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Sophia Myles

Birth name
Sophia Jane Myles
Birthplace
Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.
Date of birth
18 March, 1980
Date of death
Ethnicity
English, Welsh, Scottish, Russian
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Myles in 2008, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Sophia Jane Myles

Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 18 March, 1980

Ethnicity: English, Welsh, Scottish, Russian

Sophia Myles is a British actress. Her roles include the films Underworld , Tristan & Isolde , Art School Confidential , and Blackwood , and television’s Spooks , A Discovery of Witches , and Hallam Foe .

She is the daughter of Jane (Allan) and Peter Myles, a vicar. Sophia has a son with her partner, banker James Bell. She has said :

I am half English, a quarter Welsh and a quarter Russian…

I am half English, a quarter Welsh and a quarter Russian…

She also stated that her Welsh heritage is through her mother.

Sophia’s paternal grandfather likely was named Thomas William Peter Myles. Thomas was born in Scotland or Kent, England.

Sophia’s paternal grandmother likely was named Helene/Elene A. M. Dorand/Dorants/Doranz/Doranzs. Helene was born in Kashin, Tver Oblast, Russia. She may have been the daughter of Kahrlis Jacobs and Christine Bertha Groppa.

Sources: http://www.guardian.co.uk

Marriage record of Sophia’s likely paternal grandparents, Thomas William Peter Myles and Helene/Elene A. M. Dorand/Dorants/Doranz/Doranzs – https://www.familysearch.org