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Sophie Turner is on fire.
2016-05-31
First, her "Game of Thrones" character Sansa Stark turned from damsel to dissident in the show's recent events. She and half-brother Jon Snow are rallying the houses of the North to take back Winterfell.
Now, the 20-year-old actress takes on another iconic role, that of Jean Grey in "X-Men: Apocalypse." As Grey, she'll be learning to live with and hone her telepathic abilities.
Let's take a look back at Turner's meteoric rise to fame.
Sophie Turner started going to drama class at age three, which she says was "so [my mother] could have a cup of coffee for an hour."
A photo posted by Sophie Turner (@sophiet) on Apr 8, 2015 at 11:42am PDT
Fans of the show often accused Turner's character of betraying the Stark family. And Sansa continued to find herself in worse circumstances.
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"When I read the script my heart just breaks," Turner says. "I don't need to imagine something sad, because to me what is happening to her is so real."
Helen Sloan/HBO
Things are now looking up for Sansa in season six. With the help of family-friend Theon Greyjoy, she escaped her captor at Winterfell.
Helen Sloan/HBO
"It's probably her best season yet. It's her really coming into her own," Turner told Entertainment Weekly, adding, "[she] really commands the respect that she deserves."
Helen Sloan/HBO
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Turner has even more on tap for 2016. She picks up her second major franchise with "X-Men: Apocalypse," in theaters May 27.
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She plays a young Jean Grey, a powerful mutant learning to cope with her telepathic and telekinetic powers.
20th Century Fox/"X-Men: Apocalypse"
"As an actress, it's been amazing to play a superhero that people look up to so much and that people really love," Turner says. "It's nice to just kick ass."
It's still unclear how Turner's "Game of Thrones" character will weather the winter — though Turner admits she'd be devastated to say goodbye to Sansa.
Helen Sloan/HBO
"I would miss Sansa," says Turner, who's played her for nearly a third of her life. "I love her. She's half of me and I’m half of her."
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Melia Robinson is a reporter at Business Insider covering how lawyers are changing how they work and bill in the age of artificial intelligence — and about the tech companies racing to serve them.Melia first joined Business Insider in 2013. She lives in New York City.
