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Following success at her A Levels she secured a place at the University of Cambridge to study philosophy, but chose to pursue an acting career after being spotted by Julian Fellowes in a school play and shortly after had a small role in his television production of The Prince and the Pauper in 1996.
Only a year later – after successfully finishing her A-Levels – Sophia Myles made her debut in feature films when she played Fanny’s younger sister Susan in the adaptation of ‘Mansfield Park’. This was indeed a solid foundation of what was to become a lasting acting career.
Before heading to school, Sophia was cast as "Agnes Fleming" in the TV series, Oliver Twist (1999). (The series also starred Keira Knightley ). After which, she dropped out to pursue acting. After that, Sophia got a number of small parts in movies and television shows.
- March 18, 1980
Sophia Myles started her professional acting career after a meeting Oscar-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes. When she was 16, she was performing on stage in a school production of ‘Teachers’. Fellowes who was sitting in the audience was enthralled by the teenager’s performance.
Jan 31, 2022 · Myles's acting skills were first recognized when she took drama at Green School. Her educational qualifications include GCSEs and A-Levels. She planned to study philosophy at Cambridge University but pursued acting instead. Myles made her on-screen debut with the 1996 TV mini-series The Prince and the Pauper.
Two years after her role in The Prince and the Pauper (1996), Sophia was cast as young "Saffron" in the TV mini-series Big Women (1998). In 1999, after recently enrolling in Cambridge University to study philosophy, she got a small part in Mansfield Park (1999) playing "Susan Price".
The shootings took place in 1996. This work became the starting point in Sophia Myles' acting career. From this point, her filmography list was growing more and more numerous. Movies. In 1998, two years later after the debut at cinematography, there is one more movie with Sophia Myles's participation.
