As a child, Parkin starred in many commercials, including for Wall's sausages, Comfort fabric conditioner and as the Dulux girl.
She also modelled in Nova magazine and The Sunday Times and appeared in Andrew Logan’s Alternative Miss World in 1979 film.
She has also appeared in film, such as the Dylan Thomas biopic The Edge of Love, directed by John Maybury and starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller and Matthew Rhys.
A history of Soho's The Colony Room Club,[5] it was the book choice of her mother Molly Parkin as a castaway on the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs.
[10] The Stash Gallery, which is open to the public, shows contemporary living artists, with recent exhibits including film producer Sandy Lieberson's collection of art photography and movie memorabilia (24 November 2021–25 January 2022),[11] and, in spring 2022, 147 Women Dinner Party by Sophie Parkin and Mandee Gage, "an installation about women who should be better remembered, for how they have been instrumental in making and changing Britain".
[12][13] The private members club is painted by artists Tony Common, Morganico and Keeler&Tonero as a surrealistic wonderland.