Sophie is a version of the female given name
Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name
Born in the Middle Ages
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Sophie, Countess of Bar
Sophie of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018 – January 21 or June 21, 1093) was sovereign Count of Bar and lady of Mousson between 1033 and 1093. She succeeded her brother, Frederick III, Duke of Upper Lorraine, ruled in co-regency with her spouse Louis, Coun ...
(c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
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Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant
Sophie of Thuringia (20 March 1224 – 29 May 1275) was the second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier. She was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the territory ...
(1224–1275), second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier
Born in 1600s and 1700s
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Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst
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(1729–1796), later Empress Catherine II of Russia
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Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Calenberg (24 March 1628 – 20 February 1685) was Queen of Denmark and Norway as the consort of the King Frederick III of Denmark. She is known for her political influence, as well as for her cultural impact: she act ...
(1628–1685), Queen consort of Denmark-Norway
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Sophie Blanchard
Sophie Blanchard (25 March 1778 – 6 July 1819), commonly referred to as Madame Blanchard and also known by many combinations of her maiden and married names, including Madeleine-Sophie Blanchard, Marie Madeleine-Sophie Blanchard, Marie Sophie ...
(1778–1819), French balloonist
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Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of ...
(1759–1828), second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia
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Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères
Sophie Dawes (29 September 1790 – 15 December 1840), '' Baroness de Feuchères'' by marriage, was an English "adventuress" best known as a mistress of Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé.
Early life
Dawes was born in 1790 at St Helens, Isle o ...
( 1795–1840), English baroness
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Sophie Germain
Marie-Sophie Germain (; 1 April 1776 – 27 June 1831) was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Despite initial opposition from her parents and difficulties presented by society, she gained education from books in her father's lib ...
(1776–1831), French mathematician
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Sophie Piper
Countess Eva Sophie Piper, née Eva Sophie von Fersen (30 March 1757 – 2 February 1816, Löfstad Slott), was a Swedish countess and lady in waiting. She was the daughter of count Axel von Fersen the Elder and Hedvig Catharina von Fersen and ...
(1757–1816), Swedish countess
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Sophie Schröder
Sophie Antonie Luise Schröder (née Bürger) (1 March 1781 - 25 February 1868) was a German actress.
She was born at Paderborn, the daughter of an actor, Gottfried Bürger.
She made her first appearance in opera at St Petersburg, in 1793. On ...
(1781–1868), German actress
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Sophie von La Roche
Marie Sophie von La Roche (née Gutermann von Gutershofen; 6 December 1730 – 18 February 1807) was a German novelist. She is considered the first financially independent female professional writer in Germany.
Biography
Sophie von La Roche was ...
(1730–1807), German author
Born 1790–1918
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Sophie, Duchess of Alencon (1847–1897), wife of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon
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Sophie, Archduchess of Austria
Archduchess Sophie of Austria (german: Sophie, Erzherzogin von Österreich; 5 March 185529 May 1857) was the first child and first of three daughters and one son born to Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and his wife, Duchess Elisabeth in Bav ...
(1855–1857), first child of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, and Elisabeth of Bavaria
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Sophie of Bavaria
Princess Sophie of Bavaria (Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine; 27 January 1805 – 28 May 1872) was the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Caroline of Baden. The identical twin sister of Queen Maria Anna of ...
(1805–1872), mother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
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Sophie, Countess of Ségur (1799–1874), Russian-French writer
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Sophie of Sweden
Princess Sophie of Sweden (Sofia Vilhelmina Katarina Maria Lovisa Charlotta Anna; 21 May 1801 – 6 July 1865) was, by marriage, Grand Duchess of Baden as the wife of sovereign Grand Duke of Baden, Leopold.
Biography Early life
Sophie was born ...
(1801–1865), Grand Duchess of Baden
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Sophie Adelheid, Duchess in Bavaria
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(1875–1957), German nobility
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Sophie Adlersparre
Carin ''Sophie'' Adlersparre, known under the pen-name Esselde (born Leijonhufvud; 6 July 1823 – 27 June 1895) was one of the pioneers of the 19th-century women's rights movement in Sweden. She was the founder and editor of the first women' ...
(1823–1895), Swedish women's rights activist
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Sophie Atkinson
Sophie Atkinson (28 November 1876 – 5 May 1972), born Sophia Mildred Atkinson, was an English watercolour landscape painter and illustrator.
Biography
Atkinson was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on 28 November 1876. She was the da ...
(1876–1972), English painter
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Sophie Bledsoe Aberle
Sophie Bledsoe Aberle (née Herrick; July 21, 1896 – October 1996) was an American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist known for her work with Pueblo people. She was one of two women first appointed to the National Science Board.
Earl ...
