Sophie Hopkins

Sophie Lisa Hopkins is a British actress and model, best known for her role as April MacLean in the BBC's Doctor Who spin-off Class.

Sophie Hopkins
Born
Sophie Lisa Hopkins

Singapore
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress, model
Years active2011–present
Notable work
Class

Early life

Hopkins was born in Singapore and grew up in East Yorkshire, England. She went to Woldgate School. In 2007 she attended City of York College, where she studied Performing Arts and Musical Theatre, graduating in 2009.[1] In 2010, she moved to London where she trained with Identity School of Acting and joined Fourth Monkey, a repertory theatre company with a focus on training new performers for the entertainment industry.

Career

In April 2016, Hopkins was cast in the BBC Three Doctor Who spin-off Class[2] as April MacLean.[3] Her character April is a student at Coal Hill School, who Hopkins described as "socially awkward", but also "compassionate, kind", and sometimes "extraordinarily brave".[4] April was advertised as the British Buffy.[5] When Hopkins first got to know about the series she only knew that the series would be similar to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She didn't know that it would be a Doctor Who spin off. As she was massive Buffy fan and she loved the description of her character April she decided to audition and got the role.[4][6] During the production of the series Hopkins lived in Cardiff, in the same building as actress Vivian Oparah.[7] Later in 2016 Hopkins played the lead in the horror–thriller Brackenmore, which was set in Ireland. In 2018 Hopkins reprised her role as April MacLean in six audio plays by Big Finish.[8]

Filmography

TV series
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Filthy Cities Charlotte Corday Documentary miniseries; uncredited (Episode: "Revolutionary Paris")
2011–12 Dark Matters: Twisted But True Marie
Vicki
Llubmila		 Documentary (3 episodes)
2013 Britain's Secret Homes Anne
Joan Pendrell		 Documentary (2 episodes)
2016 Class April MacLean Main cast (8 episodes)
2018 Doctors Ellie Hutton 1 episode ("Blink")

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Meeting Place Anna Short film
2013 The Square Orbit Woman Short film
2014 Life Lines Mori Short film
2015 Dead Gigolo Jamie Short film
2015 Fragments of May Sophie Short film
2016 Since We Last Harry Short film
2016 Breaking Sarah Short film
2016 Brackenmore Kate Movie
2017 Spilt Billie Short film
2018 Hurt by Paradise Camille Castel Movie

Audio
Year Title Role Notes
2018-2020ClassApril MacLean7 episodes

Music videos
Year Title Artist Role Notes
2015 Whiplash Dreams Clearhead Girl Visual album

Web series
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Doctor Who: The Fan Show Herself Episode: "Meeting The Class Cast"

References
  1. "Sophie's success in Dr Who spin-off". The Press.
  2. "Katherine Kelly leads the cast of Doctor Who spin-off Class". Radio Times. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. "Meet the cast of Class". Radio Times. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. "Class' Sophie Hopkins Explains How Buffy Landed Her a Sweet Gig In the Whoniverse". themarysue.com.
  5. "Exclusive: Class star Sophie Hopkins reveals all on possible Doctor Who crossovers - and those Buffy comparisons". Digital Spy.
  6. "'Class' Star Sophie Hopkins Says She's Ready To Be 'The British Buffy' For Doctor Who Fans". HuffPost.
  7. "Interview: "We're part of something really cool" – Sophie Hopkins (BBC's Class/Dr. Who)". vulturehound.co.uk.
  8. "Axed Doctor Who spin-off Class to return for audio series". Radio Times.
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