Sophie Turner

For the businesswoman, see Sophie Turner Laing.

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.

Sophie Turner
Turner in 2019
Born	Sophie Belinda Turner[1] (1996-02-21) 21 February 1996 (age 29) Northampton, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009–present
Spouse	Joe Jonas ​ ​ (m. 2019; div. 2024)​
Partner	Peregrine Pearson (2023– 2025)
Children	2

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

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]

Career

Turner was cast as Sansa Stark, a young noblewoman, in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones in August 2009.^[9] Filming began in July 2010, when Turner was 14 years old.^[10] Sansa was Turner's first television role.^[2] Turner's drama teacher encouraged her to audition for the part,^[11] and she dyed her blonde hair auburn for the role, although in season 7 she began wearing wigs. In 2012, she was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress for her performance as Sansa, alongside her on-screen sister, Maisie Williams. Turner appeared in all eight broadcast seasons.^[12]

Turner at the season 3 premiere of Game of Thrones in 2013

While playing Sansa Stark, Turner was told to lose weight and she said she suffered from mental health problems while spending her teenage years on screen.^[13] She also had an eating disorder.^[14][15]

In 2013, Turner had her first movie role as the lead character in the independent thriller film Another Me, based on the novel of the same name by Catherine MacPhail. She starred as Adeline March in the 2013 television film The Thirteenth Tale. In 2013, she was cast in the comedy film Barely Lethal, alongside Hailee Steinfeld, which was released on 29 May 2015 in a limited release and through video on demand.^[16][17]

Turner also narrated the audiobook version of the Lev Grossman short story ‘The Girl in the Mirror’,^[18] which was included in the short fiction anthology Dangerous Women and was edited by George R. R. Martin. In 2014, she narrated the audiobook City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare.^[19][20] The same year, she was the face of Karen Millen's "The Journey" campaign.^[21] Turner played mutant Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse, which was released in May 2016 to mixed critical success.^[22] During summer 2016, she hosted the web video Powershift in partnership with the Huffington Post.^[23][24]

Turner in 2017

In March 2017, she announced she had become patron of Women for Women, an organisation that supports female war survivors.^[25] In August 2017, Turner said she believed her social media following was responsible for her successful casting in an unnamed project rather than her abilities as an actress, saying, "[I]t was between me and another girl who is a far better actress than I am, far better, but I had the followers, so I got the job."^[26] In June 2017, she began a collaboration with Wella Hair, becoming its first international brand ambassador.^[27]

In November 2017, Turner was cast to play Juliane Koepcke in the movie Girl Who Fell From the Sky. She is also attached to produce the movie.^[28] In March and April 2018, she filmed the independent film Heavy in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[29] Turner reprised her role as Jean Grey in the X-Men film Dark Phoenix, which takes place in 1992 and follows the events of Apocalypse. The film was released in June 2019.^[30][31]

She has been featured in print work for the luxury designer brand Louis Vuitton.^[32] In September 2019, Turner was cast in the thriller television show Survive.^[33]

In 2022, Turner appeared in a minor role as Erica in the teen black comedy Do Revenge. Turner figures in a pivotal scene where her character is accused of drug possession and has an "over-the-top" reaction. The scene went viral due to Turner's delivery of the line, which she admitted was intentionally played to emulate cinema outbursts from actors like Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson.^[34]

In 2024, Turner starred in the ITV serial drama Joan in the lead role of diamond thief Joan Hannington.

Personal life

Turner began dating American singer Joe Jonas in 2016.^[35] They became engaged in October 2017^[36] and were married on 1 May 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[37] The couple lived for a time in New York City.^[1][38] They held a second wedding ceremony in Paris, France, on 29 June 2019.^[39] The couple have two daughters, born in July 2020 and July 2022.^[40][41]

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.^[42]

In early September 2023, Jonas filed for divorce from Turner in Miami, Florida.^[43] This was then confirmed by both Turner and Jonas via Instagram to be a mutual decision.^[44][45] Later that month, she sued her estranged husband to allow their daughters, who were born in the United States, to return to the UK, as the former couple had registered the latter as their permanent residence in April earlier that year.^[46] Jonas and Turner reached a temporary custody agreement in October.^[47] The divorce was finalised in September 2024.^[48]

As of November 2023, she was in a relationship with Peregrine Pearson, son of Michael Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray. The couple broke up in April 2025. ^[49]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2013	Another Me	Fay / Lila Delussey	[50]
2015	Barely Lethal	Heather / Agent 84	[51]
2016	X-Men: Apocalypse	Jean Grey	[52]
2018	Josie	Josie	[53]
	Time Freak	Debbie	[54]
2019	Dark Phoenix	Jean Grey / Phoenix	[55]
	Heavy	Maddie
2022	Every Last Secret	Penelope	[56]
	Do Revenge	Erica	[57]
	StoryBots: Answer Time	Lady Eleanor

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011–2019	Game of Thrones	Sansa Stark	Main role	[58]
2013	The Thirteenth Tale	Young Adeline March/Vida March	Television film	[59]
2020	Survive	Jane	Main role	[60]
	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Westley	Episode: "Chapter Six: The Fire Swamp"	[61]
2021	The Prince	Princess Charlotte	Main voice role	[62]
2022	The Staircase	Margaret Ratliff	Main role	[63]
2024	Joan	Joan Hannington	Main role	[64]
TBA	Haven	Zara	Main role	[65]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Ref.
2014	"Oblivion"	Bastille	[66]
2019	"Sucker"	Jonas Brothers	[67]
2020	"What a Man Gotta Do"	Jonas Brothers	[68]

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2011	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Nominated	[69]
2013				Nominated	[70]
2014				Nominated	[71]
2015				Nominated	[72]
2016				Nominated	[73]
2017				Nominated	[74]
2019				Nominated	[75]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated	[76]

Miscellaneous awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2011	Scream Awards	Scream Award for Best Ensemble	Game of Thrones	Nominated	[77]
2012	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress	Game of Thrones	Nominated	[78]
2015	Empire Hero Award	Empire Hero Award	Game of Thrones	Won	[79]
	EWwy Award	Best Supporting Actress, Drama	Game of Thrones	Nominated	[80]
2016	Huading Awards	Best Global Actress	Herself	Won	[81]
	Glamour Awards	Best UK TV Actress	Game of Thrones	Won	[82]
	Venice International Film Festival	International Movie Award	Herself	Won	[83]
	EWwy Award	Best Supporting Actress, Drama	Game of Thrones	Won	[84]
2017	Kids Choice Awards	Favorite Squad	X-Men: Apocalypse	Nominated	[85]
2019	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	Game of Thrones	Nominated	[86]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actress	Dark Phoenix	Nominated	[87]