She attended Woldgate School and then pursued a national diploma in Performing Arts and Musical Theatre at City of York College, graduating in 2009.
[1] In 2010, she moved to London where she trained with Identity School of Acting and joined the Fourth Monkey Theatre Company.
[3] Her character April is a student at Coal Hill School, who Hopkins described as "socially awkward", but also "compassionate, kind", and sometimes "extraordinarily brave".
[5] When Hopkins was first sent the script, she only knew that the series would be similar to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and decided to audition on that basis, unaware that it would be a Doctor Who spin off.
[9] She then appeared in an episode of the Sky Max series Wolfe and the Hallmark Channel film Jolly Good Christmas.