Sophia Myles on Spook, BBC One

Sophia Myles plays as Agent Beth Bailey in a new series of the BBC spy drama, Spook.

Myles joins the slick BBC One drama’s ninth season as Agent Beth Bailey. But Myles’s grubby debut is noteworthy because it’s a leap from the crinolined English roses we’ve seen her play up to now in costume dramas such as Mansfield Park, The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and Tristan & Isolde.

Spooks is giving Myles the opportunity to break free of corsets. “In my early twenties I was playing the innocent victim of the harsh uncle, and now I’ve moved into playing empowered young women,” she says, in her deep voice.

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