--- title: Sophie Turner Addresses Game of Thrones Gap With Harington description: 'Game of Thrones' star Sophie Turner discussed co-star Kit Harington making more money than her during the run of the show. canonical: https://time.com/5562067/sophie-turner-on-salary/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-04-01T16:25:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:28.792Z og:title: Sophie Turner Defends Kit Harington Making More Than Her og:description: Here's why she says it's tricky og:url: https://time.com/5562067/sophie-turner-on-salary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt395b6165e83f7b9e/69894799db29873b6d262161/sophie-turner-kit-harington-wage-gap-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sophie Turner Defends Kit Harington Making More Than Her twitter:description: Here's why she says it's tricky twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt395b6165e83f7b9e/69894799db29873b6d262161/sophie-turner-kit-harington-wage-gap-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sophie Turner Discusses Kit Harington Making More Money Than Her on _Game of Thrones_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 1, 2019 4:25 PM UTC  BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 24: Sophie Turner attends the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 24, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 24: Sophie Turner attends the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 24, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images)John Shearer—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 1, 2019 4:25 PM UTC [Sophie Turner](http://time.com/5558747/maisie-williams-sophie-turner/) has spent the past eight years portraying Sansa Stark for [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/5517025/game-of-thrones-binge-watch-recaps/)fans everywhere and as she prepares for [the final season of the beloved show](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/), she’s reflecting on her experiences working on the series, especially regarding workplace equality. In an interview with [_Harper’s Bazaar UK_](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/a26959074/sophie-turner-may-cover/), Turner was vocal about her support of the #MeToo movement, noting that she insists in all her contracts that there is an [inclusion rider](http://time.com/5185340/frances-mcdormand-inclusion-rider/), which enables her to ensure that there will be a 50/50 male/female workforce. Inclusion riders, however, don’t always guarantee equal pay, which is an issue that she encountered during her time on _Game of Thrones,_ where her co-star, Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow, the King of the North was paid more than Turner. The actress explained the nuances of the situation thusly: “\[Equal Pay is\] a little tricky. Kit got more money than me, but he had a bigger storyline,” she said. “And for the last series, he had something crazy like 70 night shoots, and I didn’t have that many. I was like, ‘You know what…you keep that money.” Turner thinks that change is coming when it comes to wage gap disparity, however, noting that more of the people in power in her industry are “willing to listen to people saying, ‘I want the same amount of money.'” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5562067/sophie-turner-on-salary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5562067/sophie-turner-on-salary/"},"headline":"Sophie Turner Discusses Kit Harington Making More Money Than Her on Game of Thrones","datePublished":"2019-04-01T16:25:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:28.792Z","description":"What she said might surprise you","url":"https://time.com/5562067/sophie-turner-on-salary/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt395b6165e83f7b9e/69894799db29873b6d262161/sophie-turner-kit-harington-wage-gap-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt395b6165e83f7b9e/69894799db29873b6d262161/sophie-turner-kit-harington-wage-gap-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals","caption":"2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals","creditText":"John Shearer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5562067/sophie-turner-on-salary/","name":"Sophie Turner Discusses Kit Harington Making More Money Than Her on Game of Thrones"}}]}] ```