Sophie Stuckey

Sophie Louise Stuckey (born 1 March 1991) is an English former actress.

Biography and career Stuckey was born in London, in the borough of Camden. Her first role as an actress was in 2002, at the age of 11, in the film Close Your Eyes, while the following year she was in I Capture the Castle, film adaptation of Dodie Smith's book of the same name. Afterwards, she was in The Dark in 2005 and in My Life in Ruins (aka Driving Aphrodite) in 2009.

Meanwhile, in 2004 she debuted on TV in the BBC film Who Cares?, written and directed by Ray Harrison Graham and produced by RedBird Productions; in 2006 she appeared in one episode of the ninth season of Midsomer Murders, playing Dora Southerly, a girl who finds the body of a man in an old sawmill.

In 2010, she got the role of Summer Farley, leading of the TV series Summer in Transylvania, which pushed her to quit her studies in Global Politics and International Relations at Birkbeck, University of London, in the film she was Stella Kipps, late wife of the leading, who appeared only in flashbacks or as a ghost. The next year she joined the cast of the two-part miniseries The Reckoning, in which she played the part of cancer-stricken fifteen-year-old Amanda Wilson.

In 2012 she took part, as Jemma, in Menhaj Huda's horror film Comedown, which was screened as world premiere on 4 October 2012 at Grimmfest. In January 2013 she was in two episodes of the sixteenth season of the TV series Silent Witness, playing Karen Masters, while in April she was in Endeavour. In September she portrayed Eva Harper in the fourth episode of the third season of Vera.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2002 Close Your Eyes Heather aka Doctor Sleep 2003 I Capture the Castle Cassandra (aged 7) 2004 Gyppo Rosa Short film 2005 The Dark Sarah 2009 My Life in Ruins Caitlin 2012 The Woman in Black Stella Kipps 2012 Comedown Jemma

Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 Who Cares? Trixy TV film 2006 Midsomer Murders Dora Southerly Episode: "Country Matters" 2010 Summer in Transylvania Summer Farley Main role (20 episodes) 2011 The Reckoning Amanda Wilson 2013 Silent Witness Karen Masters Episodes: "True Love Waits, Part One" and "True Love Waits, Part 2" 2013 Endeavour Pamela Walters Episode: "Girl" 2013 Vera Eva Harper Episode: "Prodigal Son"