020	Class	April MacLean	7 episodes
2020	Trickster	Georgina Garrett	Virtual live reading

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2015	"Whiplash Dreams"	Clearhead

References

1. Lewis, Haydn (10 November 2016). "Sophie's success in Dr Who spin-off". The Press .
2. "Katherine Kelly leads the cast of Doctor Who spin-off Class". Radio Times . 4 April 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
3. "Meet the cast of Class". Radio Times . 22 October 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.^{[ dead link ‍]}
4. Jusino, Teresa (21 April 2017). "Class' Sophie Hopkins Explains How Buffy Landed Her a Sweet Gig In the Whoniverse". The Mary Sue.
5. Jeffery, Morgan (21 October 2016). "Exclusive: Class star Sophie Hopkins reveals all on possible Doctor Who crossovers - and those Buffy comparisons". Digital Spy .
6. Frost, Caroline (19 October 2016). "'Class' Star Sophie Hopkins Says She's Ready To Be 'The British Buffy' For Doctor Who Fans". HuffPost .
7. "Interview: "We're part of something really cool" – Sophie Hopkins (BBC's Class/Dr. Who)". VultureHound Magazine. Archived from the original on October 17, 2018.
8. Ling, Thomas (29 May 2018). "Axed Doctor Who spin-off Class to return for audio series". Radio Times .
9. "Trickster by Sam Michaels with Sophie Hopkins, Cameron Jack, Brett Fancy, Joan Hodges, Leslie Ash". OutSavvy. June 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

External links

• Sophie Hopkins at IMDb
• Sophie Hopkins on Instagram