Sophia Thakur
Sophia Thakur is an award-winning, best-selling author and performance poet.
Sophia is the Youth Creator and Educator Ambassador for Jordan’s Jumpman23 women’s squad and will be working on a series of…
Sophia Thakur is an award-winning, best-selling author and performance poet.
Sophia is the Youth Creator and Educator Ambassador for Jordan’s Jumpman23 women’s squad and will be working on a series of activities throughout the year to empower communities. She has most recently been announced as one of the Forbes under 30 for Arts and Culture within Europe for 2022.
Currently in year 2 of her partnership with MINI, Sophia is their global BIG LOVE ambassador focusing on MINI’s 3 pillars; people, planet, progress. Sophia was also the Youth Creator and Educator Ambassador for Nike Jordan’s Jumpman 23 Women’s squad and worked on a series of activities to empower communities. Sophia was announced as GUAP’s Writer of the Year in 2023.
Sophia’s powerful messages on mental health, diversity, politics, self-expression, empowerment, women and wellbeing has led to participation at events organised by Google, Accenture, Nike, The Guardian, The Royal Family, Channel 4, BBC, Viacom and the Liberal Democrat and Labour party. Many of whom she has continued to work with. Sophia has sold out three groundbreaking headline shows across the world, including her book launch at the Jazz Cafe in London.
In 2023, Sophia performed at her two sold-out headline shows (St Pancras and The Lower Third) which led to this year’s Valentines ‘Love Languages’ show at London’s Bush Hall which also sold out. Sophia will perform at The Poet’s Revival presented by LionHeart at the Royal Albert Hall in May alongside George the Poet, Kae Tempest, Suli Breaks and other incredible featured artists.
Superheroes written by Sophia (Merky Books, 2021) included 50 inspiring stories of secret strength about British icons and went straight to the bestseller list after launching. Her poetry collection ‘Wearing My Mother’s Heart’ (Walker, 2022) reflects on family, love, heartbreak, grief, faith, mental health and activism while ‘Somebody Give This Heart a Pen’ (Walker, 2019) takes you on an intimate journey through self-discovery. Sophia’s books have been publicly supported by Accenture, The Bookseller, MTV, London Times Magazine, Stylist, Google, GUAP and Stomrzy’s Merky team.