(1896–1996), American anthropologist
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Sophie Braslau
Sophie Braslau (August 16, 1892 – December 22, 1935) was a contralto prominent in United States opera, starting with her debut in New York City's Metropolitan Opera in 1913 when she was 21.
Biography
Braslau was born on August 16, 1892 in Man ...
(1892–1935), American contralto
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Sophie Daguin
Sophie Marguerite Daguin (26 March 1801 – 13 March 1881) was a French ballet dancer and choreographer. She spent her career in Sweden, where she became a star ballerina and ballet mistress of the Royal Swedish Ballet, and the principal of t ...
(1801-1881), French ballerina
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Sophie Gengembre Anderson
Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823 – 10 March 1903) was a French-born British artist who specialised in genre painting of children and women, typically in rural settings. She began her career as a lithographer and painter of portraits, collaborat ...
(1823–1903), French-British artist
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Sophie Kerr
Sophie Kerr (August 23, 1880 – February 6, 1965) was a prolific writer of the early 20th century whose stories about smart, ambitious women mirrored her own evolution from small-town girl to successful career woman. At a time when few women were ...
(1880-1965), American author
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Sophie Masloff
Sophie Masloff (née Friedman; December 23, 1917 – August 17, 2014) was an American politician. A long-time member of the Democratic Party and civil servant, she was elected to the Pittsburgh City Council and later served as the mayor of Pitt ...
(1917-2014), mayor of Pittsburgh
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Sophie Mannerheim
Baroness Eva Charlotta Lovisa Sofia (Sophie) Mannerheim (21 December 1863 – 9 January 1928) was a famous nurse known as pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. She was daughter of count Carl Robert Mannerheim and sister of a former Finnish Presid ...
(1863–1928), Finnish nurse
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Sophie Dora Spicer Maude
Sophie Dora Spicer Maude (, Spicer; pen name, Mrs. William Maude; 7 May 1854 – 7 April 1937) was a British writer. Her early publication included ''Cyril's Hobby Horse'' (1870) and ''Two little Hearts'' (1874).
Early life and education
Sophie ...
(1854-?), English writer
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Sophie Pemberton
Sophia Theresa "Sophie" Pemberton or Sophie Pemberton Deane-Drummond (13 February 1869 - 31 October 1959) was a Canadian painter considered to be British Columbia's first professional woman artist. Despite the social limitations placed on female a ...
(1869-1950), Canadian painter
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Sophie Rostopchine
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia (given name), Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of T ...
(1799-1874), French writer
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Sophie Sooäär
Sophie Sooäär (27 September 1914 – 14 March 1996) was an Estonian stage, television, and film actress and singer and dancer.
Early life and education
Sophie Sooäär (occasionally credited as Sofie Sooäär) was born in Pärnu in 1914. S ...
(1914–1996), Estonian actress
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Sophie Tucker
Sophie Tucker (born Sofia Kalish; January 13, 1886 – February 9, 1966) was an American singer, comedian, actress, and radio personality. Known for her powerful delivery of comical and risqué songs, she was one of the most popular entertaine ...
(1887-1966), American entertainer
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Sophie Treadwell
Sophie Anita Treadwell (October 3, 1885 – February 20, 1970) was an American playwright and journalist of the first half of the 20th century. She is best known for her play ''Machinal'' which is often included in drama anthologies as an examp ...
(1885-1970), American writer
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Sophie von Hohenberg
Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (''Sophie Marie Franziska Antonia Ignatia Alberta von Hohenberg''; – ) was the only daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, both of whom were assassinated at ...
(1901–1990), Austrian aristocrat
Born after 1918
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Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg (born Duchess Sophie in Bavaria; 28 October 1967) was born a member of the House of Wittelsbach, with the courtesy title of Duchess in Bavaria, and second in line for the Jacobit ...
(born 1967), German member of the House of Wittelsbach by birth
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Sophie Bradley
Sophie Elizabeth Bradley-Auckland (born 20 October 1989) is an English former international association football, football Defender (association football), defender who played for Nottingham Forest Women F.C., Nottingham Forest, Leeds United Wome ...
(born 1994), English footballer
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Sophie, Princess of Prussia
Sophie, Princess of Prussia (born Princess Sophie Johanna Maria of Isenburg;In 1919 royal family, royalty and nobility were mandated to lose their privileges in Germany, hereditary titles were to be legally borne thereafter only as part of the su ...
(born 1978), wife of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, head of the House of Hohenzollern
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Sophie, Princess of Windisch-Graetz
Sophie Franziska Maria Germaine Habsburg also known as Archduchess Sophie of AustriaAlmanach de Gotha (2018), 'Austria', Pages 42-86Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch (2015), Pages 167-225 (born on 19 January 1959) is a French-born Italian desig ...
