stage productions, including Mr Kolpert with the Sydney Theatre Company and the title role in "The Virgin Mim". From 2008, she has hosted "Natgeo Presents with Sophie Lee" on the National Geographic channel. She is also a commentator on the series 20 to 1. She has now branched into writing, releasing a book in 2007 titled "Alice in La La Land" through Random House publishing. The book is inspired by her time spent in Hollywood. Also in 2007, she became a columnist for "Sunday Magazine". In 2009 Sophie released her first children's novel titled "Edie Amelia and the Monkey Shoe Mystery", a story for 7+ year-olds, published by Pan Macmillan. The second title in the series is "Edie Amelia and The Runcible River Fever". Personal life Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, her family did not have a TV in the house as her father, a philosophy professor at the University of Newcastle, preferred more intellectual pursuits. She attended the local public school in Dudley, Newcastle, and St Mary's Convent school. She completed year 12 at St Francis Xavier College, Hamilton, in 1986, achieving academic excellence. She appeared in a school production of "Frankenstein", playing Baron Frankenstein. She moved to Sydney at age 18 for her career. When working at GTV-9 in the early 1990s, she lived in St Kilda, Victoria. For six years up to early 2000, she was the partner of Melbourne comedian/writer/actor Mick Molloy, regularly appearing on his nationally syndicated radio show. In 2002 she married Anthony Freedman and stated that she would be converting to Judaism. The couple have a daughter, Edie, and two sons, Tom and Jack. In popular culture Australian band TISM's song "Get Thee to a Nunnery" was specifically about Sophie Lee, mentioning her by name. 23 June 2009 Lee appeared on the Australian Television show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation as a member of the 'Generation X' team. Filmography FILM TELEVISION References External links Sophie Lee article at the Museum of Broadcast Communications Freaked Out Flower Children – Spill the Wine, YouTube Pre-fame Portmans ad YouTube 1968 births Living people Australian film actresses People from Newcastle, New South Wales Australian television actresses Australian stage actresses Actresses from New South Wales