
Outlander star Sophie Skelton's stunning London apartment that comes complete with adorable pooch
Outlander fans are still patiently waiting for the eighth and final series to hit our screens even though the filming for it has concluded. Cast members of the show are enjoying time at home after filming for its eighth series wrapped.
One cast member who is enjoying some downtime is Sophie Skelton, who plays Brianna MacKenzie - the daughter of Jamie and Claire Fraser in the show.
Even though she plays an American/Scottish character, Sophie, was born in Woodford, England.
She was a child actress, first appearing in a couple of episodes of ITV drama DCI Banks in 2012 when she was about 18.
It was then the following year that she played a character called Esme in the Tracy Beaker spin-off series The Dumping Ground and then Waterloo Road as Eve Boston.
Some of her other roles included Doctors, Foyle's War, So Awkward, Casualty and Ren, before joining the cast of Outlander in 2016 as Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire Fraser's (Caitriona Balfe) daughter Brianna Fraser.
While the end is now in sight for Outlander, the actress already has another project lined up in the shape of a psychological thriller.
Entitled Row is a film about a 'failed trans-Atlantic WR attempt', when a woman washes ashore on a rowing boat and all of her crew mates are missing and presumed dead. It is then up to her to try and piece together her 'fractured memories of the ordeal to prove her innocence'.
Outlander has taken Sophie all over the world but London is where she calls home. Let's take a look inside Sophie's cosy apartment...
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