--- name: "Sophie Ward" canonical: "https://film.one/person/sophie-ward" fi1m_id: "sophie-ward" imdb_id: "nm0001830" tmdb_id: 31921 wikidata_id: "Q447703" roles: ["Actor"] born: "30 December 1964" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-04T19:11:32.083937+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Sophie Ward ## Identity Sophie Ward - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sophie-ward - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** sophie-ward - **IMDb ID:** nm0001830 - **TMDB ID:** 31921 - **Wikidata ID:** Q447703 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Ward, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31921 Actor. Born 30 December 1964 in London, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 30 December 1964, London, England, UK - **Active:** 1985–2011 - **Also known as:** Sophie Anna Ward - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 68 (1), 2010s 77 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Ward, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31921 ## 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). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Jane Eyre* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Lady Ingram — [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md) - *Young Sherlock Holmes* (1985), Fi1m 68, as Elizabeth Hardy — [page](https://film.one/film/young-sherlock-holmes.md) ## Complete filmography (63) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *A Very British Scandal* (2021), series, as Janet Kidd - *Swiperight* (2020), as Ada March - *Picture Perfect Royal Christmas* (2019), as Queen Gloriana - *Strike* (2017), series, as Anna Phipps - *Secret State* (2012), series, as Rosie Miller - *Jane Eyre* (2011), as Lady Ingram — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md) - *David Rose* (2011), as Marianne - *Land Girls* (2009), series, as Lady Ellen Hoxley - *Book of Blood* (2009), as Mary Florescu - *Lewis* (2007), series, as Isobel Crompton - *Nobody Knows Anything!* (2004), as Claire Howard - *Hustle* (2004), series, as DCI Angela Wainwright - *Out of Bounds* (2003), as Veronica Van Huet - *Dinotopia 6: The Exit* (2003), as Rosemary - *Dinotopia 5: The Virus* (2003), as Rosemary - *Dinotopia 4: New Horizons* (2003), as Rosemary - *Dinotopia 3: The Election* (2002), as Rosemary - *Dinotopia 2: The Temptation* (2002), as Rosemary - *Dinotopia* (2002), series, as Rosemary Waldo - *Crime and Punishment* (2002), as Dunia, Rodion's sister - *The Inspector Lynley Mysteries* (2002), series, as Justine Weaver - *Crusade* (1999), series, as Isabelle - *Bela Donna* (1998), as Lidia - *The Big Fall* (1997), as Emma Roussell - *A Village Affair* (1995), as Alice Jordan - *Chiller* (1995), series, as Fransesca Monsanto - *Prophecy* (1995), as Francesca Monsanto - *MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis* (1994), as Kelly Carson - *A Dark Adapted Eye* (1994), series, as Eden - *Simulacrum* (1993), as Jax - *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Jocelyn Sheffield - *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Lorna Goodley - *Class of '61* (1993), as Shannon O'Neil - *Taking Liberty* (1993), as Nell Prescott - *Wuthering Heights* (1992), as Isabella Linton - *Waxwork II: Lost in Time* (1992), as Eleanor - *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Dr. Helen Trent - *The Strauss Dynasty* (1991), series, as Kathi - *A Demon in My View* (1991), as Helen Schweizer - *Events at Drimaghleen* (1991), as Hetty Fortune - *Time of Indifference* (1991), as Carla - *Cellini: A Violent Life* (1990), as Porzia / Supplizia - *The Monk* (1990), as Matilde de la Venegas - *Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery* (1989), as Molly Kendal - *The Shell Seekers* (1989), as Antonia - *Young Toscanini* (1988), as Schwester Margherita - *A Summer Story* (1988), as Stella Halliday - *Little Dorrit* (1987), as Minnie Meagles - *Aria* (1987), as The Young Girl - *Casanova* (1987), as Jacqueline - *Casualty* (1986), series, as Sandra Dillon - *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Hetty Fortune - *Young Sherlock Holmes* (1985), as Elizabeth Hardy — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/young-sherlock-holmes.md) - *Return to Oz* (1985), as Mombi II - *A Better Class of Person* (1985), as Isabel - *The Hunger* (1983), as Girl in London House - *A Shocking Accident* (1982), as Amanda - *Certainties and Doubts* (1979), Actor - *Full Circle* (1978), as Kate Lofting - *The Chester Mystery Plays* (1976), Actor - *The Copter Kids* (1976), as Jill Peters - *Shadows* (1975), series, as Jan - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Antonia ## Gallery - ![Sophie Ward](https://film.one/media/person/4161298/gallery-590fc674ac8b.jpg) Sophie Ward — Rena Brannan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Sophie_Ward.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Sophie Ward](https://film.one/media/person/4161298/gallery-8cf8d9762a14.jpg) Sophie Ward — Image via TMDB - ![Sophie Ward](https://film.one/media/person/4161298/gallery-5e7d6f105855.jpg) Sophie Ward — Image via TMDB - ![Sophie Ward](https://film.one/media/person/4161298/gallery-f0e1c4ab40f4.jpg) Sophie Ward — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - Locus Award for Best First Novel 2021: Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominated), for *Love and Other Thought Experiments* - Booker Prize 2020: Booker Prize (nominated), for *Love and Other Thought Experiments* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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