- In full:
- Sophie Belinda Turner
- Born:
- February 21, 1996, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England (age 30)
Sophie Turner
Who is Sophie Turner?
What are some of Sophie Turner’s notable film credits?
Has Sophie Turner won any awards for her acting?
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Sophie Turner (born February 21, 1996, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England) is an English actress best known for her roles as Sansa Stark on the popular HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–19) and as Jean Grey in the X-Men film series (2016–19). She was married to Joe Jonas of the band Jonas Brothers from 2019 to 2024.
Early life
Turner was born in Northampton as the youngest of three children; she has two elder brothers, James and Will. Her mother, Sally, was a nursery school teacher who later gave up her job to accompany Sophie on set for Game of Thrones; her father, Andrew, worked for a distribution company. Sophie started acting at the age of three when she began drama classes. At 11 she was offered a spot at the Royal Ballet School but decided not to go. “I knew it would have to be drama or ballet, and I chose drama,” Turner told The Telegraph in 2015.
When she was 12, Turner’s drama teacher suggested that she try out for the role of Sansa Stark on Game of Thrones. Turner got the part, which she later credited to her social media following. “It 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,” she told Porter magazine in 2017.
Career
Turner was 14 when filming began for the first season of Game of Thrones in July 2010; she was chaperoned on set by her mother, including for scenes shot on location in Croatia. Initially, she was on set from June to September, after which she would attend school for the rest of the year, leading a normal life, as her school friends were not old enough to watch the show. She also had a tutor on set until she was 16.
“I’ve grown up with her. I really feel what she feels; I probably know her better than I know myself.”
—Sophie Turner about her character, Sansa Stark, on Game of Thrones, in an interview with The Telegraph
Turner’s character, Sansa, evolved into one of the most important protagonists on Game of Thrones, which would become one of the most popular TV shows of its era and one of the most celebrated of all time. Throughout the series, Sansa goes through many ordeals, including a scene in which she is raped by her husband. In the series finale in 2019, Sansa becomes queen of the North, a newly independent kingdom, capping a storyline that saw her evolve “from a callow girl into one of the cagiest operators in the story,” as The New York Times put it. Turner was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series in 2019.
She made her film debut in the 2013 mystery thriller Another Me. Her other film credits include Barely Lethal (2015) alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Broken Soldier (2022) with Ray Liotta, and the psychological thriller Trust (2025). She is best known in film for portraying the mutant Jean Grey in the films X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019), part of the X-Men universe. She has also appeared on other TV shows, including Survive (2020) in which she plays a plane crash survivor, The Staircase (2022) alongside Colin Firth and Toni Collette, and Steal (2026), in which she plays a key role in a heist.
Turner also appeared as herself in music videos for the Jonas Brothers songs “Sucker” (2019) and “What a Man Gotta Do” (2020). In late 2025 she was confirmed as the next Lara Croft for a new film in the Tomb Raider franchise; actresses Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander have previously portrayed Lara Croft on screen.
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Personal life
Turner began living with an eating disorder as a teen, a situation exacerbated by online commenters who criticized her weight. She struggled with negative body image and had a live-in therapist for a while. She has credited regular therapy and breaks from social media with helping her manage her eating disorder and her struggles with anxiety and depression.
In 2019 Turner married American pop star Joe Jonas of the band Jonas Brothers, after years of dating that began when he messaged her on Instagram. The couple have two children. In 2023 Jonas filed for divorce, and the resulting tabloid attention, which portrayed Turner as a poor mother, took a toll on her. Turner told Vogue UK in 2024 that those were the worst days of her life; she credits the cast and crew of Joan, which she was filming when the divorce news broke, with supporting her. She subsequently sued Jonas, asking that the children be sent back to England from the United States, but the suit was dismissed after she and Jonas came up with a custody agreement; the divorce proceedings concluded in September 2024.