# Sophie Cookson

Sophie Cookson (born 15 May 1990) is an English actress. She played secret agent Roxy Morton / Lancelot in the 2014 spy film Kingsman: The Secret Service and its 2017 sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle, and Pippa in the 2016 fantasy film The Huntsman: Winter's War. She played the title role of Christine Keeler in the 2019 BBC One drama television series The Trial of Christine Keeler.

## Early life

Cookson was brought up in Sussex and later Suffolk, where she attended Woodbridge School. She was involved in singing and musical theatre since childhood. After being part of a theatre company that had toured Japan, she quit acting to study art history and Arabic at the University of Edinburgh. However, she soon dropped out to pursue an acting career and attended the Oxford School of Drama for three years, and graduated in 2013.

## Career

While still attending Oxford Drama School in her senior year, she was cast as Grace Mohune in the Sky 1 miniseries Moonfleet, based on the J. Meade Falkner novel of the same name. In early 2014, she appeared in the film adaption of the Rosamunde Pilcher novel Unknown Heart [fr], produced by German television network ZDF, portraying Millie Lancaster. The same year, she also landed her first big screen role, replacing Emma Watson for the part of secret agent Roxanne "Roxy" Morton / Lancelot in the spy film Kingsman: The Secret Service, based on the comic book The Secret Service by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. Also in 2014, Cookson was cast in the female main role in Lee Tamahori's action epic Emperor, about a young woman seeking revenge for the execution of her father by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, opposite Adrien Brody as the titular Emperor. The movie was finished and screened at Cannes in 2017 but its release has been held up by legal challenges.
In 2016, she appeared in the film The Huntsman: Winter's War in a minor role as the female huntsman Pippa. Beginning in June 2017, she appeared in the Netflix series Gypsy as troubled singer Sidney Pierce. However, the series was cancelled in August after one season due to negative reviews and low ratings, even though the second season had already been in development. In July, she appeared in the horror film The Crucifixion, playing a journalist investigating a lethal exorcism performed on a nun, and in September of the same year, she reprised her role as Roxy Morton in the sequel to The Secret Service, The Golden Circle, while also appearing in a musical short for the song Pleader by British indie rock group alt-J.
In 2018, she played Dottie in the Trafalgar Studios production of the play Killer Joe, alongside Orlando Bloom.

## Personal life

In 2017, she met actor Stephen Campbell Moore on the set of Red Joan. Cookson and Moore reportedly began dating in November 2018. They have one daughter together, born in 2020.

## Filmography
### Film

List of film performances :
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2014 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Roxanne "Roxy" Morton / Lancelot |
| 2016 | The Huntsman: Winter's War | Pippa |
| 2017 | The Crucifixion | Nicole Rawlins |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Roxanne "Roxy" Morton / Lancelot |
| 2018 | Red Joan | Young Joan Smith |
| 2018 | Ashes in the Snow | Ona |
| 2019 | Greed | Lily McCreadie |
| 2021 | Infinite | Nora Brightman |
| 2024 | Stockholm Bloodbath | Anne Eriksson |
| 2024 | This Time Next Year | Minnie |

### Television

List of television performances :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Moonfleet | Grace Mohune | Miniseries |
| 2014 | Unknown Heart [fr] | Millie Lancaster | Television film |
| 2017 | Gypsy | Sidney Pierce | Main role |
| 2019–2020 | The Trial of Christine Keeler | Christine Keeler | Main role |
| 2022 | The Confessions of Frannie Langton | Madame Marguerite Benham | Miniseries |

## Awards and nominations

List of awards won and nominations :
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2015 | Empire Awards | Best Female Newcomer | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Nominated |
| 2020 | Newport Beach Film Festival | Festival Honors Award - Breakthrough | Greed | Won |
| 2022 | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Supporting Actress | Infinite | Nominated |