Sophie Winkleman

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Sophie Winkleman
Sophie Winkleman at British Polo Day.jpg
Winkleman in 2014
Born (1980-08-05) 5 August 1980 (age 44)
Primrose Hill, London, England
Education Trinity Hall, Cambridge
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present
TitleLady Frederick Windsor
Spouse
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(m. 2009)​
Children2
Relatives Claudia Winkleman (paternal half-sister)
Sally Soames (aunt)
House of Windsor (by marriage)

Sophie Lara Winkleman [1] (born 5 August 1980), styled as Lady Frederick Windsor, is an English actress. She is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince Michael of Kent and second cousin of King Charles III.

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Early life

Sophie Lara Winkleman was born on 5 August 1980 in Primrose Hill, London. [2] Her father, Barry Winkleman, published the Times Atlas of World History, [3] and her mother is the children's author Cindy Black. The television presenter Claudia Winkleman is her half-sister from her father's first marriage to Eve Pollard. Sophie Winkleman was educated at the City of London School for Girls and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she studied English literature. [4] She joined the Cambridge Footlights and wrote and performed in the comic revue Far Too Happy, which toured Britain for three months and gained the troupe's first Perrier Award nomination in 20 years. [5] She joined the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain in 1997. [4] [6] She is also a soprano, reprising her singing in the First Love series for Sky Arts. [7]

Career

Television

Winkleman's credits include recurring roles in series including Big Suze in Peep Show , [8] numerous roles in Harry & Paul , [9] Joely in White Teeth , [10] Fiona in The Trial of Tony Blair , [11] Abby in Plus One , [12] Katerina in Red Dwarf: Back to Earth , [13] Donna in Lead Balloon , [14] Prudence in Keen Eddie, Elle Kensington in Chasing Alice, Regan Peverill in the pilot episode of Lewis , Angela Warren in Agatha Christie's Poirot (in the episode "Five Little Pigs"), Princess Eleanor in The Palace , [15] Ghislaine in Robin Hood , [16] Alice Shadwell in Dalziel and Pascoe , Ann Hamilton in Death in Paradise , [17] Jill in TV Land's Hot in Cleveland , Sharon Kirby in CSI Miami [18] and Dorothy Gibson in Titanic . [19]

Winkleman was nominated for Best Newcomer by the BBC for her performance as Clara Gold in Waking the Dead . [6] [20] Winkleman made her debut on American television as the star of the NBC sitcom 100 Questions as main character Charlotte Payne. [21] She guest starred as Jill, Joy's younger sister and former nun on one episode of Hot in Cleveland and also appeared as a recurring guest on the hit series Two and a Half Men as Zoey, the British girlfriend of Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher). [22]

Stage

Winkleman's roles while at Cambridge University included the Bride in García Lorca's Blood Wedding , [23] which toured the amphitheatres of Greece, Elizabeth in Six Degrees of Separation , [23] which played at the Edinburgh Festival, Abigail in Arthur Miller's The Crucible , [18] Dockdaisy in Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui , [23] Kate in Alan Ayckbourn's Confusions , [23] Madame de Merteuil in Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses [23] and Fraulein Kost in Kander and Ebb's Cabaret all at the ADC. Winkleman's stage career after Cambridge includes a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she played Veronique in Laurence Boswell's adaptation of Beauty and the Beast [18] and a summer in Bath with the Peter Hall Company playing a variety of roles including Archangela in Galileo's Daughter directed by Peter Hall, [24] a new play by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Violet in George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman directed by Peter Hall, [23] and Charlotte in Molière's Don Juan , directed by Thea Sharrock. [23] In 2012 she played Helena in Eric Idle's musical What About Dick at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, alongside Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand and Billy Connolly. [25]

Film

Winkleman's film credits include the lead roles in the films Shattered and Love Live Long, written and directed by Mike Figgis. [23] Winkleman also played the comic role of Debbie Levine in Pathe's romantic comedy Suzie Gold and the older Susan Pevensie in the Disney film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe . [18] Other film roles include the leads in the shorts Seared, Love Letters, and The Lost Domain, a cinematic take on Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes , and Post, directed by Debs Gardner-Paterson. [23]

Radio

Winkleman is a regular in BBC Radio 4 comedy and drama. She is among the cast of comedy programmes such as Marcus Brigstocke's Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off , and such afternoon plays as Tea for Two. [23] [26] She played Polly Pot in P.G. Wodehouse's Uncle Fred in the Springtime with Alfred Molina and Rufus Sewell, Gloria in Bernard Shaw's You Never Can Tell, and Zoe in Alan Ayckbourn's Henceforward, alongside Jared Harris, all for Radio 4. [23] She also played the role of Sasha in Von Ribbentrop's Watch, a historical drama, Anna Freud in the play Dr. Freud Will See You Now, Mrs. Hitler , by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, and the Amazon warrior princess Penthesilea alongside Alistair McGowan and Stephen Mangan in the Radio 4 comic fantasy series ElvenQuest , by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto. [23] She has also starred in several Doctor Who plays for Radio 4.

