Sophia Jane Myles (/səˈfaɪ.ə/; born 18 March 1980) is an English
actress. She is best known in film for portraying Lady Penelope
Creighton-Ward in Thunderbirds (2004), Erika in Underworld (2003),
Isolde in Tristan & Isolde (2006), and Darcy in Transformers: Age of
Extinction (2014). Myles has also received critical acclaim for her
television work, particularly as Madame de Pompadour in the Doctor Who
episode "The Girl in the Fireplace" (2006) and Beth Turner in
Moonlight (2007â€"2008).Myles was born in London. Her mother, Jane
(née Allan), works in educational publishing, and her father, Peter
R. Myles, was a retired Church of England vicar in Isleworth, West
London. Her paternal grandmother was Russian, and Myles refers to
herself as "half-Welsh, half-Russian". She grew up in Notting Hill and
attended Fox Primary School. At the age of 11, she moved with her
family to Isleworth and attended the Green School. Following success
at her A Levels, she had been planning to study philosophy at
Cambridge, but chose to pursue an acting career after being spotted by
Julian Fellowes in a school play.Since 1996, Myles has appeared in a
number of films and television productions. In 2001, she got a small
role as Victoria Abberline in the thriller film From Hell. She had a
supporting role in the 2003 film Underworld, and reprised the
character in a brief flashback scene in its sequel, Underworld:
Evolution (2006). In 2003, she starred in the thriller Out of Bounds
and played Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds. In 2006, she co-starred as
Isolde in the romantic drama Tristan & Isolde.
actress. She is best known in film for portraying Lady Penelope
Creighton-Ward in Thunderbirds (2004), Erika in Underworld (2003),
Isolde in Tristan & Isolde (2006), and Darcy in Transformers: Age of
Extinction (2014). Myles has also received critical acclaim for her
television work, particularly as Madame de Pompadour in the Doctor Who
episode "The Girl in the Fireplace" (2006) and Beth Turner in
Moonlight (2007â€"2008).Myles was born in London. Her mother, Jane
(née Allan), works in educational publishing, and her father, Peter
R. Myles, was a retired Church of England vicar in Isleworth, West
London. Her paternal grandmother was Russian, and Myles refers to
herself as "half-Welsh, half-Russian". She grew up in Notting Hill and
attended Fox Primary School. At the age of 11, she moved with her
family to Isleworth and attended the Green School. Following success
at her A Levels, she had been planning to study philosophy at
Cambridge, but chose to pursue an acting career after being spotted by
Julian Fellowes in a school play.Since 1996, Myles has appeared in a
number of films and television productions. In 2001, she got a small
role as Victoria Abberline in the thriller film From Hell. She had a
supporting role in the 2003 film Underworld, and reprised the
character in a brief flashback scene in its sequel, Underworld:
Evolution (2006). In 2003, she starred in the thriller Out of Bounds
and played Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds. In 2006, she co-starred as
Isolde in the romantic drama Tristan & Isolde.
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