Sophie Simnett

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Sophie Simnett
Born (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 26)
Education Putney High School
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
Television The Lodge
Daybreak

Sophie Simnett (born 5 December 1997) [1] is an English actress, known for her roles as Skye Hart on the Disney Channel musical series The Lodge and Samaira Dean on the Netflix drama series Daybreak .

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Early life

Simnett was born in Hammersmith, West London. [2] At the age of seven, she began taking various film and acting courses, and was educated at Putney High School. [3] [4]

Career

Simnett made her professional acting debut in Footsteps of Angels, a 2014 short film. She then appeared in the 2016 film Mum's List, as the younger version of Kate. [5] [6] On her eighteenth birthday, she was cast in the role of Skye Hart on the Disney Channel musical drama series The Lodge after thirteen auditions. [7] [8] She starred in The Lodge from 2016 to 2017, and was featured on two accompanying soundtracks for the series. [9] [10] Simnett also acted as a story consultant for the series. [11] In 2018, she starred in the Christmas comedy film Surviving Christmas with the Relatives as Bee. [12] [13] In 2019, Simnett starred in the Netflix drama series Daybreak as Samaira Dean. [14] [15] She later portrayed the role of Red in the 2021 film Twist . [16]

Filmography

Film roles
YearFilmRoleNotes
2016Mum's ListTeen Kate
2018 Surviving Christmas with the Relatives Bee
2021 Twist Red
2021 Last Train to Christmas Jenny
Television roles
YearShowRoleNotes
2015 Dickensian Dedlock niece1 episode
2016 The Five Scarlett2 episodes
2016–2017 The Lodge Skye HartMain role (25 episodes); also story consultant [11]
2017 Endeavour Pippa Leyton2 episodes
2017 Ransom Sofia Bonnar1 episode
2018 Poldark Andromeda Page2 episodes
2019 Daybreak Samaira "Sam" DeanMain role (10 episodes)
Video game roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 Horizon Forbidden West DEMETERVoice role

Discography

Soundtrack albums

TitleDetails
The Lodge
The Lodge: Season 2
  • Released: 1 September 2017
  • Label: Walt Disney Records
  • Format: CD, digital download

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