(born 1959), Austrian member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine by birth and the Austrian House of Windisch-Graetz by marriage
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Sophie, Countess of Wessex
Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Forfar, (born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones, 20 January 1965) is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar, the youngest brother of King Charles III.
She grew u ...
(born 1965), British wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
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Sophie Abelson
Sophie Abelson is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Cherry Clay in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'' from 2009 to 2012. For her role as Cherry, she received a nomination for the British Soap Award for Best Newcomer.
Lif ...
(born 1986), English actress
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Sophie Adriansen (born 1982), French writer
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Sophie Aguie
Sophie Aguie (born 31 December 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer. She was part of the Ivorian squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
See also
*List of Ivory Coast women's international footballers
This is a list of Ivory Coast w ...
(born 1996), Ivorian footballer
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Sophie Ainsworth
Sophie Claire Ainsworth (born 22 June 1989) is a British sailor who qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Personal life
Ainsworth was born on 22 June 1989 in Ashford, Kent, England. She studie ...
(born 1989), British sailor
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Sophie Aldred
Sophie Aldred (born 20 August 1962) is an English actress and television presenter. She has worked extensively in children's television as a presenter and voice artist. She played the Seventh Doctor's companion, Ace, in the television series ''D ...
(born 1962), British actress
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Sophie Anderton
Sophie Louise Balinska-Jundzillova (born 14 May 1977) is an English model and reality television personality.
Her modelling career included a campaign for Gossard bras in 1996, and later included appearances for a range of other brands. Sinc ...
(born 1977), English model
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Sophie Aston
Sophie Aston (born 23 June 1970) is a British painter, noted for her landscapes.
Biography
Aston was born in East Molesey, Southwest London. She took her Foundation Diploma in 1990-91 at Wimbledon School of Art before taking her BA Hons in Fine ...
(born 1970), British painter
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Sophie Auconie
Sophie Briard-Auconie (born 19 August 1963, in Dugny) is a French politician who has been serving as Member of the National Assembly since 2017, representing Indre-et-Loire's 3rd constituency as a member of the Union of Democrats and Independents ...
(born 1963), French politician
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Sophie Auster
Sophie Auster (born July 6, 1987) is an American singer/songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of authors Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt.
Early life
Sophie Auster was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of authors Paul Auster and ...
(born 1987), American singer-songwriter and actress
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Sophie Austin
Sophie Austin (born 5 January 1984) is an English actress who started her career out in theatre once she left drama school but later moved to screen. She is best known for portraying Lindsey Butterfield in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', a ...
(born 1984), English actress
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Sophie Baggaley
Sophie Baggaley (born 29 November 1996) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Manchester United W.F.C., Manchester United in the Women's Super League.
She has ...
(born 1996), English footballer
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Sophie Barjac
Sophie Barjac (born March 24, 1957 in Bourges, Cher) is a French actress of stage, screen and television. Although most of her work is in the French language (e.g., '' Holiday Hotel''), Barjac has occasionally acted in the English language: t ...
(born 1957), French actress
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Sophie Barker
Sophie Alexandra Jessica Barker (born 5 November 1971) is a British singer and songwriter from London, best known for her work with the British downtempo group Zero 7.
Biography
Barker left University College London after two years to become a ...
(born 1971), English singer
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Sophie Barker (footballer)
Sophie Louise Floella Barker (born 25 December 1990) is an English Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender or midfielder for Sheffield United W.F.C., Sheffield United currently on loan from Leice ...
(born 1990), English footballer
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Sophie Barthes
Sophie Barthes (born 1974) is a French-American film director and screenwriter best known for her 2009 film ''Cold Souls''.
Early life
Barthes was born in France and was raised in South America and the Middle East. She moved to New York in 2001 t ...
(born 1974), French-American film director
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Sophie Beem
Sophie Beem (born May 4, 1999) is an American singer and songwriter from New York City. Born and raised in Manhattan's Upper East Side, she released music under Parkwood Entertainment after being signed by Beyoncé to a two-year artist developm ...
(born 1999), American singer
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Sophie Bellon
Sophie Bellon (born 1961) is a French businesswoman, and the chairwoman of Sodexo, a company founded by her father Pierre Bellon.
Early life
Sophie Bellon earned a degree from EDHEC
EDHEC Business School (french: Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerci ...
(born 1961), French businesswoman
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Sophie Bennett
Sophie Maude Bennett (born February 6, 1989) is a Canadian actress, singer, dancer, producer, director, and project manager. She is best known for her role as Stevie Lake #1 on the Australian television series ''The Saddle Club''.
''Career''
' ...
(born 1989), Canadian singer
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Sophie Berge (born 1964), French yacht racer
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Sophie Bevan
Sophie Anna Magdalena Bevan (born 1983) is a British soprano appearing in concerts, recitals, and opera.
