Actress Sophie Turner stars as Sansa Stark on the HBO series. Sansa is the oldest daughter of Ned Stark (Sean Bean) and is brought to the capital with her father when he is given the prestigious position of the Hand of the King, the monarch's closest adviser and someone who is allowed to act as the king in his absence. Sansa, whose dearest wish was once to marry the heir to the throne, Joffrey, soon finds she may have gotten more than she bargained for in her wish to live in the capital as a noble lady.
The character of Sansa is only 11 in George R.R. Martin's books when the story begins, but "Thrones" producers decided to make her 13 at the beginning of the narrative. Turner is 17 in real life.
