--- title: Maisie Williams Congratulates Sophie Turner on Engagement description: After Sophie Turner announced her engagement to Joe Jonas, Maisie Williams took to Instagram to congratulate her longtime best friend. canonical: https://time.com/4985545/maisie-williams-congratulates-sophie-turner-engagement/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-17T14:58:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:03.612Z og:title: Maisie Williams Had the Best Response to Sophie Turner's Engagement og:description: "This is just one of MANY life milestones we'll share" og:url: https://time.com/4985545/maisie-williams-congratulates-sophie-turner-engagement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7271cd8c76754463/6988e243196cf442920425f5/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-engagement.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Sophie-Turner-Maisie-Williams-SXSW og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Maisie Williams Had the Best Response to Sophie Turner's Engagement twitter:description: "This is just one of MANY life milestones we'll share" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7271cd8c76754463/6988e243196cf442920425f5/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-engagement.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Maisie Williams Congratulated Her 'Beautiful Girlfriend' Sophie Turner on Her Engagement in the Most Adorable Fashion > Sponsored content. 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Price/Getty Images for SXSW  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 17, 2017 2:58 PM UTC The Stark sisters are at it again. After [Sophie Turner](http://time.com/4983451/sophie-turner-engaged-game-of-thrones-jokes/) announced [her engagement](http://time.com/4983806/sophie-turner-joe-jonas-relationship-timeline/) to DNCE frontman [Joe Jonas](http://time.com/money/4984284/sophie-turner-joe-jonas-engagement-ring-price/) on Sunday, Maisie Williams took to Instagram to congratulate her [longtime best friend](http://time.com/4689569/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-sophie-turner-friendship/). Williams re-posted the photo that both Turner and Jonas had shared of Turner’s newly blinged-out hand resting on top of Jonas’s with a caption expressing her excitement over the news. “Congratulations to my beautiful girlfriend on her engagement,” [Williams wrote](https://www.instagram.com/p/BaT%5FDS8gsEx/?taken-by=maisie%5Fwilliams). “This is just one of MANY life milestones we’ll share. Love you both.” This isn’t the first time the _Game of Thrones_ co-stars have joked about their incredibly close bond. Following their [long-awaited onscreen reunion](http://time.com/4890197/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-game-of-thrones-reunion-reaction/) in season seven of the HBO drama, both actors tweeted about the heartwarming scene between Arya and Sansa Stark. “Honey, am home [@SophieT](https://twitter.com/SophieT),” [Williams wrote](https://twitter.com/Maisie%5FWilliams/status/894376300244238342). “Come 2 mama,” [Turner responded](https://twitter.com/SophieT/status/894588926408765440). “Everyone’s like, ‘oh it’s so nice you girls are back together again,'” Williams said in a [behind-the-scenes video](http://time.com/4947903/game-of-thrones-arya-sansa-season-7-outtakes/) for the episode. “And I was like, ‘just you wait because by week two you’re all going to hate us.’ We’re very annoying when we’re together.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4985545/maisie-williams-congratulates-sophie-turner-engagement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4985545/maisie-williams-congratulates-sophie-turner-engagement/"},"headline":"Maisie Williams Congratulated Her 'Beautiful Girlfriend' Sophie Turner on Her Engagement in the Most Adorable Fashion","datePublished":"2017-10-17T14:58:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:03.612Z","description":"\"This is just one of MANY life milestones we'll share\"","url":"https://time.com/4985545/maisie-williams-congratulates-sophie-turner-engagement/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Maisie Williams","Sophie Turner"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7271cd8c76754463/6988e243196cf442920425f5/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-engagement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7271cd8c76754463/6988e243196cf442920425f5/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-engagement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sophie-Turner-Maisie-Williams-SXSW","caption":"Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams at 2017 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin Convention Center on March 12, 2017 in Austin, Texas.","creditText":"Amy E. 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