Sophie Leigh Stone

Sophie Leigh Stone (born c. 1981) is an English stage and television actress.[1] She was the first deaf student to win a place at the drama school RADA.[2]

Life and career

Sophie Stone grew up in East London and has been deaf since birth.[3] She took up a place at RADA after the birth of her son Phoenix (to whom she is a single mother),[2] with the extra cost of her studies being supported by the Snowdon Trust.[4]

Since graduating, she has played the role of Kattrin in Mother Courage and Her Children at the National Theatre[5] and worked with other theatre companies.[4][6] She has also appeared in episodes of several British television series and short films.

In Spring 2014 she played Agnetha in Bryony Lavery's play Frozen, opening at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.[7]

In Autumn 2014 she took the leading role in the touring production of Woman of Flowers, a reworking of the Welsh myth of Blodeuwedd by playwright Kaite O'Reilly.[8][9]

In 2015 she played the role of deaf crew-leader Cass in the Doctor Who episodes "Under the Lake" and "Before the Flood", who communicated entirely in British Sign Language.

Credits

Film
Year Title Role
2009 Coming Home Kate
2012 Confession Mabel
2013 Retreat Isobel

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Casualty Kirsty Harmon 1 episode
2009 FM Poppy 1 episode
2011 Marchlands Olive Runcie 4 episodes
2011 Holby City Jade Ashdown 1 episode
2013 Midsomer Murders Fay Bell 1 episode
2013 Holby City Kara Shotton 1 episode
2014 Mapp & Lucia Hotel Clerk 1 episode
2015 Doctor Who Cass 2 episodes
2016 The Moonstone Lucy Yolland
2017 The Crown Princess Alice of Battenberg 2 episodes
2018 Shetland Jo Halley 4 episodes
2019 Two Doors Down Louise 1 episode
2019 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Katie Harper 1 episode
2020 Casualty Susie Ashby

References
  1. The Doctor Who Team (14 January 2015). "Filming Begins on Doctor Who, Series 9". Doctor Who. BBC One. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. Ushma Mistry (10 August 2005). "Being deaf hasn't stopped Sophie following her dream". Leigh Journal. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. "Deaf actress to appear in Doctor Who!". The Buzz. March 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. "Sophie Stone's speech" (PDF). Snowdon Trust. 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. "Sophie Stone". National Theatre. 2009. Archived from the original on 14 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. Emma Tracey (22 September 2014). "Deaf actress's journey from single mother to leading lady". BBC. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  7. "Actor Sophie Stone talks about Frozen". The REP. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  8. Kaite O'Reilly (24 September 2014). "Award-winning playwright Kaite O'Reilly on Woman of Flowers". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. Kaite O'Reilly (8 October 2014). "The spaces in between words… 'Woman of Flowers' published and reviewed". Retrieved 11 October 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.