Sophie Leigh Stone


Sophie Leigh Stone is an English stage and television actress. She was the first deaf student to win a place at the drama school RADA.

Life and career

Sophie Stone grew up in East London and has been deaf since birth. She took up a place at RADA after the birth of her son Phoenix, with the extra cost of her studies being supported by the Snowdon Trust.
Since graduating, she has played the role of Kattrin in Mother Courage and Her Children at the National Theatre and worked with other theatre companies. She has also appeared in episodes of several British television series and short films.
In Spring 2014 she played Agnetha in Bryony Lavery's play Frozen, opening at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
In Autumn 2014 she took the leading role in the touring production of Woman of Flowers, a reworking of the Welsh myth of Blodeuwedd by playwright Kaite O'Reilly.
In 2015 she played the role of deaf crew-leader Cass in the Doctor Who episodes "Under the Lake" and "Before the Flood", who communicated entirely in British Sign Language.

Credits

Film

Television