Acting
Aug 30, 1988
London, England, UK
Sofia Barclay
Acting
Biography
Sofia Beatrice Barclay (born 31 August 1988) is an English actress. Barclay was born in central London with her twin brother. She is the daughter of Ferzana and Aidan Barclay, and the granddaughter of Sir David Barclay. Barclay attended Westminster School. She took classes at the Square Theatre School in New York. Initially credited as Sofia Stuart, Barclay began her career in theatre. She played Desmonda in the 2012 Jack Studio Brockley production of Othello and went on the 2014 tour with The Two Worlds of Charlie F. She had further theatre roles as Anna in Future Conditional at the Old Vic in 2015 and Nathalie in Mosquitoes at the National Theatre in 2017. In 2018 and 2019, Barclay played Selina in the BBC Two legal sitcom Defending the Guilty and Alisha in the Hampstead Theatre production of Everyday I Make Greatness Happen, had a small role in the film In Darkness, and was cast as Adela Zal in a pilot for a potential NYPD Blue spin-off series on ABC. She then appeared in Julian Jarrold's Sulphur and White. Barclay had recurring roles as Zarina in the 2021 Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts and Dr Sullivan, Roy Kent's (Brett Goldstein) sister in the second and third seasons of the Apple TV+ sports comedy Ted Lasso. She originated the role of Maya in The Collaboration at the Young Vic in 2022. The following year, she played Suzy Ray in the romantic comedy Love Again and voiced Malala Windsor (Spider-UK) for the Marvel animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. In July 2024, it was announced Barclay would star opposite Leo Suter in a Lynley revival for BBC One and BritBox. She also played Safiya Zamil in the Apple TV+ thriller Prime Target.
Feature Films (8)
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, John, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number… not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns' new work phone. Rob, a journalist, is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Céline Dion, he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person and win her heart.
Love Again
As Audrey struggles to cope with reality, her best friend Mary supports her on a chaotic plan to help restore her sense of self worth.
Don’t Wake Audrey
A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.
In Darkness
David is a successful city trader in London who is relentlessly focused on work. Beneath the confident facade, he is trapped by memories of the past and hostile to anyone who dares to help. Flashbacks reveal a childhood in South Africa at the mercy of an inadequate bully of a father Donald and an ineffectual mother Joanne. The physical and sexual abuse he suffered threatens any chance of happiness he might have now.
Sulphur & White
Television & Series (6)
An anarchic, laugh-out-loud music comedy following a Muslim female punk band called Lady Parts, tracking the highs and lows of the band members as seen through the eyes of Amina Hussein — a geeky doctorate student who is recruited to be their unlikely lead guitarist.
We Are Lady Parts
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
Ted Lasso
Tommy Lynley, an aristocratic detective, and Barbara Havers, a working-class maverick sergeant, share little in common; except a passion for justice. His intellect and her instincts make them an unlikely but formidable team.
Lynley
A brilliant math student is on the verge of a major breakthrough when a shadowy enemy tries to stop him. Fighting for answers—and his life—he teams up with a government agent to unravel a high-stakes conspiracy.
Prime Target
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
