Sophie Alexandra Stewart is one of the children born to Patrick Stewart and Sheila Falconer. Sophie is famous as the daughter of Sir Patrick Stewart, an English actor who has a career stretching for about six decades in numerous stage productions, television, film, and video games. Not much is available on Sophie’s childhood, personal life, career, date of birth, or place of birth, however, we will keep you updated if any details pop up.
Sophie Alexandra Stewart: Bio Summary
Name | Sophie Alexandra Stewart |
Famous as | Patrick Stewart’s Daughter |
Gender | Female |
Parents | Patrick Stewart and Sheila Falconer |
Siblings | Daniel Stewart |
Uncle | Geoffrey and Trevor |
Grandparents | Gladys and Alfred Stewart |
Sophie Alexandra Stewart’s parents Sir Patrick Stewart and Sheila Falconer got married and after 24 years they got divorced in 1990. Sophie’s parents have two children together Daniel and Sophie herself. Sophie’s brother, Daniel is a stage and screen actor who has been seen in films alongside his dad in the 1993 TV film Death Train, the sitcom Blunt Talk, and the 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Inner Light”, playing his son.
Sophie’s dad is an actor who was born on 13 July 1940 in Mirfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was born to a weaver and textile worker, Gladys, and her husband Alfred Stewart. Sophie’s dad has two older brothers, Geoffrey and Trevor.
Sophie’s father attended Crowlees Church of England Junior and Infants School and associates his acting career to his English teacher, Cecil Dormand. At the age of 11, Sophie’s dad was in Mirfield Secondary Modern School where he studied drama and there he met actor Brian Blessed at a Mytholmroyd drama course, and the two of them have remained friends since then. The two friends, Patrick Stewart and Blessed later received grants to attend the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Sophie Alexandra Stewart’s father at age 15 abandoned school and decided to participate in local theatre more. He was given a job as a newspaper reporter and an obituary writer at the Mirfield & District Reporter however, he later left the job after his employer demanded he chooses acting or journalism. He also trained as a boxer.
Sophie’s father also became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966 and was with the year until the year 1982. He was also an associate artist of the company in 1968. He made his debut TV appearance in the year 1967 on Coronation Street as a fire officer and had a quick TV cameo role as Horatio, opposite Ian Richardson’s Hamlet, in a performance of the gravedigger scene as part of episode six of Sir Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation television series in 1969.
Again Sophie’s father made his Broadway debut as Snout in Peter Brook’s legendary production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, before he moved to the Royal National Theatre in the early 1980s. Sophie’s dad used the name “Hewes” as his name professionally for a while in the 1980s.
Sophie Alexandra Stewart’s dad however appeared in multiple major television series and was seen as Vladimir Lenin in Fall of Eagles; Sejanus in me, Claudius; Karla in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley’s People; Claudius in a 1980 BBC adaptation of Hamlet. He played the romantic male lead in the 1975 BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South and also took the lead, as psychiatric consultant Dr. Edward Roebuck, in BBC’s Maybury in 1981.
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Sophie’s dad played minor roles in films, such as King Leondegrance in John Boorman’s Excalibur, the character Gurney Halleck in David Lynch’s Dune, and Dr. Armstrong in Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce.
Sophie Alexandra Stewart’s dad Patrick was also married to Wendy Neuss, one of the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation on 25 August 2000 but they divorced three years later.
He was also in a romantic relationship with actress Lisa Dillon until the year 2007. Furthermore, Sophie’s dad dated Sunny Ozell, a singer and songwriter who was based in Brooklyn, New York in the year 2008. The two met while performing in Macbeth at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Sophie Alexandra Stewart’s dad, Sir Patrick Stewart was nominated for Olivier, Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and Saturn Awards. He also shared with Hugh Jackman the Guinness World Record for the longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero, for his portrayal of Professor X until December 2021 when they were eclipsed by Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe.