Sophie Lee

Sophie Lee
Born (1968-08-07) 7 August 1968 (age 56)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Actress, author
Years active1987−present
Spouse
Anthony Freedman
​
​
(m. 2002)​
Partner(s)Mick Molloy
(1994–2000)
Children3

Sophie Lee (born 7 August 1968)[1] is an Australian film, stage and television actress and author.

Career

Lee worked as a model early in her career, both in Australia and Japan[2] appearing in print and on TV. Her first feature film was Raw Silk in 1988.

She first rose to fame in 1990 for hosting The Bugs Bunny Show on Australian TV. The Nine Network series, which had previously not been hosted, featured Bugs Bunny and other Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, plus occasional other material, such as an interview between Sophie and Kylie Minogue. She was cast by executive producer David Lyle out of 150 candidates.[2] In 1991, Lee started playing the ongoing role of Penny Wellings in the drama series The Flying Doctors.

That year Lee also formed a pop group, Freaked Out Flower Children, performing on saxophone and vocals.[3] In December that year the group issued their sole album, Love In, which Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, found was "full of syncopated beats and breezy melodies wrapped around tunes".[3] The group's debut single, "Spill the Wine", was a cover version of Eric Burdon and War's 1970 hit.[3] Freaked Out Flower Children's version reached No. 31 on the ARIA Singles Chart but by 1993 the group had disbanded "the concept had run its course ... [as the] retro-cabaret and day-glo focus of the ensemble ... did little to foster a sense of longevity".[3][4]

In 1992, she also hosted the TV series Sex. Lee built on this in the media, speaking out on feminism, sexism and the need for sex education in the AIDS era.[5]

Lee has acted in a number of iconic films, including the Australian comedies Muriel's Wedding, Bootmen and The Castle as well as cult films such as He Died with a Felafel in His Hand and Titsiana Booberini. She is a patron of "Big Screen" at the National Film and Sound Archive.[6] For her performance in the 1997 film The Castle, Lee was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Lee has appeared in a number of stage productions, including Mr Kolpert with the Sydney Theatre Company and the title role in The Virgin Mim.[7] From 2008, she has hosted "Natgeo Presents with Sophie Lee" on the National Geographic channel.[8] She is also a commentator on the series 20 to 1.

In 2007, Lee branched into writing, releasing a book in 2007 titled "Alice in La La Land" through Random House publishing.[9] The book is inspired by her time spent in Hollywood. Also in 2007, she became a columnist for "Sunday Magazine".[10] In 2009 Sophie released her first children's novel titled "Edie Amelia and the Monkey Shoe Mystery", a story for 7+ year-olds, published by Pan Macmillan.[11] The second title in the series is "Edie Amelia and The Runcible River Fever".

Personal life

Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, her family did not have a TV in the house as her father, a philosophy professor at the University of Newcastle, preferred more intellectual pursuits.[1] She attended the local public school in Dudley, Newcastle, and St Mary's Convent school. She completed year 12 at St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton, in 1986, achieving academic excellence. She appeared in a school production of "Frankenstein", playing Baron Frankenstein.[1] She moved to Sydney at age 18 for her career. When working at GTV-9 in the early 1990s, she lived in St Kilda, Victoria.[2]

For six years up to early 2000, she was the partner of Melbourne comedian Mick Molloy, regularly appearing on his nationally syndicated radio show.[12]

In 2002 she married Anthony Freedman and stated that she would be converting to Judaism.[13] The couple have a daughter, Edie, and two sons, Tom and Jack.

  • Australian band TISM's 1993 song "Get Thee to a Nunnery" was specifically about Sophie Lee, mentioning her by name.

