Trivia

Played Wing Defence on her school netball team who became the undefeated champions in the Manchester under 11's league in 2000.

Sophie has no GCSE's.

Is a trained Singer and Dancer.

Sophie wanted to become a professional MotorX racer before becoming an actress.

When deciding on names her mother wanted to name Sophie 'Drew' but her Father refused.

Prefers to be called 'Soph' rather than 'Sophie'.

Auditioned for the lead role of Rachel in the 'The Violators' and got the role. Later producers changed the characters age making Sophie appear to old.

Suffered from an eating disorder in her early teens.

Put her name on the 'Kidney donation list' to be tested for a match, in response to the old man in America she saw on the news who walked the streets wearing a sandwich board trying to find a kidney donor for his dying wife.

She has three tattoos. A small anchor on her right foot. Her Grandad's date of birth in roman numerals on her left foot. A tattoo on her right hip with the quote 'to die would be an awfully big adventure' from the JM. Barrie novel Peter Pan published in 1904.

Sophie is also has a passion for fine art drawing. Some of her work has been sold for charity.

Collects DVD's, Peter Pan novels and Dreamcatchers.

Sophie has three sisters Sarah, Amy and Laura and one brother James. Sophie is the youngest sibling.

Sophie attended the notorious Oldham Theatre Workshop as a youngster and has also attended The Manchester school of Acting (MSA).

Sophie attended the Oldham College studying Musical Theatre like many of her former hall of fame peers such as Suranne Jones and Suzanne Shaw.

Suffers from severe Depression and Anxiety which she openly talks about on social media.

Beat 700+ girls for the role of Alice Reynolds.

After appearing on the soap Sophie was offered a talent based scholarship to the New York Film Academy in the heart of New York City.

Starting out as a model Sophie was quickly spotted by Manchester based agents who saw her potential as an actress as she was asked to film a couple of episodes of Waterloo Road for the fourth season. Which later led her to Britannia high, Shameless, The Street and numerous theatre productions. It was until 2012 when Sophie landed the role of Alice Reynolds in Scottish BBC soap River City, beating 700 girls nation wide for the part cast by Kahleen Crawford. Sophie's hard hitting portrayal of the first ever lesbian character in the 10 year cult show made global waves as Alice's storyline was uploaded to YouTube sending Sophie's profile in the LGBT community as far as 'After Ellen' ; a spin of online tag to the Ellen Degeneres Show.

Born in Oldham, Sophie comes from a town of familiar faces such as Suranne Jones, Phillip Schofield, Lisa Riley and many others.

Close friends with Eva Pope, Kirsty-Leigh Porter.

Has a close relationship to Michelle Visage, who she refers to as her unofficial Mother, and vice versa.