Sophie Anna Ward (born 30 December 1964) is an English stage and screen actress, and a writer of non-fiction and fiction. As an actress, she played Jocelyn Sheffield in
The Nanny, she also played Elizabeth Hardy, the female lead in Barry Levinson's
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), and in other feature film roles including in Cary Joji Fukunaga's period drama
Jane Eyre (2011), and Jane Sanger's horror feature,
Swiperight (2020). In 1982 she had a role in the Academy Award-winning best short film,
A Shocking Accident. On television she played Dr Helen Trent in British police drama series
Heartbeat from 2004 to 2006, the character Sophia Byrne in the series Holby City from 2008 to 2010, the role of Lady Ellen Hoxley in the series
Land Girls...
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