Sophie Skelton Talks Season Seven of ‘Outlander’

The English actress discusses the new Starz season and her Hollywood career.

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Who can resist Outlander? Few shows have been so hyped.

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On June 16, Starz premieres the seventh season of the historical time-travel drama based on Diana Gabaldon's fantasy novels.

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The new season has 16 episodes, eight of which air this summer and eight in 2024.

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Outlander: Blood of My Blood, a prequel series about Jamie Fraser's parents, has been greenlit for its first season.

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Sophie Skelton joined Outlander in 2016 and became a main character by season four.

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She plays Brianna, a Boston native reared by English immigrant parents Jamie and Claire Fraser.

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While in Scotland, her mother, Claire, tells Brianna that her father, Jamie Fraser, is an 18th-century Highlander, and they travel back in time to be with him.

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