Sansa Stark | |
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A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character |
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Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark
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First appearance |
Novel: A Game of Thrones (1996) Television: "Winter Is Coming" (2011) |
Created by | George R. R. Martin |
Portrayed by |
Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) |
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Aliases | Little Bird Alayne Stone Jonquil |
Gender | Female |
Title | Lady of Winterfell (television adaptation only) |
Family | House Stark |
Spouse(s) |
Tyrion Lannister (unconsummated) Ramsay Bolton (television adaptation only) |
Relatives |
Ned Stark (father) Catelyn Tully (mother) Robb Stark (brother) Arya Stark (sister) Bran Stark (brother) Rickon Stark (brother) Jon Snow (half-brother) (Books) (paternal cousin/foster brother) (TV series) Brandon Stark (uncle) Benjen Stark (uncle) Lyanna Stark (aunt) Lysa Tully (aunt) Edmure Tully (uncle) Robert/Robin Arryn (maternal cousin) |
Kingdom | The North |
Sansa Stark is a fictional character created by American author George R. R. Martin. She is a prominent character in Martin's award-winning A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Sansa is the eldest daughter and second child of Lord Eddard Stark and his wife Lady Catelyn Stark. She subsequently appeared in the following three novels, A Clash of Kings (1998), A Storm of Swords (2000) and A Feast for Crows (2005). While absent from the fifth novel A Dance with Dragons as the books are separated geographically, Sansa is confirmed to return in the forthcoming next book in the series, The Winds of Winter.
In HBO's adaptation of the series, Game of Thrones, Sansa Stark is played by Sophie Turner. The character has received critical acclaim, being praised as the 4th greatest character in the series by Rolling Stone.
Sansa Stark is the second child and eldest daughter of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Stark. She was born and raised in Winterfell, until leaving with her father and sister at the beginning of the series. She has a younger sister Arya Stark, two younger brothers Rickon Stark and Bran Stark, as well as an older brother Robb Stark, and an older illegitimate half-brother, Jon Snow who later turned out to be her paternal cousin .