What is Sophie Hunter?
{{Infobox person | name = Sophie Hunter | image = Sophie Hunter in 2024 (cropped).jpg | caption = Hunter in 2024 | birth_name = Sophie Irene Hunter | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|3|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = | education = [[St Paul's Girls' School]] | alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]]<br />[[L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq]] | occupation = {{flatlist| *Theatre director *playwright}} singer | years_active = | spouse = {{marriage|[[Benedict Cumberbatch]]|2015}} | children = 3 | family = [[Julius Drake]]<br />(uncle)<br /> [[Michael Gow (British Army officer)|Michael Gow]] <br />(maternal grandfather)<br />[[J. E. B. Seely]] <br />(maternal great-great grandfather) }} '''Sophie Irene Hunter''' (born 16 March 1978)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mosley|first1=Charles|title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage|date=1 December 2003|publisher=[[Burke's Peerage]]|isbn=978-0971196629|page=3680|edition=107}}</ref> is an English [[experimental theatre|avant-garde theatre]] and [[opera director]], playwright, and former performer. Her career began in 2007 when she co-directed the experimental play ''The Terrific Electric''. She has directed an [[Off-Off-Broadway]] revival of [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s ''[[Ghosts (play)|Ghosts]]'' (2010). In 2015, Hunter married actor [[Benedict Cumberbatch]].<ref name=marriage>{{cite web|last1=Fowler|first1=Tara|title=Benedict Cumberbatch Marries Sophie Hunter|url=http://www.people.com/article/benedict-cumberbatch-married-sophie-hunter?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag|website=People|access-date=16 November 2015|date=14 February 2014}}</ref> They have three sons. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, Sophie}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English theatre directors]] [[Category:English playwrights]] [[Category:English stage actors]] {{bio-stub}}