Sophie Heawood
Sophie Heawood is a feature writer and commentator
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Daphne Guinness has had the most lurid and surreal life. She talks about being kidnapped aged five, marrying a shipping magnate at 19, working with David Bowie, and finally finding peace in the recording studio
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Despite bringing us many of our funniest TV moments, Kathy Burke has faced some dark and troubling times. Here, she talks to Sophie Heawood about solving her problems, the joy of young people, and why we should all ‘laugh at death’
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Lyrics on her new album explain the end of her marriage. She wonders how her son will react to hearing them
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Hollywood actor Selma Blair talks honestly and with refreshing humour about how her life has changed, her groundbreaking documentary – and the comfort of famous friends. By Sophie Heawood
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From ‘ladette’ to the highest-paid woman at the BBC, the nation’s cheerer-upper talks about her long and colourful journey to the top of radio
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The British actor shot to fame in Good Will Hunting with Matt Damon, but didn’t fit the Hollywood mould – and she’s fine with that
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For Clara Amfo, success is nothing without honesty, integrity – and a pinch of impostor syndrome. Here, the broadcaster talks about race, relationships and becoming a Barbie doll
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After 25 years in the limelight, the actor says she is finally finding her voice as an actor, writer and now director. Does life imitate art?
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Joan Bakewell had been a broadcasting pioneer for more than half a century. And she’s still as forthright as ever. Here, she talks to Sophie Heawood about the empowerment of women, her newly streamlined life and why Boris has got it all wrong about the virus
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Lockdown videos of Sarah Cooper lip syncing Donald Trump made her a Twitter sensation. Now the comedian is working with the likes of Helen Mirren and Whoopi Goldberg. She reveals how she ditched Silicon Valley to follow her dreams
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She made her name playing sunny sweethearts, but now James is going gothic in a new Rebecca. She talks getting spooked on set, Covid bubbles and co-stars
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She felt anxious, depressed and overwhelmed, until she realised it was the menopause, writes Sophie Heawood. Now Meg Mathews is on a mission to get women talking about it without shame
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Elizabeth Debicki had us all enthralled in The Night Manager (including Le Carré himself). Now she’s back in a new spy thriller. And, despite her 6ft 3in height and A-list pals, she’s still the down-to-earth girl from Melbourne…
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Kristin Scott Thomas can thank lockdown for one thing: it’s made her stay put. But now she is craving the bright lights and buzz of a film set. By Sophie Heawood
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Having a baby lay somewhere in the future. Until suddenly, after a night in a Hollywood hotel, it didn’t
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From troubled youth to boy band to model to Hollywood royalty… Mark Wahlberg talks to Sophie Heawood about fighting, family and his newfound faith
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He is a master of blending fact and fiction but, as Philip Pullman says, today’s politicians are on another level
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Fast, funny and fabulously frank, Loose Women has been a daytime favourite for 20 years. Sophie Heawood on tales of Noel Gallagher’s mum, cellulite and on-air bust-ups
Olivia Colman: ‘Portraying a murderer? It was less pressure than playing the Queen’