Sophie Bould is a British theatre and TV actress, from

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, where she attended

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and St Dominic's High School for Girls in

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. She is now based in

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. Her first stage appearance was as a little French girl, at age eight with the South Staffs Musical Theatre Company at the Grand Theatre in

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. She has said: "It was from that performance that I knew I wanted to be an actress, it propelled me to take drama lessons and now I’m returning to that stage. It’s a strange but lovely feeling". Bould graduated with a first class degree from

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, having earlier attended the National Youth Theatre. Her television appearances include '' Doctors'', ''

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'' and '' Holby City''. Bould appeared in the West End at the

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in the original Andrew Lloyd Webber production of ''

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'', alongside

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. Bould played the eldest child of the Von Trapp family, "Liesl". She was also the

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for "Maria" and received rave reviews in that role, having stepped in to cover an extended absence by Fisher through illness. Bould left ''The Sound of Music'' on 24 September 2007. Bould appeared at the National Theatre on the South Bank in ''

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'' and enjoyed a season at

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, London. Her stage debut was as the lead in the

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version of ''Cinderella'', at the

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. In 2008 she starred in the UK tour of ''

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'' and later that year as "Belle" at the

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in ''A Christmas Carol'' until January 2010. During the summer of 2010, Bould joined the companies of Sheridan's ''

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'' and

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's ''

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'' at

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, playing to full houses and rave reviews. Most recently she took the leading role of "Lily" in ''

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'' at

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and the

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, Toronto, Canada. She married Robin Savage in Shropshire in September 2010. Bould starred as "Tracy Lord" in a UK tour of ''

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'' in early 2013.New Production of High Society to Tour U.K. in 2012; Cast Includes Michael Praed, Daniel Boys, Sophie Bould

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bould, Sophie 1982 births Living people Actors from Shropshire People educated at Thomas Telford School People educated at St Dominic's Grammar School National Youth Theatre members Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts English stage actresses