Sophie Turner Reflects on 'Nesting' in Her Early 20s and Career Momentum

Sophie Turner admits she appreciates the upsides of becoming a young mother. The Game of Thrones star, who shares daughters Willa, 5, and Delphine, 3, with ex husband Joe Jonas, says she loves nesting during her early 20s. “Nesting and being at home was amazing. But the flipside of it, and Covid didn’t help, was that this was a big break from the career,” the star said. “And I’ve had to try to rebuild, in a way. You don’t realise how important momentum is in a career, and I stalled it a bit.” Turner further told Guardian: “A really important part of being an actor is to live a life so you have experiences to draw on,” said the star, who was just a teen when she shot to fame for playing Sansa Stark Game of Thrones. “I remember having to act being in love before I’d ever been in love. I thought, ‘OK, I guess I’ll just do this.’ ” “And then suddenly, when I’d been in love for the first time, then I knew the feeling,” she continued. “That’s part of the job — to sit in the discomfort of feeling so that we can bring it to the table.”