Sophie Skelton | Outlander Actress on the Role That Changed Her Life!
Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe
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🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
#920. Before Outlander, Sophie Skelton was working night shifts, facing rejection, and waiting on an audition she wouldn’t hear back about for nearly a year! Then came the trip to Los Angeles where everything went wrong — and the moment that would CHANGE HER LIFE!
In this deeply honest conversation, Sophie opens up about the discipline that shaped her, the pressure of carrying an iconic role for nearly a decade, and the self-doubt that didn’t disappear when success finally arrived.
She also shares the emotional responsibility of stepping into a real woman’s life in her new film, I Can Only Imagine 2, and why some stories stay with you long after the cameras stop rolling.
This episode is about risk, resilience, and what happens when you trust yourself before anyone else does!
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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
- (06:15) Sophie shares how being forced into ballet at age two shaped her discipline and resilience.
- (15:21) Why she chose acting with no backup plan — even when everyone told her not to.
- (23:22) She waited nearly a year after auditioning for Outlander — and refused to watch the show during that time.
- (25:46) The chaotic audition trip where everything went wrong — but changed her life.
- (52:25) Sophie reveals she still doesn’t know how Outlander ends.
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| 1:19.2 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to Off the Vine. I'm your host, Caitlin Bristow. And today I had such a |
| 1:23.8 | wonderful conversation with Sophie Skelton. She's an actress best known for playing Brianna Fraser on the series Outlander and a role she has portrayed across multiple seasons for |
| 1:33.1 | one of the most devoted fan bases, which I didn't know until I started watching. And then I got |
| 1:37.9 | into the YouTube recaps and then I started reading all the comments. And now I want to read the books. |
| 1:42.1 | So Sophie was born, raised in England, |
| 1:44.4 | trained in classical ballet from the age of three, which really shaped her career in who she is |
| 1:48.7 | as a person. She worked nightshus at Clinique to pay for train rides to London to go to auditions, |
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