Sophie Ramsay is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Kaiya Jones.

The character was created as part of a new generation of the Ramsay family, along with her brother Harry (Will Moore) and sister Kate (Ashleigh Brewer).

In February 2009, a Channel 5 reporter announced Neighbours were introducing a new generation of the Ramsay family to the show.

[2] Executive producer Susan Bower said the introduction of the new Ramsay family members was based on the American drama series Party of Five.

[4] Jones was born and raised in Scotland and has lost her Scottish accent while living and filming in Australia.

[4] Of her casting, Jones told Samantha Booth of the Daily Record, "Filming Neighbours is so much fun.

[4] Sophie was initially described as being the "baby of the family", who was trying to come to terms with the death of her mother, Jill (Perri Cummings).

[10] A Neighbours insider told the Daily Star, "Sophie is humiliated and ends up running away to hide from everyone.

[15] Of the development, Susan Hill of the Daily Star explained "The pretty student has been dreaming about Noah and would love to be his girlfriend.

However, Andrew Robinson (Jordan Patrick Smith) finds Sophie having a go at Noah for trying to ruin her sister's career and he tells her the kiss did happen.

[18] They said "The transformation reflects Sophie's shift from demure school girl to would-be rock chick, and is key to a major storyline which sees her rebellious side start to emerge.

"[18] News of Sophie's "drastic" makeover followed Jones' decision to have her hair styled into a bob to reflect the personality changes in her character.

[19] Sophie moves in with her uncle, Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis), following her falling out with Kate and more of her rebellious nature begins to come out.

She threatens to tell Paul that she kissed Corey at the gig - and Andrew knows that his dad will be furious with him if he finds out..."[20] On 26 November 2012, Erin Miller from TV Week announced that Jones would be leaving Neighbours, along with two other cast members.

[23] Executive producer Richard Jasek stated "All the characters departing will leave a legacy on Ramsay Street which is testament to the extraordinary talents of the actors playing them.

[27][28] Jones's return gave her the opportunity to catch up with Brewer, her on-screen sister, before she finished filming with the show.

[27][30] Sophie's mother, Jill, dies after a hit-and-run accident and she, her brother Harry and sister Kate are left to fend for themselves.

When the family is put at risk of being split up by the DHS, Harry tries to keep the situation a secret from Sophie.

Natasha Williams (Valentina Novakovic) learns of Sophie's crush on Zeke and blackmails her into voting for the things she wants for the social.

Lyn Scully (Janet Andrewartha) allows Sophie to babysit her grandson Charlie Hoyland (Jacob Brito).

She eventually changes her mind and she and Kate race to meet Mark, but they find they are too late and he has left without them.

When Sophie finds Noah's sketchbook is full of songs and sketches of Kate, she realises he has a crush on her sister and is devastated.

Noah later reveals Kate kissed him and when Andrew confirms the allegation is true, Sophie tells acting principal, Priya Kapoor.

Paul leaves to find Kate, while Susan Kennedy (Jackie Woodburne) looks after Sophie, who later asks her to be her guardian.

Believing Kate will not return, Sophie decides to run and she stays with Rani Kapoor (Coco Cherian).

When Sophie learns Andrew and his friends are going, she sneaks out and hides in the boot of Chris Pappas' (James Mason) car.

An argument breaks out between Andrew and Natasha, causing Chris to lose control of the car and crash.

Sophie begins feeling isolated in the hospital and she asks to go home, but Paul arranges for her to go to rehab in Sydney.

Sophie then successfully applies to the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts and manages to get Paul to sign the application form, by tricking him.

Holy Soap said that Sophie's most memorable moment was witnessing the "crash that killed her mother" and communicating this through drawings in her journal, before coming forward to help Paul Robinson off the hook.