Sophie Turner
Sophie Belinda Turner (born 21 February 1996)[2] is an English actress. She made her acting debut as Sansa Stark in the HBO epic fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2019.
For the businesswoman, see Sophie Turner Laing.
Sophie Turner
Actress
2009–present
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Turner appeared in the 2013 British drama television film The Thirteenth Tale and made her feature film debut in the psychological thriller Another Me (2013). She appeared in the action comedy Barely Lethal (2015) and portrayed a young Jean Grey / Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2016–2019).
Early life[edit]
Sophie Belinda Turner was born in Northampton,[3] England on 21 February 1996, the daughter of Sally, a nursery school teacher, and Andrew, who works for a pallet distribution company.[4] She moved to Chesterton, Warwickshire when she was 2 years old. She attended Warwick Prep School until she was 11, and later attended the independent The King's High School for Girls. Turner has been a member of the Playbox Theatre Company since she was 3 years old.[5][6] She has two older brothers.[7] Her twin died in utero.[8]
She grew up in a large Edwardian house, near Leamington Spa, saying, "My childhood was pretty fun. We had pigsties, barns and a paddock, and used to muck around in the mud." Turner had a tutor on the set of Game of Thrones until age 16. She achieved five GCSE A-grades and four Bs, including a B in Drama.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Turner began dating American singer Joe Jonas in 2016.[34] They became engaged in October 2017[35] and were married on 1 May 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.[36] The couple lived in New York City as of May 2019.[1][37] They held a second wedding ceremony in Carpentras, France on 29 June 2019.[38] The couple have two daughters, born July 2020 and July 2022.[39][40] Turner was the inspiration behind the song "Hesitate", written as a love letter to her by Jonas, for the Jonas Brothers reunion album, Happiness Begins.[41]
In early September 2023, Jonas filed for divorce from Turner in Miami, Florida.[42] This was then confirmed by both Turner and Jonas via Instagram to be a mutual decision.[43][44] Later that month, she sued her estranged husband to allow their daughters, who were born in the United States, to return to England, as the former couple had registered the latter as their permanent residence in April earlier that year.[45] Jonas and Turner reached a temporary custody agreement in October.[46]