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Sophie Rundle (born 21 April 1988) is an English actress, best known for portraying Ada Thorne in the
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historical crime drama television series ''
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'', Ann Walker in BBC One and HBO's period drama '' Gentleman Jack'', Vicky Budd in the
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television series ''
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'', code-breaker Lucy in the ITV drama series ''
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'' and Labia in the British/American television sitcom ''
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''. She also played Alice in
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's 2017 drama '' Jamestown''.


Early life

Rundle was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. She has two brothers. She attended
Bournemouth School for Girls Bournemouth School for Girls is a grammar academy school located in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is a girls grammar school and sixth form college, teaching girls aged 11 to 18. Academics Since September 2005, it has been a humanities specia ...
. In 2011, Rundle graduated from the
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with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree in Acting.


Career


Screen

Rundle started her career in the British horror comedy film ''Small Town Folk'' in 2007 opposite Warwick Davis. Later in 2012, she starred in the ITV four-part television
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, ''
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'', created by producer
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and written by Julian Fellowes, which is based on the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic''. Later that year, she guest-starred as Labia in the British/American television sitcom ''
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'' opposite
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and
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, which aired on Showtime and
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. Also in 2012, Rundle appeared in ''
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'' directed by Mike Newell. The film premiered at the
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and was released in the UK on 30 November 2012. Rundle also played Sefa in the two-part episode ''Arthur's Bane'' of the final season of the BBC TV series ''
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''. She played a lead role in the ITV mystery drama series ''
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'', about four women who investigate a series of murders, and ended on 27 January 2014. On the series' cancellation, Rundle stated: She also appears as Ada Shelby in the BBC Two period
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series ''
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'', based on the memoirs of the Shelby family, whose many brothers, sisters, and relatives make up the fiercest gang of all in interwar Birmingham. On mastering the
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accent during production, Rundle said that she and the rest of the cast had struggled with it at first because it is not heard much on television, but managed to master the accent after a set visit in Birmingham. Also, in an interview with ''
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'', in regards to her casting in the series, Rundle stated: Rundle played the lead role of Fiona Griffiths, a young detective constable in the
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two-part crime series '' Talking to the Dead'', based on the eponymous novel by Harry Bingham. It was adapted by
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. On playing Fiona Griffiths, Rundle did some research on Cotard's Syndrome to portray Griffiths accurately. She agrees that her character in the series is a little "loopy": "Well, yes. Part of the mystery of the show is trying to work out what is going on with her. You know that there is a history of trauma there and you are trying to figure that out. It is being fed to you in little bits. She has a history of mental health issues too, which gives her an affinity with the dead." Rundle guest-starred as Pamela Saint, a young mother who suffers mental health problems after delivering her child, in the seventh episode of the third series of the BBC medical period drama series ''
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'', which aired on 2 March 2014. She also starred in the six-part
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series '' Happy Valley'' as Kirsten McAskill, a rookie policewoman who stops Lewis (played by Adam Long) for speeding and is then run over by his accomplice in a recent kidnapping, Tommy (portrayed by James Norton), a convicted drug offender, thus killing her. On the dramatic development for her character throughout the series, Rundle hinted that she irsten "is so young and eager and enthusiastic about her job, it's a real shock when what happens happens — and it's quite exciting as well." The series debuted on 29 April 2014, and was created by
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which stars Sarah Lancashire and
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. On 4 October 2014, Rundle appeared in the live cooking programme ''
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'' presented by James Martin as an interviewed guest. Rundle starred as Eva Smith/Daisy Renton in
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adaptation of
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'', which also starred
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portraying the title role,
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and Miranda Richardson. The drama was directed by Aisling Walsh and was broadcast on
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on 13 September 2015. In June 2015, Rundle starred as Jenny in the
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sitcom ''
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'' alongside
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,
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, Samuel Barnett,
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and
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. The series was created and written by playwright
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and was broadcast on 30 June 2015. Rundle also portrayed Honoria Barbary in
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's 20-part ''
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'', a reworking of an ensemble of characters created by
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, which aired on
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on 26 December 2015. In 2016, Rundle starred in the ITV's six-part series titled ''
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'', which is loosely based on Gold Group International
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's 1995 memoir, ''Good Vibrations''. Asked about her opinion of her character in the series (set in the 1980s) during an interview with '' i'', Rundle explained that she would be restless and excited on her sexuality if she was a teenager during that era. Rundle also starred in
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's drama '' Jamestown'' as Alice Kett, one of the '"maids to make wives" who sailed 3,700 miles across the Atlantic to marry a stranger in the New World'. What made Rundle to be interested in her role in the series is her opportunity to portray women of bravery and dynamism, in an interview with '' i''. Also in an article with the ''
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'', Rundle insisted that her character in the series is the sort of person audience want to watch as stated: Rundle appeared in the six-part thriller, ''
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'' created by
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, with
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, broadcast on
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. The series tells the fictional story of a war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch (RaSP) of London's
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. In 2018, Rundle portrayed wealthy heiress Ann Walker, in the joint production between
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biographical drama series about a real-life lesbian couple living in the North of England in the 19th century, titled '' Gentleman Jack'', alongside
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. As the series is created by
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, whom Rundle has worked with in ''Happy Valley'', Rundle explained that she was used to Wainwright's writing and intended to be involved before receiving an email regarding the offer to be cast in the series, and was enthused after reading the scripts. On portraying the character, Rundle shared that she has to engage her feelings and emotions in order to fit of those of Ann Walker: In 2019, Rundle portrayed
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in an episode of the
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'' series, with
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as
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. In 2020, Rundle starred alongside
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in
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programme, '' The Nest'', a five-part psychological drama about a husband and wife who meet an 18-year-old woman who agrees to be their surrogate after years of their trying for a baby. She also appeared in
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'', playing Jean Sullivan. She also starred in the film Rose as the titular character with her husband Matt Stokoe who also wrote the film. Rundle will star in the upcoming
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'' as Laura Simmonds, a British diplomat who is determined to protect British nationals who are involved in a series of conflicts in Barcelona.


Stage

In February 2013, Rundle played Bunty Mainwaring in Stephen Unwin's production of
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's ''
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'' at the
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. In December 2014, she played Lucia Kos in a new play titled ''3 Winters'' by London-based Croatian playwright
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, about the Kos family, living at three crucial periods in Croatian history. The play is directed by Howard Davies at the National Theatre.


Personal life

Rundle is engaged to actor
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, whom she met on the set of ''Jamestown.'' They have a son born in 2021.


Filmography


Film


Television


Radio


Theatre


References


External links

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