Biography
Sophie Anna Ward is a British actress and writer. Born on 30 December 1964 in London, she is the daughter of actor Simon Ward. She began acting at the age of ten and trained as a dancer under ballerina Merle Park.
Ward is known for her film roles including Elizabeth Hardy in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), Mombi II in Return to Oz (1985), Isabella Linton in Wuthering Heights (1992), and Lady Ingram in Jane Eyre (2011). Her other screen credits include The Hunger (1983), Book of Blood (2009) and television series such as The Nanny, Heartbeat and Strike.
She has also worked extensively in theatre and is the author of the novel Love and Other Thought Experiments (2020).