Early life
Bevan was born in London. She graduated from the Benjamin Britten International Opera School where she studied as a Karavioti ...
(born 1983), British soprano
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Sophie Bissonnette
Sophie Bissonnette is a Canadian director, editor, writer, and producer in the Quebec film industry. After graduating from Queen's University, she began creating films in Montreal. She released most of her documentary films in the 1980s. In the ...
(born 1964), French-Canadian director
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Sophie Black
Sophie Cabot Black (born 1958) is an American prize-winning poet who has taught creative writing at Columbia University.
Early life
Cabot was born in New York, New York and raised on a small farm in Wilton, Connecticut. Pg. 34 Her father is Dav ...
(born 1958), American prize-winning poet
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Sophie Blackall
Sophie Jocasta Blackall is an Australian artist, author, and illustrator of children's books based in Brooklyn, New York.
Early life and education
Blackall was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1970.
In 1992, Blackall earned a Bachelor of Des ...
, Australian artist
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Sophie Blake
Sophie Blake (born 9 November 1972), is an English television presenter and former model.
Career
Blake studied drama, and then travelled working in bars and restaurants for a few years. She did some modelling, and put a home-made show-reel tog ...
(born 1977), British television presenter
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Sophie de Boer
Sophie de Boer (born 12 December 1990) is a Dutch professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's Continental Team .
Major results Cyclo-cross
;2009–2010
: DVV Trophy, Gazet van Antwerpen ...
(born 1990), Dutch racing cyclist
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Sophie Body-Gendrot
Sophie Body-Gendrot (30 October 1942 – 21 September 2018) was a French political scientist, criminologist and sociologist who specalised in security issues, urban violence, social inequality, and the discrimination young migrants suffered in the ...
(1942–2018), French political scientist, criminologist and sociologist
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Sophie Boilley
Sophie Boilley (born 18 December 1989) is a retired French biathlete and soldier.
Boilley was born in Valence, Drôme
Valence (, ; oc, Valença ) is a commune in southeastern France, the prefecture of the Drôme department and within t ...
(born 1989), French biathlete
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Sophie Bouillon
Sophie Bouillon (born 1984, Vesoul) is a French journalist.
Biography
She worked as a correspondent based in Johannesburg from 2008 to 2013 for ''Libération'', ''Courrier International'' and Radio Télévision Suisse in particular, before worki ...
(born 1984), French independent journalist
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Sophie Bould
Sophie Bould is a British theatre and TV actress, from Shropshire, where she attended Thomas Telford School and St Dominic's High School for Girls in Brewood. She is now based in London.
Her first stage appearance was as a little French girl, a ...
(born 1982), British theatre actress
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Sophie Bradley-Auckland (born 1989), English footballer
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Sophie Bray
Sophie Charlotte Bray, (born 12 May 1990) is an English international field hockey player who played as a forward for England women's national field hockey team, England and Great Britain women's national field hockey team, Great Britain.
She c ...
(born 1990), English international field hockey player
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Sophie Brown (badminton)
Sophie Brown (born 12 February 1993) is a badminton player from England.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
: BWF International Challenge tournament
: BWF International Series tournamen ...
(born 1993), English badminton player
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Sophie Bruehmann
Sophie Bruehmann (born June 15, 1995) is a German female acrobatic gymnast. Along with her partner, Nikolai Rein, she competed in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
The 24th World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships were held i ...
(born 1995), German female acrobatic gymnast
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Sophie Byrne
Sophie Byrne is an Australian film and TV producer, best known for the Academy Award winning animated short '' The Lost Thing''.
Career
Byrne worked as a Senior Producer at Passion Pictures London for ten years. There she produced many award ...
, Australian filmmaker
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Sophie Cadieux
Sophie Cadieux (born August 25, 1977) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her role as Valérie Danault in the television series ''Lâcher prise'', for which she won the Prix Gémeaux for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 201 ...
(born 1977), Quebec actress
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Sophie Caldwell
Sophia Shuell Caldwell Hamilton (born March 22, 1990) is a retired American cross-country ski racer who specialized in sprint disciplines. She won two races and achieved a total of 10 podiums in World Cup competition. Since 2019, Caldwell has bee ...
(born 1990), American cross-country skier
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Sophie Calle
Sophie Calle (born 9 October 1953) is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Calle's work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the French literary movement known as Oulipo. ...
(born 1953), French artist
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Sophie Campbell
Sophie Campbell (formerly Ross Campbell) is a comic writer and artist known for her indie comics such as ''Wet Moon'' and ''Shadoweyes'', and for her art on the ''Jem and the Holograms'' comics. She primarily writes and draws characters who are a ...
, American comic artist
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Sophie Carle
Sophie Carle (born 7 June 1964 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish actress and singer mostly operating in France. She has appeared in several films, and represented Luxembourg in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest with the song " 100% d'amour". ...
