Sophia Myles
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Sophia Myles Robbed In Cinema
English actress Sophia Myles is appealing for the return of her wallet, after it was stolen during a trip to a Hollywood cinema.
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Biography
Myles was born in London, the daughter of Jane, who works in educational publishing, and Peter Myles, an Anglican vicar in Isleworth, West London.
Her maternal grandmother was Russian. her younger b... [more]
Her maternal grandmother was Russian. her younger b... [more]
Trivia
- Does indeed have a fairly good grasp of the German language - although not necessarily when it comes to speaking it herself. When presented with a German text she can read it with almost no trace of an English accent.
- She was spotted by actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes in her school play and plucked out to play Lady Jane Grey in a BBC production of The Prince and the Pauper.
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Quotes
- [on her first nude scene in Art School Confidential (2006)] Terrified. I was... I mean I had a no nudity clause for Tristan + Isolde (2006) because I didn`t think it was appropriate I didn`t think you needed to see anymore than you see to believe that we were in love or making love and quite often you see so much gratuitous nudity in films, especially from women, and my body is a very kind of precious thing to me. So when I was first sent the script and I opened it and flicked through it, and it says `she enters and she disrobes` I thought no way and threw it across the other side of the room. I didn`t really know who Terry Zwigoff was at this point and then it was actually James Franco who told me Terry Zwigoff is really good and you should think about that and I said `no, no, no, no I couldn`t possibly`. Apparently Terry scoured the country and I think other parts of the world... he is very, very picky about his casting and the producer had apparently got him by the throat and said `look just tell us what you want`. There was about two weeks left before shooting and he said `I don`t know maybe like a young Kate Winslet` and I had met the producer Rus Smith when I was 21 in LA and he said `okay I know where she is, that is fine` and they tracked me down. It was really when my agent Tony Howard ICM said `listen you really should take it... you don`t not take a meeting with Terry Zwigoff`. So I said `fine` and they flew me out and we met at the Standard and just hit it off straight away and when I found out the rest of the cast that was attached like John Malkovich, Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent, Steve Buscemi...
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Snapshot
Date of Birth: 18th of March, 1980Occupation: Actress
Height: 5' 6" (168cm)
Religion: Anglican / Episcopalian
Hair Colur: Blonde
Eye Colour: Blue
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
Claim to Fame: Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds (2004)
Ethnicity: White
