Sophie Turner has made a living playing memorable characters in “Game of Thrones” and “Dark Phoenix,” among other screen projects. But the role the she’s missed most? Being a London resident. “It felt my life was on pause until I returned to England,” Turner told H arper’s Bazaar in her first interview since finalizing her divorce from singer Joe Jonas last month .
“I just never really feel like myself when I’m not in London, with my friends and family.” The 28-year-old actor got candid about the next phase of her career, motherhood and the factors that led to her U.K.
homecoming following a contentious split with the “Cake by the Ocean” pop star last year. In September 2023, Jonas filed to divorce Turner, stating in legal documents that their marriage was “irretrievably broken.” The divorce was a mutual decision, but the custody battle over their two young daughters took a litigious turn .
Turner sued her ex-husband for allegedly unlawfully keeping their two daughters in the U.S. but, months later, asked a judge to dismiss the case.
Amid a “legal process right now where I can’t really say much,” Turner told the magazine the separation “was incredibly sad.” “We had a beautiful relationship and it was hard,” she said. Turner married Jonas , one-third of the Jonas Brothers, in 2019 and lived in Los Angeles before moving to Miami.
“I was away for so long,” she said, adding she felt she missed out on major milestones for both hersel.