(born 1964), Luxembourgian actress
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Sophie Carrigill
Sophie Carrigill (born 19 January 1994) is a 1.0 point British wheelchair basketball player who represented Great Britain at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto and the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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(born 1994), British wheelchair basketball player
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Sophie Casey
Sophie Casey (born 22 October 1991) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Early life and state football
Born in Holbrook, New South Wales, Casey was introduced to footy with Ausk ...
(born 1991), Australian footballer
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Sophie Choudry
Sophie Choudry (born 8 February 1982) is a British singer and actress based in India. She has been active primarily in Hindi-language films and is also a former MTV India VJ and occasional model, and television presenter.
Early life
Sophie Ch ...
(born 1982), Indian singer and VJ
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Sophie Colquhoun (born 1989), English actress
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Sophie Crumb
Sophia Violet "Sophie" Crumb (born September 27, 1981) is an American-French comics artist. She is the daughter of underground comix artists Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb.
Crumb was born in Woodland, California, and lived in the nearby f ...
(born 1981), American-French comics artist
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Sophie Dahl
Sophie Dahl (born Sophie Holloway on 15 September 1977, later taking her mother's name for professional reasons) is an English author and former fashion model. Her first novel, ''The Man with the Dancing Eyes'', was published in 2003 followed b ...
(born 1977), English fashion model and author
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Sophie Delila
Sophie Delila (born 7 August 1983), is a London-based French recording artist, songwriter, musician and producer currently signed to Universal Music.
Early life
Sophie Delila was born and raised in Paris. Her father is an accomplished piano pla ...
(born 1983), French singer-songwriter
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Sophie Elliott (1985-2008), New Zealand murder victim
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is an English singer and songwriter. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded Ellis-Bextor went solo and ach ...
(born 1979), British singer
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Sophie Evans (born 1993), British actress and singer
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Sophie Gradon
Sophie Hannah Gradon (25 October 1985 – 20 June 2018) was an English model. In 2008, she won Miss Newcastle. In 2009, Gradon won the title Miss Great Britain. In 2016, she was a contestant on the second series of ITV2's ''Love Island''.
Ear ...
(1985–2018), English model and marketing manager
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Sophie Goyette
Sophie Goyette is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She is most noted for her 2012 short film '' The Near Future (Le futur proche)'', which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 1st Canadian Screen Aw ...
, Canadian film director and screenwriter
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Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (; born April 24, 1975), also known as Sophie Grégoire, is a Canadian retired television host. She is married to the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. She is involved in charity work, social work, and pub ...
(born 1975), Canadian model and television host, wife of Justin Trudeau
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Sophie Grigson
Hester Sophia Frances Grigson (born 19 June 1959) is an English cookery writer and celebrity cook. She has followed the same path and career as her mother, Jane Grigson. Her father was the poet and writer Geoffrey Grigson, and her half-brother ...
(born 1959), British cookery writer
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Sophie Hannah
Sophie Hannah (born 1971) is a British poet and novelist. From 1997 to 1999 she was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, and between 1999 and 2001 a junior research fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. She lives with h ...
(born 1971), British writer
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Sophie B. Hawkins (born 1964), American singer-songwriter
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Sophie Hecquet
Sophie Hecquet (born Arlette Hecquet, 9 October 1944 – 28 October 2012), often credited mononymously as Sophie, was a French pop singer and radio and television presenter.
Biography
She was born in Dax, Landes. Early in her career, as Jenn ...
(1944–2012), French singer, actress and presenter
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Sophie Hopkins
Sophie Lisa Hopkins is a British actress and model. She is best known for her role as April MacLean in the BBC Three '' Doctor Who'' spin-off '' Class'' (2016).
Early life
Hopkins was born in Singapore and grew up in the East Yorkshire Wolds, Eng ...
(born 1990), British actress
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Sophie Huet (1953–2017), French journalist
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Sophie Kinsella (born 1969), British writer
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Sophie Labelle
Sophie Labelle is a Canadian cartoonist, public speaker, and writer. She is known for her webcomic '' Assigned Male'', which draws upon her experiences as a trans girl and woman. She is an activist in the transgender rights movement, and spea ...
(born 1988), Canadian cartoonist and transgender rights activist
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Sophie Lancaster
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...
(1986–2007), British murder victim
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Sophie Lawrence
Sophie Lawrence (born 12 June 1972, Ilford, London) is an English actress and singer. She played the role of Diane Butcher in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' as a regular cast member from 1988 to 1991, making subsequent guest appearances ...
(born 1972), British actress
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Sophie Lee
Sophie Lee (born 7 August 1968)TV Hits Sophie Lee Collect-a-Card is an Australian film, stage and television actress and author.
Career
Lee worked as a model early in her career, both in Australia and Japan''Lunch of Blood'' by Antonella Gambo ...
(born 1968), Australian actress
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Sophie Ley
Sophie Ley (1849–1918) was a German painter.
Biography
Ley was born in 1849 in Bodmann am Bodensee, Germany.
She studied painting with Hans Gude and at the Academia Artium Stuttgardens. She also studied with Eugen Bracht at the Academy of ...
(1849–1918), German painter
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Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films ''La Boum'' (1980) and ''La Boum 2'' (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Act ...
(born 1966), French actress
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Sophie McShera
Sophie McShera (born 17 May 1985) is an English actress known for her roles as Ros McCain in the fifth series of the BBC television series '' Waterloo Road'', as Daisy Mason in the ITV television series ''Downton Abbey'', and as Drizella ...
(born 1985), English actress
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Sophie Moleta
Sophie Moleta is an Australian singer, songwriter, composer and teacher with an intimate singing style. She is best known for her piano backed vocals in what can be described as 'folk pop', but has a wide range of recorded music with dance and ho ...
(born 1969), New Zealand singer-songwriter
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Sophie Molineux
Sophie Grace Molineux (born 17 January 1998) is an Australian cricketer from Bairnsdale, Victoria. A left-arm orthodox bowling all-rounder, Molineux has been a member of the national women's team since 2018. At domestic level, she currently pl ...
(born 1998), Australian cricketer
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Sophie Monk
Sophie Charlene Akland Monk (born 14 December 1979) is an Australian singer, actress, model, and television personality. She was a member of the pop girl group Bardot, winners of the first season of '' Popstars Australia'' in 2000, and later re ...
(born 1979), Australian singer
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Sophie Muller
Sophie Luise Elisabeth Muller (born 31 January 1962) is a British music video director who has directed more than 300 music videos. She won a Grammy Award for Annie Lennox's 1992 '' Diva'' video album, and an MTV Video Music Award for Lennox's so ...
(born 1962), British music video director
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Sophie Nélisse
Marie-Sophie Nélisse (born March 27, 2000) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her Genie Award–winning performance in ''Monsieur Lazhar'', as Liesel Meminger in the film adaptation of the best-selling novel ''The Book Thief'', written by ...
(born 2000), Canadian actress
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Sophie Okonedo
Sophie Okonedo (born 11 August 1968) is a British actress and narrator. The recipient of a Tony Award, she has been nominated for an Academy Award, three BAFTA Television Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. She began her f ...
(born 1968), British actress
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Sophie Pétronin
Maryam Petronin (birth name Sophie Pétronin) (born 7 July 1945) is a French-Swiss humanitarian aid worker and nutritionist. She is the founder and director of "Aide à Gao", a Swiss non-governmental relief organization that assists children su ...
(born 1945), French-Swiss humanitarian and aid worker
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Sophie Postel-Vinay
Sophie Postel-Vinay is a French physician and scientist at the Institut Gustave Roussy where she has led an ATIP-Avenir team since 2018. She works on oncology and the development of new drugs and is an expert in early clinical trials. She was the ...
, French physician and oncology researcher
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Sophie Price
Katrina Amy Alexandra Alexis Price (''née'' Infield; born 22 May 1978) is an English media personality and model. She gained recognition in the late 1990s for her Glamour photography, glamour modelling work and had regular appearances on Pag ...
(born 1989), British glamour model
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Sophie Porley
Sophie Elizabeth Porley (born c. 1988) is an English actress and model, known for her role as Ellie Nightingale in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. Before starring in ''Hollyoaks'', she had roles in '' The Work Experience'' and ''Jupiter ...
(born 1992), British actress
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Sophie Raworth
Sophie Jane Raworth () (born 15 May 1968) is an English journalist, newsreader and broadcaster working for the BBC. She is a senior newsreader and is one of the main presenters of BBC News (mainly ''BBC News at Six'' and ''BBC News at Ten''). S ...
(born 1968), British television presenter
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Sophie Scholl
Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany.
She was convicted of high treason after having been f ...
(1921–1943), executed German member of the WWII White Rose resistance
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Sophie Thompson
Sophie Thompson (born 20 January 1962) is a British actress who has worked in film, television and theatre. A six-time Olivier Award nominee, she won the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the London revival of ''Into the Woods' ...
(born 1962), British actress
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Sophie Turner
Sophie Belinda Jonas (née Turner; born 21 February 1996) is an English actress. Turner made her acting debut as Sansa Stark on the HBO epic fantasy television series '' Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), for which she received a Primetime Emmy A ...
(born 1996), British actress
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Sophie Vavasseur
Sophie Vavasseur (born 10 May 1992) is an Irish actress best known for her award-nominated role as Evelyn Doyle in the Republic of Ireland, Irish film ''Evelyn (2002 film), Evelyn''.
