Real life of After The Flood's Sophie Rundle - famous co-star partner, Covid ordeal and family apology
10.01.2024 - 21:53
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Sophie Rundle stars in ITV's latest gripping drama After The Flood, which kicks off on Wednesday night (January 10). The actress, 35, is in a long-term relationship with one of her co-stars - and is even expecting a second child with him.
The new series focuses on a quaint fictional village in England which is devastated by flooding. But the natural disaster soon becomes a murder mystery when a man is found dead in a carpark.
That's when PC Joanna Marshall - played by Sophie - is called in to investigate. She becomes fixated on the death, as it soon transpires the man may not have been a flood victim after all. The six-parter is from BAFTA-nominated writer and actor Mick Ford, known for his work on Netflix's Stay Close and The Stranger.
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We take a closer look at Sophie's life, including her well-known co-star partner, her impressive career and her famous siblings.
Sophie, who trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, is perhaps most recognisable as Ada Thorne from BBC One's hit periodical drama Peaky Blinders. But the actress, from High Wycombe, also left fans traumatised after her brutal death in hit BBC One crime drama Happy Valley.
Viewers will remember that her character, a rookie policewoman, met her fate when Tommy Lee Royce reversed his car into her. Tommy, played by James Norton, brutally drove over her twice more after she fell to the ground.
Describing how the scene played out, Sophie had previously explained: "When Happy Valley came back for series three, people still asked me about it. I’m fine, no one did a three-point turn over me! It’s really stayed with people, I think because it’s so brutal."
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