Sophie Rundle is one of those actresses you don’t realize is in everything. She has major roles in five historical costume series on her resume, two of which are still in production. And considering she’s barely 32, this bodes well for a lengthy career in frock flicks! One way to further her work is by producing her own films, which Sophie Rundle and her fiancé, actor Matt Stokoe, are doing through their Bone Garden Films. She told Marie Claire UK why this was important:
“I think young people are realising you don’t have to have just one career avenue. If you’ve got a voice and something to say, you can go out and create your own content. It’s not elitist, it’s open to anyone, and that’s so vital in diversifying the work we’re seeing. If we only allow a certain demographic to be in positions of power, then the content we are creating is always going to be skewed in a certain way. It’s really important that work is representative of the world that we actually live in. I think it’s pulled back the veil a little on this industry.”
Let’s review some of her roles so far…
Sefa in Merlin (2008)
Miss Casson in Garrow’s Law (2011)
Clara in Great Expectations (2012)
Lucy in The Bletchley Circle (2012-2014)
Ada Shelby in Peaky Blinders (2013-2019)
Pamela Saint in Call the Midwife (2014)
Eva in An Inspector Calls (2015)
Honoria Barbary in Dickensian (2015)
Alice in Jamestown (2017-2019)
Ann Walker in Gentleman Jack (2019)
What’s your favorite of Sophie Rundle’s historical costume movie or TV roles?
Isn’t the bit of the yardage shop interior we can see in Dickensian wonderful? Maybe you could offer more pix sometime with critique?
Bletchley’s all I’ve seen so I’ll go with that.
I loved her in “Gentleman Jack,” but I had no idea she had such an extensive resume!! I remember finding out that she had been in an episode of “Call the Midwife,” which I had seen without really knowing her other work. She has a lot of range!
I think that’s Jessie Cave in the “Great Expectations” photo.
I’m going with Ann Walker in Gentleman Jack. It’s a beautifully nuanced performance; powerful at times and delicate at the same time. Mr Pye’s costumes are gorgeous and so suit each character.
And Ada Shelby for the second. Love the scene in the cinema.
Hey, can we have Jasper Pääkkönen in MCM????
I didn’t realize she was Anne Walker. I adore that show so much.
Me either! She was so fey and wispy!
I wonder if the second Peaky Blinders photo is from at least the second or third season when the show had progressed into the roaring 20s? It jumps two years ahead in the second season alone, and times moves pretty quickly between each season which might explain the very flapper outfit.
I have TERRIBLE face recognition powers. AWFUL. Staring at all of these I realised I’ve seen her in Bletchley but made no connection with Ann Walker. Sigh. I give up, I’m a lost cause!
And I did critique Ada Shelby’s costumes as being a bit too fashion-forward — the series starts immediately after WWI, yet she’s already in full flapper mode. It’s a cute look, but not plausible.
From which season of “Peaky Blinders” was this photograph of Rundle from? The series’ most recent season has reached the fall of 1929.