Career
Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the fo ...
(born 1992), Irish actress
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Sophie Ward
Sophie Anna Ward (born 1964) is an English stage and screen actress, and a writer of non-fiction and fiction. As an actress, she played Elizabeth Hardy, the female lead in Barry Levinson's '' Young Sherlock Holmes'' (1985), and in other feat ...
(born 1964), British actress
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Sophie Willan
Sophie Willan (born 21 October 1987) is an English actress, narrator, writer and comedian.
Early life
Sophie Willan was born on 21 October 1987, in Bolton where she grew up, and spent time in care as a child, as her mother was a heroin addict. ...
(born 1987/88), British comedian
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Sophie Wilson
Sophie Mary Wilson (born Roger Wilson; June 1957) is an English computer scientist, who helped design the BBC Micro and ARM architecture.
Wilson first designed a microcomputer during a break from studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge. She su ...
(born 1957), British computer scientist
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Sophie Winkleman
Sophie Lara Winkleman (born 5 August 1980) is an English actress. She is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince Michael of Kent, a paternal cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
Early life
Winkleman was born in Primrose Hill, London. He ...
(born 1980), British actress
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Sophie Xeon (1986–2021), known mononymously as SOPHIE, Scottish electronic music producer
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Sophie Zelmani
Sophie Zelmani (born 12 February 1972), later raised with the surname Edkvist, is a Swedish singer-songwriter who released her first single in 1995, called "Always You".
Early life
Zelmani was born in the suburbs of Stockholm in 1972. Her fath ...
(born 1972), Swedish singer-songwriter
Fictional characters
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Sofie Fatale
''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' is a 2003 American martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Uma Thurman as The Bride (Kill Bill), the Bride, who swears revenge on a team of assassins (Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, ...
, from the film ''
Kill Bill: Volume 1''
* Sophie, from the book ''
The BFG
''The BFG'' (short for ''The Big Friendly Giant'') is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 book '' Danny, the Champion of the World ...
'' and the films
''The BFG (1989)'' and
''The BFG (2016)''
*
Sophie, a Belgian comics series by
Jidéhem
Jean De Mesmaeker (21 December 1935 – 30 April 2017) known by the pseudonym Jidéhem ("JDM"), was a Belgian comics artist in the Marcinelle school tradition. He was best known for his series featuring a cute, playful and adventurous young girl, ...
* Sophie Bergmann, from the video game ''
Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami o Tsugu Shōjo''
*
Sophie Burton
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' in 2003, in order of first appearance.
Dale Jackson
Dale Jackson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Holly ...
, from the TV series ''
Hollyoaks
''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...
''
*
Sophie Chapman, from the TV series ''
Peep Show
A peep show or peepshow is a presentation of a live sex show or pornographic film which is viewed through a viewing slot.
Several historical media provided voyeuristic entertainment through hidden erotic imagery. Before the development of the ci ...
''
* Sophie Devereaux, grifter in TNT's ''
Leverage
Leverage or leveraged may refer to:
*Leverage (mechanics), mechanical advantage achieved by using a lever
* ''Leverage'' (album), a 2012 album by Lyriel
*Leverage (dance), a type of dance connection
*Leverage (finance), using given resources to ...
''
* Sophie von Faninal, from the opera ''
Der Rosenkavalier
(''The Knight of the Rose'' or ''The Rose-Bearer''), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from the novel ''Les amours du chevalier de Faublas'' ...
''
* Sophie Hatter, main character of ''
Howl's Moving Castle
''Howl's Moving Castle'' is a fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, first published in 1986 by Greenwillow Books of New York. It was a runner-up for the annual Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and won the Phoenix Award twenty years ...
''
* Sophie Kowalsky, main character in the movie ''
Love Me If You Dare'', played by
Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard (; born 30 September 1975) is a French actress, film producer, singer, and environmentalist who is widely known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters in both European and Hollywood productions.
She has received ...
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Sophie Martinez
''Cory in the House'' is an American television sitcom which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12, 2007, to September 12, 2008, and was a Spin-off (media), spin-off from the Disney Channel show ''That's So Raven''. The show focuses on C ...
, from the TV series ''Cory in the House''
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Sophie Neveu
''The Da Vinci Code'' is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is Brown's second novel to include the character Robert Langdon: the first was his 2000 novel ''Angels & Demons''. ''The Da Vinci Code'' follows symbologist Robert Lang ...
, heroine of ''The Da Vinci Code''
* Sophie Newman, main character of ''
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel''
* Sophie Sanders, from ''
Bunsen Is a Beast
''Bunsen Is a Beast'' is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. It revolves around a small eccentric monster named Bunsen who begins attending a middle school that previously only admitted humans. In spit ...
