Sophie Skelton Biography

Sophie Skelton (born 7 March 1994) is a British actress best known for her role as Brianna Randall Fraser in the Starz drama series Outlander.

Biography

Skelton was born and raised in Woodford, Greater Manchester, England, the daughter of entrepreneurial children's toy creator parents. She began dancing at the age of three, eventually training in ballet at the Royal Academy, before moving into musical theater and stage productions. Her first professional television role, in Series two of the British crime drama DCI Banks (2012), was a two episode stint as schoolgirl Becca Smith.

In 2013, Skelton guest-starred as Esme Vasquez-Jones in series one of CBBC's award winning children's drama The Dumping Ground. That same year she went on to portray Nikki Boston's (Heather Pierce) estranged daughter in the ninth season of BBC One's school drama Waterloo Road and Yasmin Carish in a series thirteen episode of the long running medical series Doctors.

Transitioning into feature films, Skelton's first role was in 2014's The War I Knew. She portrayed Margaret in director Ian Vernon's tale of a WWII paratrooper lost behind enemy lines.

2015 saw a return to episodic television for Skelton. She again appeared in the BBC series Doctors, portraying Ellen Singleton in the series sixteen episode "Revenge". Next she guest starred in a series nine episode of ITV's WWII and post-war era legal drama Foyle's War. Later that year Skelton appeared in a twelve episode stint as Sofia Matthews on So Awkward, CBBC's sitcom revolving around three socially awkward school-age friends, and a two-part episode guest starring role as Gemma Holt on BBC One's medical drama Casualty.

Skelton's first leading film role was in Charlotte Stente Nielsen's 2016 fantasy-horror short Blackbird. Her breakout role, in the British fantasy action-adventure series Ren: The Girl with the Mark, came later that year. She won Best Lead Actress at the Hyperdrive Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival for her role in the series. 2016 also saw Skelton cast in the role of Brianna Randall Fraser in STARZ hit TV Series Outlander. The role, opposite Scottish actor Richard Rankin, is recurring and will continue throughout their story arch as outlined in Diana Gabaldon's book series.

In 2017, Skelton portrayed Jess in Christopher Menual's film Another Mother's Son, the true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi occupied Jersey during WWII. From there she went on to star alongside Nicolas Cage in the bank heist film #211 (2018), based upon the real-life "Battle of North Hollywood" in 1997, and Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018), a remake of the 1985 George Romero zombie film.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The War I Knew	Margaret
2016	Blackbird	Rose	Short film
2017	Another Mother's Son	Jess
2018	211	Lisa MacAvoy
2018	Day of the Dead: Bloodline	Zoe Parker

Television

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
2012	DCI Banks	Becca Smith	ITV	Appeared in S2, Ep. 5,6
2013	The Dumping Ground	Esme Vasquez-Jones	CBBC	Appeared in S1, Ep. 12
2013	Waterloo Road	Eve Boston	BBC One	Appeared in S9, Ep.7
2013/2015	Doctors	Yasmin Carish / Ellen Singleton	BBC	Appeared in S15, Ep. 13; S16, Ep 161
2015	Foyle's War	Student Jane	ITV	Appeared in S9, Ep. 2
2015	So Awkward	Sofia Matthews	CBBC	Appeared in S1, Ep. 1-11, 13
2015	Casualty	Gemma Holt	BBC One	Appeared in S29, Ep. 42
2016	Ren: The Girl with the Mark	Ren	Online	Appeared in Series 1
2016-present	Outlander	Brianna Randall Fraser	STARZ	Appeared in S2, Ep. 13; S3, Ep. 4, 5, 13

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2016	Hyperdrive Festival Award	Best Leading Actress	Ren
2016	Jury Award	Best Actress	Ren
2016	International Online Web Fest	Best Actress	Ren