Sophie Wyburd

Sophie was born in London and still lives there with her four sisters, menagerie of animals and her parents.She was 'discovered' in 2000 when she was 7 years old by a casting agent who visited her school and observed her class. After a number of auditions she was selected early in 2001 by Stephen Daldry for the part of Angelica Bell in The Hours (2002).The following year she auditioned for Peter Pan (2003) and was flown to Australia in November along with another girl, both competing for the role of Jane, grown-up Wendy's daughter. PJ Hogan chose Sophie and she filmed for ten days. Although the scene was deleted from the final film when it was released she appeared on the DVD under 'deleted scenes'.Since then Sophie has auditioned for a range of films - Love Actually, Nanny McFee, Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe amongst others and continues to fulfill her love of drama and literature at school. Show less «