Sofia Escobar

She has been married to Spanish actor Gonzalo Ramos since September 21, 2013 and they have a son, Gabriel Ramos, born in 2014.

On October 6, 2012, she performed a duet with Spanish tenor José Carreras in her hometown, invited by him. Between 2015 and 2016, she was a jury member in the Got Talent Portugal program. In 2016 she was part of the cast in the new Portuguese musical Eusébio, a tribute to the Portuguese footballer, that made it to the stage on April 6. And she is now on the "Entre o Céu e a Terra" play.

From 2010 to 2013 she played the role of Christine Daaé, the leading character in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre in Haymarket, London. She is one very few non-native English speakers to have portrayed Daaé in an English-language production.

She got a Portuguese Golden Globe nomination for Revelation of the Year 2010, where she sang "Think of Me" from The Phantom of the Opera.

Sofia Escobar won the "Best Actress in a Musical" award for by the Whatsonstage Theatregoer's Choice Awards while a performer in West Side Story. She has been nominated in the best actress category for the 2009 Laurence Olivier awards due to her performance of Maria in West Side Story.

Escobar's first experience in the West End musicals was with The Phantom of the Opera, after having been the lead understudy actress in 2007 and 2008.

As an actress he participated on the Portuguese TV series Morangos com Açúcar in 2003, as professor Olívia Matos, in 42 episodes. In 2009 Escobar was a judge on the Portuguese TV show Quem é o Melhor?.

Sofia Escobar (born 29 November 1984) is a Portuguese soprano singer and actress. She is best known for being part of the cast in West End musicals, in London. She performed the role of Maria in West Side Story. Her most acclaimed role was Christine Daaé, the lead character in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.

Sofia Alexandra Cepa Escobar Ferreira da Silva was born on November 29, 1984 in Guimarães, district of Braga, Portugal.