Sophia Brown (actress)

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| birth_name = Sophia Monique Brown

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1991|10}}

| birth_place = Northampton, England

| alma_mater = ArtsEd

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2015–present

| known_for = The Witcher: Blood Origin

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Sophia Monique Brown (born October 1991) is an English actress who has appeared in the shows Marcella and Clique (2018), Giri/Haji (2019), The Capture (2020), and who starred in the 2022 Netflix fantasy series The Witcher: Blood Origin.

Early life

Brown was born in Northampton.{{cite web|title= Sophia Brown on her role in Netflix's 'The Witcher: Blood Origin'|url= https://www.sohohouse.com/house-notes/issue-006/film-and-entertainment/soho-spotlight-sophia-brown |website=sohohouse.com |date=9 January 2023}} She graduated from Arts Educational Schools, London,{{cite web|title=Sophia Brown Theo Adams Company|url=https://www.theoadams.com/sophia-brown|website=Theo Adams Company|access-date=4 January 2022}} and the Identity School of Acting in Brixton, where she trained in ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance. She also studied at the Ivana Chubbuck Studio.{{cite web|title=Denton Brierly Agency CV|url=https://login.tagmin.com/addon/dbp.inc.php?cid=17|work=Denton Brierly|access-date=4 January 2022}}{{dead link|date=March 2023}} She has been performing with the Theo Adams Company since 2015.{{cite web|title=The Theo Adams Company: the cool London collective creating immersive performances|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/the-theo-adams-company-the-cool-london-collective-creating-immersive-performances-a3623076.html|website=The Evening Standard|date=31 August 2017 |accessdate=11 November 2019}}

Career

In 2015, Brown made her debut television appearance as Leyla Farnworth in an episode of Casualty.{{cite web|title= Heart Over Head, Casualty, Series 29 Episode 38 of 46|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b061tkr7 |work= bbc.co.uk |date= July 4, 2015}}

Her other TV credits include The Capture,{{cite web|title=Interview with Sophia Brown|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/girihaji/sophia|website=bbc.co.uk |date=2 October 2019}} Marcella, Clique, and Guerrilla.

She has appeared in the films Disobedience and Beauty and the Beast.

In 2019, she appeared as the assassin Donna Clarke in the BBC 2 crime drama television series Giri/Haji, working alongside Charlie Creed-Miles, who played her boss.{{cite web |title=The Witcher: Blood Origin Casts Giri/Haji Star Sophia Brown |url= https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-witcher-blood-origin-casts-giri-haji-star-sophia-brown/1100-6493709/ |website=gamespot.com |date=8 July 2021}}

In 2021, Brown was cast as Éile, a warrior blessed with the voice of a goddess in The Witcher: Blood Origin, a four-episode limited series that is a prequel-spin-off to the Netflix show The Witcher.{{cite web |title='The Witcher: Blood Origin': Sophia Brown to Star with Laurence O'Fuarain & Michelle Yeoh in Netflix Fantasy Series, Filming to Begin in the UK in August |url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/witcher-blood-origin-netflix-sophia-brown-michelle-yeoh-laurence-ofuarain-1234788420/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=8 July 2021}}

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2015 \|Casualty \|Leyla Farnworth \|Episode: "Heart Over Head"
2016 \|EastEnders \|Amelle Ellington \|Episode #1.5257
rowspan=3\|2017 \|Disobedience \|Photographic studio assistant \|Film
Guerrilla \|Christine \|2 episodes
Beauty and the Beast \|Debutante \|Film
2017–2018 \|Clique \|Louise Taggart \|Main role
2018 \|Marcella \|DC Leanne Hunter \|Main role (series 2)
2019 \|Giri/Haji \|Donna Clark \|Main role
2019–2020 \|The Capture \|Karen Merville \|Main role (series 1)
2021 \|I Am... \|Tara \|Episode: "I Am Danielle"
2022 \|The Witcher: Blood Origin \|Éile \|Lead role
rowspan=2\|2023 \|You & Me \|Jess \|2 episodes
Dead Shot \|Ruth \|Film
2024 \|Hard Truths \|Aleisha \|Film

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|+ {{Sronly|List of film and television appearances, with year, title, and role shown}}

Year

! Title

! Role

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2015

|Casualty

|Leyla Farnworth

|Episode: "Heart Over Head"

2016

|EastEnders