Sophie Hunter

Sophie Hunter is a British actress and director, director of the operas The Abduction of Lucretia, The Magic Flute, Fidelio, singer, author and performer of three solo albums, wife of the popular actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

Sophie Hunter was born in London on March 16, 1978. The zodiac sign is Pisces. Her father was Charles Hunter, originally from the capital of Great Britain, and her mother was Anna Catherine Gough, who came to London from Edinburgh. Therefore, the childhood years of the future actress and director were spent in these two atmospheric cities.

Since childhood, Sophie has been seriously involved in playing the piano and vocals. But music became only a favorite hobby for Hunter. The girl successfully graduated from the Oxford School of Foreign Languages, where she perfectly mastered French and Italian, after which she decided to make significant adjustments to her fate and went to Paris.

Sophie has been interested in acting from an early age. Therefore, the first step in the French capital was obvious to her: she entered the School of Theater. Jacques Lecoq, which to this day is considered one of the most respectable gesture and facial expression studios.

Directing became the main passion in Sophie Hunter's creative biography. The girl owns acting, but the very process of creating productions interests her much more. So, for example, in New York, the public admired her interpretation of the opera “The Rape of Lucretia”, the author of which is the eminent Benjamin Britten.

Also, a talented and purposeful girl worked on the work of Mozart "The Magic Flute". This opera was shown not only to the sophisticated public, but also to residents of several African countries during a charity marathon called "Opera Change". In Israel, Sophie has staged the opera Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven. The director is also known for staging a dramatic play based on Ibsen's "Ghosts".

In 2007, Hunter deservedly received the Beckett Prize together with her colleagues. The award was given for the outstanding play "The Terrific Electric": Sophie wrote and directed this play at the Barbican Center in London. Later, the play "Enron" was staged at the Royal Court Theater in London. Since 2011, Sophie has been organizing the theater company "Emursive".

At the New York City theater, the hardworking director staged the performances "Sleep No More", "Forgotten" and others. In 2015, the girl collaborated with the Ulster Orchestra, working on a screening of the opera Phaedra in Northern Ireland. In the same year, Sophie was noted for her work with the Aurora Orchestra, which helped her create the opera The Turn of the Screw in London.

As an actress, Sophie Hunter is not very popular. In the mid-2000s, the girl appeared on stage as Ophelia in the play Hamlet and the witch in the production of Macbeth. On the screen, she got cameo roles in feature films and TV series. The detective drama Murders in Midsomer was released with the participation of the actress. In 2004, Sophie played Mary Osborne in Vanity Fair, starring Reese Witherspoon. At the same time, Hunter became a cameo in the BBC Tree parody series "My Life in Cinema".

Work in serial television films soon followed. This is the role of Maureen Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe, as well as the role of Anne Boleyn in the TV series Henry VIII: The Tyrant's Mind. The actress also appeared in the full-length film "Burlesque Tale". Interesting was the experience of working in the sci-fi series "Torchwood", which in its plot turned out to be similar to the rating project "Doctor Who". One of the last appearances on the screen was the role of a witch in the series "Great Shows".

However, the not too impressive filmography does not particularly disturb Hunter, since in terms of creativity, theatrical and operatic direction is much more important for her.

Sophie is fond of singing. In 2005, she recorded a solo album called "The IsisProject", which included songs in French. In 2010, together with Armin van Buuren, the girl released the album "Virtual Friend", and in 2011 - again the solo EP "Songs for a Boy". The girl even had a number of clips for her favorite songs.

In 2009, the young director, who is often compared with Sophie Marceau in her photo, played another minor character in the movie Burlesque Tales. It also stars British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, best known for his role as a sociopathic detective in the TV series "Sherlock". At first, Benedict and Sophie just became friends and did not even think about dating: Cumberbatch plunged into new films, and Hunter focused on her productions.

Only in 2014, when the age of both actors significantly exceeded 30 years, a spark ran between them, and a love story began. But the actors continued to keep the relationship under wraps, away from the reporters' cameras, without commenting on the changes in their personal lives in interviews or social networks such as Instagram. The public first suspected something when the couple was spotted at one of the matches of the French tennis championship Roland Garros.

The official announcement of the engagement of Cumberbatch and Hunter was submitted to The Times by the groom's parents. In England, for a long time, it was customary to report in the newspaper about upcoming weddings. Although young people are skeptical about this tradition, representatives of the older generation still prefer to follow it.

The wedding took place on February 14, 2015. Sophie Hunter is 173 cm tall, which is 10 cm less than Benedict Cumberbatch. Therefore, Sophie and Benedict look spectacular, even if the girl puts on high-heeled shoes.

When the lovers got married, Hunter was already pregnant. In June 2015, their first child was born - a son, Christopher Carlton. After giving birth, the actress did not gain weight at all (he remained at around 62 kg) and a month later she posed for cameras in a scarlet tight-fitting dress at a party on the occasion of the Serpentine contemporary art gallery.

The birth of their first child did not stop the newlyweds from celebrating their first wedding anniversary in Venice. By this time, Sophie's husband, like herself, decided not to be limited to one child, and in October 2016 it became known that the director was pregnant for the second time. The family waited for the next replenishment on March 3, 2017 - Sophie gave her husband her second son, Hal Auden.

Now the main time of Sophie Hunter's life is taking care of family and children. While the husband of the actress continues to shine on the screens, Sophie retired from participating in theatrical projects. But this state of affairs does not bother the director, because at all ceremonial events she appears hand in hand with Benedict.

The birth of children did not in the least affect Sophie's appearance. Together with her husband, she makes a couple, which fans consider a style icon. For their wardrobe, both spouses choose a style of clothing that combines extravagance and British elegance.

Three months after the birth of her second child, Sophie Hunter participated as a storyteller at the Aldeburg Summer Festival, where she read works by Ovid, John Dryden and Ted Hughes. And in early 2018, Sophie and her husband attended a gala concert organized by the Swiss watch house Jaeger-LeCoultre. The couple went to Europe after Benedict was announced the new president of the London Academy of Music and Performing Arts, which the artist himself graduated from in 2000.

2004 - Midsomer Murders 2004 - Vanity Fair 2007 - Mumbai Request 2008 - Steptoe Curse 2009 - Henry VIII: The Tyrant's Mind 2009 - Burlesque Tales 2009 - Torchwood 2010 - Great Shows "

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Sophie Hunter Net Worth 2021

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