Sophie Hunter is an English author, director of experimental theater and opera, and performer. Also, Sophie Hunter is well-known for being Benedict Cumberbatch’s wife, an English actor.

How much is  net worth of Sophie Hunter?

She has amassed a sizable fortune through her work as an English theatre director, author, and former singer and actress. Her estimated net worth as of 2022 is $2 million, and as of this writing, she hasn’t made her salary or source of income public.

How was the early years of Sophie Hunter?

The 16th of March 1978 saw the birth of Sophie Irene Hunter, better known by her stage name Sophie Hunter, in Hammersmith, London, England. She is 44 years old and a British national, according to her birthdate. She is of English descent and was born under the Pisces birth sign. Hunter also practices Christianity as a religion.

Anna Katharine (mother) and Charles Rupert (father) are the parents of Hunter (mother). Her father later got remarried after her parents had separated. She also has two half-brothers from her father’s second marriage in addition to her two younger brothers, Timothy and Patrick.

What is the education of Sophie Hunter?

She attended the “St Paul’s Girls’ School” in Hammersmith for her academic career. She afterwards enrolled at “Oxford University” to study modern languages, with French and Italian as her focus languages. During a brief period of time, Hunter posed with photographer Michael Roberts.

She also eventually became interested in theater. Subsequently, she relocated to Paris where she spent two years studying avant-garde drama at the L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. The American theater and opera director Anne Bogart oversaw her studies at the “Saratoga International Theatre Institute” in New York City.

How is the career of Sophie Hunter?

In terms of her professional life, Sophie Hunter made her television debut in 2004 as a supporting actress in the action comedy “Keen Eddie” and the detective series “Midsomer Murders.” She also made an appearance in Mira Nair’s historical drama Vanity Fair.’The Curse of Steptoe,’ ‘Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant,’ and ‘Torchwood’ are among her other significant on-screen appearances. In 2005, she performed as Ophelia in “Hamlet” during the Al Bustaan Festival in Beirut.

She also played the lead in the television movie “Friends & Crocodiles” that same year. Also, she and Guy Chambers worked together on the French EP “The Isis Project,” and she performed in the plays “Silverland” and “Macbeth.” Although she played on many different venues, her primary love has always been theater.

Directional Debut

Hunter co-founded the theater company “Boileroom,” and in 2007 she shared directorial credit for the piece “The Fantastic Electric,” for which she was awarded the prestigious “Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.” Moreover, “The Fantastic Electric” marked her directing debut.

Also, she co-founded the Lacuna Theatre Group and served as associate director for the production of the play Enron at the Royal Court Theatre in London’s West End and the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City. She also worked as the artistic director for the “Sleep No More” production in New York City in 2011.She became well-known for creating avant-garde plays. She has also directed and performed in theatrical productions all across Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Her avant-garde play 69° South, also referred to as the “Shackleton Project,” was a huge success.

She also directed “Phaedra” at the Aldeburgh Festival and “The Turn of the Screw” during the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival in Northern Ireland. Moreover, she co-starred in “Music on the Meare” at the 2017 Aldeburgh Festival alongside Nicholas Daniel. She was appointed producer of the movie adaptation of the book “The End We Start From” the same year. She has a sizable social media following and is a well-known theater personality.

Awards

She has earned quite a few of them in terms of her accomplishments. She received the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Prize in 2007. Moreover, Location One in New York City awarded her an International Artist Fellowship in 2010–2011.

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How is the state of relationships of Sophie Hunter?

On February 14, 2015, in St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Mottistone, she tied the knot with actor Benedict Cumberbatch. Christopher Carlton Cumberbatch, Hal Auden Cumberbatch, and Finn Cumberbatch are the names of the couple’s three kids that were born as a result of their union.

Hunter previously had a committed relationship with the sculptor Conrad Shawcross, whom she had met while attending Oxford. The couple split up at the start of 2010. She is good friends with “SUNO” creative director Max Osterweis and British-Argentine performance artist Eloise Fornieles. She also has a gift for languages and is fluent in French, Italian, and English. She plays the piano and appreciates music.

How tall is Sophie Hunter?

Hunter is approximately 62 kilograms and 5 feet 8 inches tall. She also has blue eyes and brown hair, and her body measurements are 34A-25-35 inches. She also measures 25 inches in waist and wears 6.5 UK shoe sizes.

Is Sophie Hunter on social media?

More than 2.8k people follow her on Instagram. She doesn’t use Facebook, yet she has more than 1.1k followers on Twitter.