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Sophie Stanton (born 1971 in
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) is an
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actress, director and playwright. She is best known for her role as
DCI Jill Marsden DCI Jill Marsden is a fictional character in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Sophie Stanton. She made her first appearance on 5 March 2001 investigating the shooting of Phil Mitchell ( Steve McFadden), which was part of the whodun ...
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EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...
'' in which she has appeared on and off since 2001.


Career


EastEnders

Born in London and raised in
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from the age of three, first in
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and then in
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from age nine Marsden first appeared on 5 March 2001, appearing for the storyline labelled '
Who Shot Phil? "Who Shot Phil?" was a storyline of the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' which began on 1 March 2001 and climaxed on 5 April 2001. Background The storyline centred around one of ''EastEnders longest-running characters, Phil Mitchell (played by Ste ...
'. She left on 27 March 2001 In 2002, she appeared in January, April and then from 14 November to 6 December. Again, in 2003 Marsden made numerous returns, in March, July, August, November and for a longer stint in December. In November 2009, it was reported that Stanton would be reprising her role as Jill. Marsden returned to investigate the murder of
Archie Mitchell Archibald Lionel "Archie" Mitchell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Larry Lamb. He first appeared on 8 July 2008 as a newest member of the Mitchell family—who had first appeared on the soap in 1990— ...
(
Larry Lamb Lawrence Douglas Lamb (born 1 October 1947) is an English actor and radio presenter. He played Archie Mitchell in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', Mick Shipman in the BBC comedy series '' Gavin & Stacey'' and Ted Case in the final series ...
). Speaking of her return, she said: 'It came completely out of the blue, and knocked me for six.' Continuing, she said, 'I really thought Marsden was no more. It was a really great surprise because I’d just finished a year’s run at the National Theatre, appearing in a new play called '' England People Very Nice'' – so it couldn’t have come at a better time.' She made her return on 28 December 2009. Marsden left on 22 February 2010. Marsden returned on 5 January 2012 and appeared until May 2012, with two further appearances in August 2012. It was reported again in July 2015 that Stanton would be reprising her role as Marsden for the
Who Killed Lucy Beale? "Who Killed Lucy Beale?" is a storyline from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. It was announced on 21 February 2014 and began on 18 April 2014, when Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater) was discovered dead on Walford Common from a deliberately inflicte ...
storyline. She also appeared in 1993 as a reporter trying to get pictures of Pat Butcher after she knocked down and killed a pedestrian while drink driving in her taxi cab