Personal life

Winkleman (r) with husband Lord Frederick Windsor at British Polo Day USA 2014 Fredrick Windsor, Sophie Winkleman, at British Polo Day.jpg
Winkleman (r) with husband Lord Frederick Windsor at British Polo Day USA 2014

Winkleman married Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, in Hampton Court Palace on 12 September 2009. By virtue of her marriage, she became entitled to be styled as Lady Frederick Windsor, but continues to use her own name in her professional career. [27] On 15 August 2013, the couple had a daughter, who was born at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, and is the first grandchild of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. [28] Their second child was born in 2016 at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. [29]

In November 2017 Winkleman was seriously injured in a head-on car crash, suffering a broken back and foot. She was a back-seat passenger in a car when another vehicle struck her car after swerving to avoid a deer. It was reported that she would not suffer long-term problems, but faced weeks of recuperation. [30]

In June 2020, it was announced that she was the new royal patron of the Children's Surgery Foundation. [31] The following month, it was announced that she would be the newest (and first female) patron of School-Home Support, [1] and in June 2022 she presented the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on its behalf. [32]

Filmography

Audio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures Kelly WestwoodRecurring role, 2 episodes
2017Torchwood OneRachel AllanRecurring role; 3 episodes
2018 Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures SofiaEpisode: "Serpent in the Silver Mask"

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Chasing AliceElle KensingtonTelevision film
2004 Suzie Gold Debby Levine
AD/BC: A Rock Opera Wise ManTelevision film
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Older Susan
2007 The Trial of Tony Blair FionaTelevision film
ShatteredNatalie Encore
2008 Love Live Long Rachel
SearedStrangerShort film
2011Love LettersShort film
2012 What About Dick? Helena
2023 Wonka The Countess

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Ultimate Force Woman in BankEpisode: "The Killing House"
White Teeth JoelyMiniseries; 2 episodes
Waking the Dead Joanna Gold / Clara GoldEpisode: "Thin Air"
2003 Keen Eddie PrudenceEpisode: "Horse Heir"
Agatha Christie's Poirot Angela WarrenEpisode: "Five Little Pigs"
2005–2010 Peep Show Big SuzeRecurring role; 10 episodes
2006 Lewis Regan PeverillEpisode: "Reputation"
Dalziel and Pascoe Alice ShadwellEpisode: "A Death in the Family"
2007–2012 Harry & Paul Various rolesSeries regular; 21 episodes
2008 The Palace Princess EleanorSeries regular; 8 episodes
2009 Plus One AbbyEpisode: "Black and White and Red All Over"
Kingdom KateEpisode: "Series 3, Episode 1"
Red Dwarf KaterinaEpisode: "Back to Earth"
Robin Hood GhislaineEpisode: "Bad Blood"
2010 100 Questions Charlotte PayneSeries regular; 6 episodes
2011 CSI: Miami Sharon KirbyEpisode: "Last Stand"
Lead Balloon DonnaRecurring role; 2 episodes
Phineas and Ferb Additional VoicesEpisode: "That's the Spirit / The Curse of Candace"
Death in Paradise Ann HamiltonEpisode: "Spot the Difference"
2011–2015 Two and a Half Men ZoeyRecurring role; 28 episodes
2012 Titanic Dorothy Gibson Miniseries; 4 episodes
2015 Hot in Cleveland JillEpisode: "We Could Be Royals"
2016–2018 Milo Murphy's Law Additional Voices / Time ApeRecurring role; 3 episodes
2018 Trust MargotSeries regular; 6 episodes
2019 Endeavour Isobel HumboltEpisode: "Apollo"
Four Weddings and a Funeral Harper DylanEpisode: "Love, Chalet"
2019–2023 Sanditon Lady SusanSeries regular; 8 episodes
2020 Strike Kinvara ChiswellRecurring role; 4 episodes
2022 This Is Going to Hurt KathleenEpisode: "Episode Six"
2024 Belgravia: The Next Chapter Duchess of RochesterSeries regular; 8 episodes

Theatre credits

YearTitleRoleVenueNotesRef.
2001Far Too HappyEnsembleNew Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl & otherswith Footlights [33]
2003 Beauty and the Beast Veronique / Vanity Table Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [34]
2004 Don Juan Charlotte Theatre Royal, Bath [35]
Man and Superman Violet Robinson Theatre Royal, Bath [36]
Galileo's Daughter Arcangela Theatre Royal, Bath [37]

Published writing

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