''
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Sophie Simpson
Sophie Dean (also Simpson) is a character (arts), fictional character from the Australian Seven Network, Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Rebekah Elmaloglou. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 23 January 1990 ...
, from the TV series ''
Home and Away
''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...
''
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Sophie Webster
Sophie Webster is a Character (arts), fictional character from the Television in the United Kingdom, British ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 4 November 1994. She was ...
, from the soap opera ''Coronation Street''
*
Sophie Zawistowska
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia (given name), Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of T ...
, from the novel and film ''
Sophie's Choice
''Sophie's Choice'' may refer to:
* ''Sophie's Choice'' (novel), a 1979 novel by American author William Styron
** ''Sophie's Choice'' (film), a 1982 American drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula
** ''Sophie's Choice'' (opera), an opera by the ...
''
* Sophie King, from the film ''
Cyberbully
Cyberbullying or cyberharassment is a form of bullying or harassment using Electronic communication network, electronic means. Cyberbullying and cyberharassment are also known as online bullying. It has become increasingly common, especially ...
''
* Sophie Neuenmuller, from ''
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book'' and its
sequel
A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same ...
* Sophie, from the video game''
Tales of Graces
is an action role-playing game released for the Wii in Japan in December 2009. The game is a core product of the ''Tales'' series and was developed by Namco Tales Studio. The game was ported to the PlayStation 3 under the title and was rele ...
''
* Sophie of Woods Beyond, a main character in the book series ''
The School For Good And Evil
''The School for Good and Evil'' is a fantasy fairytale hexalogy of books by Soman Chainani. The first novel in the series was published on May 14, 2013. The series is set in a fictional widespread location known as the Endless Woods. The origi ...
''
* Sophie, from the TV series ''
In Treatment
''In Treatment'' is an American drama television series for HBO, produced and developed by Rodrigo Garcia, based on the Israeli series '' BeTipul'' ( he, בטיפול), created by Hagai Levi, Ori Sivan and Nir Bergman.
The series is about a ...
''
* Sophie, a minor character from the ''Doctor Who'' episode "
The Lodger"
* Sophie, from the film ''
Mamma Mia!'' and its ''
sequel
A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same ...
''
* Sophie Twilight, from ''
Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood''
* Sophie Kachinsky, from the TV series ''
2 Broke Girls''
* Sophie Elizabeth Foster, from ''Keeper of the Lost Cities'' by
Shannon Messenger
Shannon Messenger is an American author. She writes the middle-grade series ''Keeper of the Lost Cities'', which was a ''New York Times'' bestseller; ''Unlocked'', book 8.5 in the series, reached number 8 on USA Today's list in 2020. She also w ...
* Sophie Richards, from the video game ''
The House of the Dead
''The House of the Dead'' is a horror-themed light gun shooter video game franchise created by Sega in 1996. Originally released in arcades, it utilizes a light gun on the platform, but can be played with standard controllers on consoles and a ...
''
* Sophie the Sapphire Fairy, from the ''
Rainbow Magic
''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number of ...
'' book franchise
* Sophie Dumond, from the film
''Joker'' (2019 film)
* Sophie, from the film ''
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (french: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, lit=Portrait of the Young Lady on Fire) is a 2019 French historical romantic drama film written and directed by Céline Sciamma, starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haen ...
''
* Sophie One and Other Sophie, from the TV series ''
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
''The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants'' is an American animated television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television. It is based on the film, '' Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'', which is based on the ''Captain Underpants' ...
''
* Sophie Song, from the TV series ''
Peacemaker (TV series)
''Peacemaker'' is an American superhero television series created by James Gunn for the streaming service HBO Max, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It is the first DC Extended Universe (DCEU) television series and a spin-of ...
''
* Sophie, from the film ''
Bodies Bodies Bodies
''Bodies Bodies Bodies'' is a 2022 American black comedy horror film directed by Halina Reijn (in her English-language debut) and with a screenplay by Sarah DeLappe from a story by Kristen Roupenian. It stars Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, M ...
''
* Sophie Charalambos, from the TV series ''
Stath Lets Flats''
* Sophie Lennon, from the TV series ''
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' is an American period comedy-drama television series, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, that premiered on March 17, 2017, on Amazon Prime Video. Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it stars Rachel Brosnahan as ...
''
* Sophie Green, from the
sixth season of the TV series ''
American Horror Story
''American Horror Story'' is an American anthology horror television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk for the cable network FX. The first installment in the '' American Story'' media franchise, each season is conceived as a ...
''
* Sophie, from the film ''
Aftersun''
References
See also
*
Sophy
Sophy is an alternate spelling of the female given name Sophie, from the name Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name
* Sophy A. Christensen (1867–1955), Danish master carpenter and furniture designer
* Sophy Gray (architect) (1814 ...
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