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in the kitchen of a luxurious house in Venice Beach, California. a cloudless sky of Crayola blue. at the age of 13, in the beloved and much-lauded HBO seriesstreams past on the Strand—walkers and runners and riders of all manner of wheeled conveyance. Across a wide expanse of fine sand lies the Pacific Ocean, a dazzling azure sea against The Queen in the North is sitting regally before a lighted mirror schoolgirl who first appeared on our screens nine years ago, istrations of her attendants. Though her hair is back to its natural blond, she is immediately recognizable as the English Inside the house, Sophie Turner, 24, submits to the min-Outside the large front windows, a river of humanity
superstar Joe Jonas, along with her appearance in two music dence. In 2019, the final year of the show, Turner was nominat-videos as part of the trio of Jonas Brothers wives known as the gathering skill the coming of age of a young woman who suf-fered greatly over the course of the show’s eight seasons, yet prevailed mightily in the end, leading her kingdom to indepen-Game of Thronesed for an Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a drama.her well-publicized relationship and recent marriage to pop J Sisters: Priyanka Chopra, the hugely famous Indian actress And, of course, over the last three-plus years there’s been As the auburn-haired Sansa Stark, Turner portrayed with.
ielle “Dani” Deleasa Jonas, who is perhaps best known for the who is married to the youngest Jonas brother, Nick; and Dan-reality show ment site Just Jared that Turner is pregnant with the couple’s multiple sources have reportedly confirmed to the entertain-around me and spend time with me.” As this issue goes to press, Jonas brother, Kevin. lucky to be with him and have someone like him want to be first child. Needless to say, the absence of an “official” confirma-ing, like, way above my league. And I still feel like that,” Turner says. “He’s so handsome, talented, funny, charismatic. I’m really “With Joe, I always felt like I was the one who was punch-Married to Jonas, about her marriage to the eldest
pregnant” trending within hours of the story breaking. becomes one of only two survivors (along with Corey Hawkins, from the phrase is work to do. Turner’s next project premieres in April: and entertainment start-up called Quibi (the name is derived on a disruptive new entertainment platform created by a tech a 12-part dramatic series based on the critically acclaimed novel by Alex Mremote, snow-covered mountain. The show will be featured tion did little to quell enthusiasm online, with “Sophie Turner is from Alas, before rumored baby Jonas arrives later this year, there Straight Outta Comptonorel, in which she plays a suicidal young woman who quick bites). The subscription-based service ) when their plane crashes into a Survive,
will offer movie-quality shows lasting 10 minutes or less—all of it on your mobile phone.
almost everyone in the room is a native of England. Talk turns assistant appears with some fortifying cookies. As it happens, new looks from Louis Vuitton (Turner is a friend of the house), has been going since 9 a.m. As a makeup artist uses a fine brush to color Turner’s eyelids a shade of electric blue, a production yet another makeup tweak at her ELLE shoot in Venice Beach. It is just past 3 p.m., and the photo session, featuring a range of to the subject of comfort food. Turner sings, meaning potato chips. “Cheese and Branston pickle sandwiches, with crisps,” Speed is the last thing on Sophie’s mind as she sits down for “Freddo bars! Weetabix! Flake bars! Twirls!” adds another.
line out the side door—a production assistant in the lead, fol-England. And fish and chips! You cannot get good fish and chips here! It’s a crime, it really is.”lowed by Turner, her publicist, her makeup artist, her hairdress-er, the hairdresser’s assistant, and me. At the back of the house, we reach an alley. A large black SUV is waiting. W“And any sausage. Sausage is not the same over here as it is in “Galaxy hot chocolate,” intones Turner, almost worshipfully. “Ready Brek!” says the makeup artist. Finally, it’s time for the next setup. W“How far are we going?” Turner asks, routinely enough. “Um, just to the corner?” upspeaks the driver. She points e proceed in a single e all load in.
at the end of the alley, no more than 200 feet away. lobby of the Chateau Mas both a hotel and a gathering place. managed over the decades to maintain its shine and currency hideaway, just north of Sunset Boulevard, which has somehow The ghosts of uncountable celebrity interviews inhabit the through the windshield at the knot of people and equipment I like her immediately. “I feel like such a dick,” Turner deadpans.The SUV sets off gingerly. We meet at a small round table with plush, high-backed armont, the legendary Hollywood
restaurant radiates warm light. Jazz from the analog turntable and leg with the word “Erewhon,” the name of a frightfully and speakers on the credenza nearby lends a jaunty air.a company called Pizzaslime. fortably worn pair of white Umbro sport shoes and a matching ash-gray sweatshirt and sweatpants, emblazoned on the chest chairs. Sun slanting through the window from the garden high-end organic grocery chain in the L.A. area. why I like it,” Turner says.Only the sweats aren’t made by Erewhon. They’re made by Sophie Belinda Jonas, her legal name, is wearing a com-“It’s ironic because Erewhon’s so expensive. That’s kinda
brekky with a funny and talented 24-year-old with a gift for castic and rude to each other.”wisecracks and nimble comebacks, who doesn’t seem to take herself too seriously, who worries she curses too much and may be a little less PC than she should be, “because English people are perhaps a little more okay than Americans with being sar-Later, he became a logistics consultant. Her mom, Sally, taught Turner grew up in Chesterton, Was a manager for a company that distributed shipping pallets. hour drive northwest of London. Her dad, Andrew, worked And so it proceeds for the next 90 minutes: a little bit of arwickshire, about a two-
nursery school. Her brothers, a lawyer and a doctor, seven and nine years older, “are my best friends to this day.” say, like, hello or goodbye or anything. I was, like, cripplingly shy. So my mom sent me to this drama school, the Playbox Theatre Company.” She started when she was 3 and attended Turner says she was “really, really shy as a kid. I wouldn’t