NEXT BIG THING

SOFIA OXENHAM IS STEPPING INTO HER POWER.

As Carrie in Disney+ superpower comedy Extraordinary, Sofia Oxenham has the ability to channel and embody the dead. It’s this shape-shifting quality that has served the RADA-trained star of Poldark, Cursed and the upcoming A Very Royal Scandal – which dramatises the Prince Andrew Newsnight interview – well as she heads into Extraordinary’s second series and beyond.

How much of you is in Carrie?

I like to think that I’m as good a friend as Carrie is. I definitely have moments of being unsure of myself and being a bit shy, which Carrie definitely has more than me. It’s the stuff that you try to hide in your own life, but then being able to explore that on screen is kind of therapeutic.

Carrie can channel the dead – which characters have been the most fun to play?

From the first series, probably the stuff with [King] Charles [II] because it was just so weird – having to flirt with yourself! Then in the second series, I channel an old Hollywood star from the 1920s. She’s really fiery and very sexual, and playing that alongside Carrie was really fun.

You’re about to appear as Princess Eugenie in A Very Royal Scandal. How did you feel about playing a real person still in the public eye?

I definitely felt a sense of pressure to portray her accurately. But I approached it quite similarly to the people I channelled [in Extraordinary] in terms of watching loads of stuff, listening to loads of things. It feels strange because she’s still so young, and that’s her personal life. There’s definitely a sense of responsibility.

You’ve yet to act on film, is that something you aspire to?

Definitely. I’m just so passionate about films. Going to the cinema is my favourite thing to do. I saw All My Friends Hate Me, and I was the only person in the cinema.

I was like, “Oh god. Is this a sign?”

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