Filmography

Film

Title Year Role Type
1988 Raw Silk Josie TV movie
1994 Muriel's Wedding Tania Degano Feature film
1994 Halifax f.p. Corri Neale TV film series, episode 1: "Acts of Betrayal"
1997 The Castle Tracey Petropoulous (née Kerrigan) Feature film
1997 The Hostages Kate TV movie
1997 Good Guys Bad Guys: Only The Good Die Young Amy TV pilot movie
1997 Titsiana Booberini Francine Pickles Short film
1999 Holy Smoke Yvonne Feature film
2000 Bootmen Linda Feature film
2001 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand Nina Feature film
2002 Tanya and Floyd Mickey Falstaff TV pilot movie
2002 Mimi Catherine Short film
2006 BlackJack: Dead Memory Denise Kennedy TV film series, 1 episode
2006 BlackJack: At The Gates Denise Kennedy TV film series, 1 episode
2006 BlackJack: Ghosts Denise Kennedy TV film series, 1 episode
2012 Mental Jean Feature film

Television

Title Year Role Type
1990-91 The Bugs Bunny Show Host TV series
1991-92 The Flying Doctors Penny Wellings TV series, season 8-9, 49 episodes
1991 Video Smash Hits Herself (with Freaked Out Flower Children band) TV series, 1 episode
1991 The Main Event Herself TV series, 1 episode
1991 Sex Host TV special
1992 In Sydney Today Guest TV series, 1 episode
1992 The Midday Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1992 Sex Host TV series
1992 The Midday Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1992 The Afternoon Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1992 Vidiot Herself TV series, 1 episode
1993 Typhoon's People Maia Tertius TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1993 R.F.D.S. Penny Wellings TV series, 13 episodes
1995 Good Morning Australia Herself (with Sarah Chadwick) TV series, 1 episode
1997 Good Morning Australia Guest TV series, 1 episode
1997 Roy and HG Guest TV series, 1 episode
1997 Raw FM Patty TV series, 1 episode
1998 Small Tales & True Jacqui TV series, 1 episode
2000 Good News Week Master of Ceremonies TV series, 1 episode
2000 The Big Schmooze Guest TV series, 1 episode
2000 Something in the Air Jennifer Leveson TV series, 4 episodes
2004 Stingers Veronica Taylor TV series, 3 episodes
2004 The Chaser Decides Herself TV series, 1 episode
2004 The Australian Film Institute Awards Herself TV special
2007-09 20 to One Herself TV series, 5 episodes
2008 Natgeo Presents with Sophie Lee Presenter TV series, 7 episodes
2009 Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation Herself TV series, 1 episode
2013 Dance Academy Gabrielle TV series, 4 episodes
2014 Puberty Blues Mrs. Travers TV series, 2 episodes
2016 The Morning Show Guest TV series, 1 episode

Theatre

Title Year Role Venue / Company
1992 Love Letters Melissa Gardner Sydney Opera House
1994 Tanya and Kit La Mama, Napier Street Theatre, Melbourne
1994 The Borgia Apartment Napier Street Theatre, Melbourne
1995 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Bubba Ryan Playhouse Melbourne, Monash University, Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, Queens Park Theatre Geraldton, Centennial Theatre Kalgoorlie, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Glen Street Theatre, Canberra Theatre, Ford Theatre Geelong, The Capital - Bendigo's Performing Arts Centre, Gold Coast Arts Centre
1995 The Judgement of Helen Theatre Works, Melbourne
1996 Gary's House Sue-Ann Q Theatre Penrith, Malthouse Theatre, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Hobart
1997 A Midsummer Night's Dream Adaptor Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
1998 Miracles Sparkes / Louise Malthouse Theatre
2002 Mr Kolpert Sarah Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2002 The Virgin Mim Mim Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2005 Love Letters Melissa Gardner Parade Theatre

[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c TV Hits Sophie Lee Collect-a-Card
  2. ^ a b c Lunch of Blood by Antonella Gambotto. pp160-171. ISBN 0-09-182871-6 Random House.
  3. ^ a b c d McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Freaked Out Flower Children'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  4. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Freaked-Out Flower Children". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  5. ^ Sophie Lee article at the Museum of Broadcast Communications.
  6. ^ Big Screen Patron Archived 21 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Plenty of Lee way Sun Herald 6 Aug 2002 (Virgin Mim)
  8. ^ Natgeo Presents with Sophie Lee" Pronetis
  9. ^ Alice in La La Land review The Age Melbourne
  10. ^ Sophie Lee returns to television TV Tonight
  11. ^ Sophie Lee writes her own rival to life as an actor, by Fran Metcalf, 6 November 2009, Courier Mail Interview
  12. ^ Connolly, Paul (31 October 2005). "The Many Faces of Mick". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Sophie Lee ties the knot". The Age. 28 March 2002. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  14. ^ AusStage - Australian Live Performance Database

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