Other work

On television, Stanton has acted in ''
Dressing For Breakfast ''Dressing for Breakfast'' is a Channel 4 sitcom which ran between 1995 and 1998 about two women, Louise (Beatie Edney) and Carla ( Holly Aird). The series was based on a 1988 book with the same title by Stephanie Calman who also wrote the seri ...
'' (playing the character of Rose), ''The Wilsons'' (in which she played Dilly), ''
Prime Suspect ''Prime Suspect'' is a British police procedural television drama series devised by Lynda La Plante. It stars Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the first female Detective Chief Inspectors in Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, who ...
'', '' Dangerous Lady'', ''Wall of Silence'', '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'', ''Plastic Man'', '' The Vice'', ''
Black Books ''Black Books'' is a British sitcom created by Dylan Moran and Graham Linehan, and written by Moran, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, Linehan and Arthur Mathews. It was broadcast on Channel 4, running for three series from 2000 to 2004. Starring Mo ...
'', ''The Sculptress'', ''
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'', ''
Midsomer Murders ''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...
'', ''The Mayor of Casterbridge'', ''Fingersmith'', '' Jekyll'', '' Ashes to Ashes'', ''
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'', ''
Silent Witness ''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McC ...
'', '' Wallander'', '' Outnumbered'', ''
My Mad Fat Diary ''My Mad Fat Diary'' is a British teen drama, teen comedy-drama television series that debuted on E4 (TV channel), E4 on 14 January 2013. It is based on the novel ''My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary'' by Rae Earl. The second series started on 19 Februa ...
'', ''
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'', and ''The Smoke''. She also made cameo appearances as the nan of regular character Bryony in
ITV2 ITV2 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations, a ...
sitcom ''
The Job Lot ''The Job Lot'' is a British sitcom. The series is set in a busy West Midlands Job Centre, and focuses on the relationships between the staff, and the job-seekers. The series was commissioned following a successful pilot, written by Claire Do ...
'' and as Lyndsey in ''Brexit: The Uncivil War'' (Channel 4), and later appeared in ''King Gary''. Stanton's extensive theatre work includes '' Slaughter City'' (RSC), ''
Love's Labour's Lost ''Love's Labour's Lost'' is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s for a performance at the Inns of Court before Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizabeth I. It follows the King of Navarre and ...
'' and '' Hindle Wakes'' (
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), ''A Collier's Friday Night'' (
Hampstead Theatre Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in South Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing, supporting and developing the work of new writers. Roxana Silbert has been the artistic director since ...
), ''Beautiful Thing'' (Bush/Donmar Warehouse), ''
Top Girls ''Top Girls'' is a 1982 play by Caryl Churchill. It centres around Marlene, a career-driven woman who is heavily invested in women's success in business. The play examines the roles available to women in old society, and what it means or takes fo ...
'' (BAC), ''
She Stoops To Conquer ''She Stoops to Conquer'' is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in the English-speaking world. It is one of the few plays from the 18t ...
'' (Margate), ''Sleeping Around'' (Donmar Warehouse), ''
Mercury Fur ''Mercury Fur'' is a play written by Philip Ridley which premiered in 2005. It is Ridley's fifth adult stage play and premiered at the Plymouth Theatre Royal, before moving to the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. Set against the backdrop of ...
'' (
Menier Chocolate Factory The Menier Chocolate Factory is a 180-seat off-West End theatre, which comprises a restaurant, bar and rehearsal rooms. It is located in a former 1870s Menier Chocolate, Menier Chocolate Company factory at 53 Southwark Street, a major street in ...
), '' Breezeblock Park'' (
Liverpool Playhouse The Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool, England. It originated in 1866 as a music hall, and in 1911 developed into a repertory theatre. As such it nurtured the early careers of many actors and actress ...
), ''Market Boy'' and '' England People Very Nice'' ( National Theatre), ''The Knot of the Heart'', ''Dying For It'' and '' Cloud Nine'' ( Almeida), ''Ding Dong The Wicked'' (
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), ''Nut'' (The Shed/National Theatre),
John Falstaff Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays ''Henry IV, Part 1'' and ''Henry IV, Par ...
in " Henry IV" ( St. Ann's Warehouse, New York),
Caliban Caliban ( ), son of the witch Sycorax, is an important character in William Shakespeare's play '' The Tempest''. His character is one of the few Shakespearean figures to take on a life of its own "outside" Shakespeare's own work: as Russell H ...
in " The Tempest" (
Donmar Warehouse The Donmar Warehouse is a 251-seat, not-for-profit theatre in Covent Garden, London, England. It first opened on 18 July 1977. Sam Mendes, Michael Grandage and Josie Rourke have all served as artistic director, a post held since 2019 by Micha ...
/ St. Ann's Warehouse, New York), Joyce Hopkirk in ''Ink'' (Almeida/Duke of York's), Jaques in ''As You Like It'' and Gremia in ''The Taming of the Shrew"'' (RSC). For playing the title role in ''The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich'' (RSC), Stanton received exceptional notices: 'Sophie Stanton is a joy as Mrs Rich'' (Michael Billington, ''The Guardian''); 'Stanton-a forthright comic joy throughout' (Dominic Cavendish, ''The Telegraph''). Stanton both wrote and performed in the theatre play ''Cariad'' (
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and Theatre Clwyd), and later directed ''Winged'' (Tristan Bates Theatre). Stanton also contributed the voice-over for ''Robbed, Raided, Reunited'' (BBC). She also created the role of Leah in ''Beautiful Thing'' and Beryl in '' Made in Dagenham: The Musical''. Stanton's film credits include ''Girls Night'', '' Closer'', '' Beautiful Thing'', '' Grow Your Own'', '' Shadowlands'', '' Cheerful Weather for the Wedding'' (2012, in which she played the character Milman) and ''
How I Live Now ''How I Live Now'' is a novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004. It received generally positive reviews and won the British Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the American Printz Award for young-adult literature. Plot Fifteen-year-o ...
'' (2013). Stanton's home county is
Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
. In 1991, she graduated from the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Sen ...
where she won the Gold Medal.


References


External links


''EastEnders'' (BBC): Sophie Stanton profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanton, Sophie Living people English film actresses English dramatists and playwrights English television actresses English people of Welsh descent 1971 births Actresses from London People from Stowmarket Alumni of RADA