- Sophie Parkin
Sophie Parkin is an English writer, artist and actor, born in
London in1961 .She was schooled at Frensham Heights Boarding School, then Cambourne School of Mines,
Redruth ,Cornwall . She then attendedLeeds Polytechnic (tutored byJeff Nuttall ),Maidstone College of Art , where she graduated with a Fine Art degree in1982 .Sophie starred in many commercials as a girl, as varied as
Wall's sausages ,Comfort fabric conditioner and as theDulux girl. She also modelled in "Nova " magazine and "The Sunday Times " and appeared inAndrew Logan ’s Alternative Miss World in1979 . She has appeared in film recently, such as theDylan Thomas biopic, "The Edge of Love" directed byJohn Maybury and starringKeira Knightley ,Sienna Miller andMatthew Rhys .She has also regularly written for British newspapers and periodicals, and appeared on television and radio as a broadcaster – most recently on
Woman's Hour onBBC Radio 4 . She writes regularly for .Her novels are "All Grown Up", "Take Me Home" and "Dear Goddess". She has also written the teen novels "French for Kissing", "Best of Friends", and "Mad, Rich and Famous". her non-fiction books are "Mothers by Daughters", "Sons and Mothers" (both published by Virago), "Girls Just Want To Have Fun: the Cosmopolitan book of short stories", "Best of Friends" and "POT 05 - Anthology of Poetry" (ed.
Michael Horovitz ). She also teaches creative writing atMorley College , London.She is the daughter of the artist
Molly Parkin and art dealer Michael Parkin.External links
* [http://www.sophieparkin.co.uk/ Official site]
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