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name: "Sophie Thompson"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 January 1962"
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average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-17T02:59:42.731125+00:00"
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# Sophie Thompson

Actor. Born 20 January 1962 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 January 1962, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1997–2014
- **Also known as:** سوفی تامپسون

## Biography

Sophie Thompson is a British actress born on 20 January 1962 in London. She is the daughter of actors Phyllida Law and Eric Thompson and the younger sister of actress Emma Thompson. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and made her television debut in 1978 in *A Traveller in Time*.

Thompson has worked extensively in film, television and theatre. Her film credits include *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994), *Emma* (1996), *Gosford Park* (2001) and *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1* (2010). On television she has appeared in *EastEnders*, *Coronation Street*, *Sex Education*, *Silo* and as Sheila Seymour in *Detectorists* (2014–2022). She won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1999 for *Into the Woods* and has received six further nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Detectorists* (2014), Fi1m 87, as Sheila Seymour — [page](https://film.one/tv/detectorists.md)
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Jan — [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Gosford Park* (2001), Fi1m 85, as Dorothy — [page](https://film.one/film/gosford-park.md)
- *Jonathan Creek* (1997), Fi1m 78, as Dorothy Moon — [page](https://film.one/tv/jonathan-creek.md)

## Also known for

- *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1* (2010), Mafalda Hopkirk
- *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994), Lydia the Bride - Wedding Two
- *Eat Pray Love* (2010), Corella
- *Silo* (2023), Gloria Hildebrandt
- *Monte Carlo* (2011), Auction Bidder 2
- *Greenland 2: Migration* (2026), Mackenzie Matthews
- *Emma* (1996), Miss Bates
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Mrs Reynolds

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