Sophie Lara Winkleman (born 5 August 1980) is an English actress. She is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of

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, a paternal cousin of Queen

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Early life

Winkleman was born in Primrose Hill,

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. Her father, Barry Winkleman, published the ''Times Atlas of World History'', and her mother is the children's author Cindy Black. The television presenter Claudia Winkleman is her

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from her father's first marriage to Eve Pollard. Sophie Winkleman was educated at the City of London School for Girls and at

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, where she studied English literature. She joined the Cambridge Footlights and wrote and performed in the comic revue ''Far Too Happy'', which toured Britain for three months and gained the troupe's first Perrier Award nomination in 20 years. She joined the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain in 1997. She is also a soprano, reprising her singing in the ''First Love'' series for Sky Arts.

Career

Television

Winkleman's credits include recurring roles in series including Big Suze in '' Peep Show'', numerous roles in '' Harry & Paul'', Joely in '' White Teeth'', Fiona in ''

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'', Abby in '' Plus One'', Katerina in '' Red Dwarf: Back to Earth'', Donna in '' Lead Balloon'', Prudence in ''Keen Eddie'', Elle Kensington in '' Chasing Alice'', Regan Peverill in the pilot episode of '' Lewis'', Angela Warren in ''

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'' (in the episode "Five Little Pigs"), Princess Eleanor in '' The Palace'', Ghislaine in ''

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'', Alice Shadwell in '' Dalziel and Pascoe'', Ann Hamilton in '' Death in Paradise'', Jill in

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's ''

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'', Sharon Kirby in '' CSI Miami'' and Dorothy Gibson in ''

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''. Winkleman was nominated for Best Newcomer by the BBC for her performance as Clara Gold in '' Waking the Dead''. Winkleman made her debut on American television as the star of the NBC sitcom ''

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'' as main character Charlotte Payne and also appeared as a recurring guest on the hit series '' Two and a Half Men'' as Zoey, the British girlfriend of

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( Ashton Kutcher).

Stage

Winkleman's roles while at

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included the Bride in García Lorca's '' Blood Wedding'', which toured the

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s of

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, Elizabeth in '' Six Degrees of Separation'', which played at the Edinburgh Festival, Abigail in

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's '' The Crucible'', Dockdaisy in

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's ''

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'', Kate in Alan Ayckbourn's '' Confusions'', Madame de Merteuil in Christopher Hampton's '' Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' and Fraulein Kost in Kander and Ebb's ''

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'' all at the ADC. Winkleman's stage career after Cambridge includes a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she played Veronique in Laurence Boswell's adaptation of ''

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'' and a summer in

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with the Peter Hall Company playing a variety of roles including Archangela in ''Galileo's Daughter'' directed by Peter Hall, a new play by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Violet in

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's '' Man and Superman'' directed by Peter Hall, and Charlotte in Molière's ''

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'', directed by Thea Sharrock. In 2012 she played Helena in Eric Idle's musical ''What About Dick'' at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, alongside Eddie Izzard,

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and Billy Connolly.

Film

Winkleman's film credits include the lead roles in the films ''Shattered'' and ''Love Live Long'', written and directed by Mike Figgis. Winkleman also played the comic role of Debbie Levine in Pathe's romantic comedy ''Suzie Gold'' and the older Susan Pevensie in the Disney film '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe''. Other film roles include the leads in the shorts ''Seared'', ''Love Letters'', and ''The Lost Domain'', a cinematic take on Alain-Fournier's ''

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'', and ''Post'', directed by Debs Gardner-Paterson.

