Sophie Stanton
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Sophie Stanton is an actress and playwright. She is known for her role as Detective Chief Inspector Jill Marsden in the television series EastEnders
(2001–2003; 2009-2010), Rose in 'Dressing For Breakfast' (BBC) and as Dilly in The Wilsons (BBC). Her extensive theatre work includes 'Beautiful Thing' (Bush/Donmar Warehouse), 'Sleeping Around' (Donmar Warehouse), 'Mercury Fur' (Menier Chocolate Factory), 'Market Boy' & 'England People Very Nice' (National Theatre), 'Dying Fot It' & 'Cloud Nine' (Almeida). Her film credits include Girls Night, Closer, Beautiful Thing, Grow Your Own and Shadowlands
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Her home county is Suffolk
. In 1991 she graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
where she won the Gold Medal. Stanton wrote the theatre play Cariad.
She reprised her role as Jill Marsden in EastEnders
in December 2009, but left again in February 2010.
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
(2001–2003; 2009-2010), Rose in 'Dressing For Breakfast' (BBC) and as Dilly in The Wilsons (BBC). Her extensive theatre work includes 'Beautiful Thing' (Bush/Donmar Warehouse), 'Sleeping Around' (Donmar Warehouse), 'Mercury Fur' (Menier Chocolate Factory), 'Market Boy' & 'England People Very Nice' (National Theatre), 'Dying Fot It' & 'Cloud Nine' (Almeida). Her film credits include Girls Night, Closer, Beautiful Thing, Grow Your Own and Shadowlands
Shadowlands
Shadowlands is a 1985 television film, written by William Nicholson, directed by Norman Stone and produced by David M. Thompson for BBC Wales. Its subject is the relationship between Oxford don and author, C. S. Lewis and Joy Gresham....
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Her home county is Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
. In 1991 she graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
where she won the Gold Medal. Stanton wrote the theatre play Cariad.
She reprised her role as Jill Marsden in EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
in December 2009, but left again in February 2010.