Sophie Ward (born 30 December 1964), is an English actress and the daughter of late actor Simon Ward. Her screen roles include that of Elizabeth Hardy, the beautiful, ill-fated true love of Sherlock Holmes in the film Young Sherlock Holmes.

Biography

Ward has a first degree in Literature and Philosophy from the Open University.

She married veterinary surgeon Paul Hobson in 1988, and the couple have two sons, Nathanial (b.1989) and Joshua (b. 1993). They divorced in 1996 after Ward became involved with a female Korean-American writer, Rena Brannan, and came out as a lesbian. Ward and Brannan made their first public commitment at the Groucho Club in 2000, then had a civil partnership ceremony in 2005, followed by marriage after it was legalised in 2014.

Ward had long been considered a 'Face of the 1980s' as a Vogue model.

Ward's sister, Kitty, is married to stand-up comedian Michael McIntyre.

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