Radio

Winkleman is a regular in

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comedy and drama. She is among the cast of comedy programmes such as Marcus Brigstocke's ''

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'', and such afternoon plays as ''Tea for Two''. She played Polly Pot in P.G. Wodehouse's ''Uncle Fred in the Springtime'' with Alfred Molina and Rufus Sewell, Gloria in Bernard Shaw's ''You Never Can Tell'', and Zoe in Alan Ayckbourn's ''Henceforward'', alongside Jared Harris, all for Radio 4. She also played the role of Sasha in ''Von Ribbentrop's Watch'', a historical drama, Anna Freud in the play ''

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'', by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, and the Amazon warrior princess Penthesilea alongside

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and Stephen Mangan in the Radio 4 comic fantasy series '' ElvenQuest'', by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto. She has also starred in several Doctor Who plays for Radio 4.

Personal life

Winkleman married Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of

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and

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, in

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on 12 September 2009. By virtue of her marriage, she became entitled to be styled as Lady Frederick Windsor, but continues to use her own name in her professional career. On 15 August 2013, the couple had a daughter, Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina, who was born at the

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in Los Angeles, and is the first grandchild of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Their second child, daughter Isabella Alexandra May, was born on 16 January 2016 at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. On 3 December 2017, it was reported that Winkleman had been seriously injured in a head-on car crash, suffering a broken back and foot. She was a back-seat passenger in a chauffeur-driven car when another vehicle struck her car after swerving to avoid a deer. It was reported that she would not suffer long-term problems, but faced weeks of recuperation. In June 2020, it was announced that she was the new royal patron of the Children's Surgery Foundation. The following month, it was announced that she would be the first female and newest patron of School-Home Support, and in June 2022 she presented the '' BBC Radio 4 Appeal'' on its behalf.BBC Radio 4 Appeal 19 June 2022
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Filmography

* 2001: '' Me Without You'' * 2002: '' Ultimate Force'' as Woman in Bank * 2002: '' White Teeth'' as Joely * 2002: '' Waking the Dead'' as Joanna Gold/Clara Gold (2 episodes) * 2003: ''Chasing Alice'' * 2003: '' Keen Eddie'' as Prudence * 2003: ''

'' as Angela Warren * 2004: '' Suzie Gold'' as Debbie Levine * 2004: '' AD/BC: A Rock Opera'' as Wise Man * 2005: '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' as Older Susan * 2005–2010: '' Peep Show'' as Big Suze (10 episodes) * 2006: '' Lewis'' as Regan Peverill * 2006: '' Dalziel and Pascoe'' as Alice Shadwell (episode "

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") * 2007: ''

'' as Fiona * 2007: '' Shattered'' as Natalie Encore * 2007–2012: '' Harry and Paul'' as various roles/characters * 2008: '' The Palace'' as Princess Eleanor (8 episodes) * 2008: '' Love Live Long'' as Rachel * 2008: ''Seared'' as Stranger * 2009: '' Plus One'' as Abby Ross * 2009: '' Kingdom'' as Kate * 2009: '' Red Dwarf: Back to Earth'' as Katerina (2 episodes) * 2009: ''Red Dwarf: The Making of Back to Earth'' as Herself * 2009: ''

'' as Ghislaine * 2010: ''

'' as Charlotte Payne (6 episodes) * 2011: '' Lead Balloon'' * 2011: '' CSI: Miami'' as Sharon Kirby * 2011: '' Death in Paradise'' as Mrs Hamilton * 2012: ''

'' as

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* 2015: ''

'' as Jill Scroggs (1 episode) * 2011–2015: '' Two and a Half Men'' as Zoey (Seasons 9–12) * 2016: '' Milo Murphy's Law'' as Time Ape * 2018: '' Trust'' as Margot * 2019: ''

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'' as Isobel Humbolt * 2019: '' Sanditon'' as Lady Susan Worcester * 2020: '' Strike: Lethal White'' as Kinvara Chiswell * 2022: ''

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'' as Kathleen

Bibliography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winkleman, Sophie 1980 births Living people 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge English film actresses English people of Jewish descent English sopranos English stage actresses English television actresses

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National Youth Theatre members People educated at the City of London School for Girls Royal Shakespeare Company members