--- title: Game of Thrones: Sophie Turner on Sansa's Season 7 Fate description: When Game of Thrones viewers last saw Sansa Stark, she seemed to be regretting her decision to allow Jon Snow to be named King in the North. canonical: https://time.com/4606479/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-dark-side/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-19T17:26:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:23:03.052Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Sophie Turner Hints at Sansa's Fate in Game of Thrones Season 7 og:description: "It's really starting to feel like there is a dark side to her" og:url: https://time.com/4606479/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-dark-side/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb028ac1c3e740653/6988a2b4bc6cfc60403de485/sansa-stark-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sansa-Stark-Game-of-Thrones og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sophie Turner Hints at Sansa's Fate in Game of Thrones Season 7 twitter:description: "It's really starting to feel like there is a dark side to her" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb028ac1c3e740653/6988a2b4bc6cfc60403de485/sansa-stark-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sophie Turner Hints at Sansa's Fate in _Game of Thrones_ Season 7: 'There Is a Dark Side to Her' ## Video: A History of Dragons [Watch (HLS stream): A History of Dragons](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/aX3EGE0r.m3u8) (2:51)  _Published 2016-04-22. Professor Christopher Fee discusses the history of dragons in our culture and their relevance today._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 19, 2016 5:26 PM UTC  HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 19, 2016 5:26 PM UTC When [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4429346/game-of-thrones-season-7-cast-news/)viewers last saw [Sansa Stark](http://time.com/4586548/game-of-thrones-sophia-turner-sansa-stark-season-7/), she seemed to be regretting her decision to allow [Jon Snow](http://time.com/4389436/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen-marriage/) to be named King in the North while she sat quietly at his side. After turning the tide of the Battle of the Bastards by arriving in the knick of time with the Knights of the Vale, the eldest Stark daughter shared a suspicious look with Littlefinger as her [half brother-turned-cousin](http://time.com/4387190/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-parents-family-tree/) accepted his new title. Now, Sophie Turner — who plays Sansa — has spoken to [Vulture](http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/sophie-turner-game-of-thrones-season-seven-pranks.html) about what fans can expect from her character when the HBO drama returns for its seventh season. --- > “” --- The 20-year-old actress went on to talk about what the final scene of the ninth episode — a sequence in which she watched happily while her former husband Ramsay Bolton was eaten alive by his dogs — means for Sansa going forward. --- > “” --- Read more at [Vulture.com](http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/sophie-turner-game-of-thrones-season-seven-pranks.html). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4606479/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-dark-side/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4606479/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-dark-side/"},"headline":"Sophie Turner Hints at Sansa's Fate in Game of Thrones Season 7: 'There Is a Dark Side to Her'","datePublished":"2016-12-19T17:26:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:23:03.052Z","description":"\"She's playing the game now, and very ruthlessly\"","url":"https://time.com/4606479/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-dark-side/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","TV","Sansa Stark","Sophie Turner"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb028ac1c3e740653/6988a2b4bc6cfc60403de485/sansa-stark-game-of-thrones.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":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb028ac1c3e740653/6988a2b4bc6cfc60403de485/sansa-stark-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sansa-Stark-Game-of-Thrones","caption":"","creditText":"HBO","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4606479/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-dark-side/","name":"Sophie Turner Hints at Sansa's Fate in Game of Thrones Season 7: 'There Is a Dark Side to Her'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A History of Dragons","description":"Professor Christopher Fee discusses the history of dragons in our culture and their relevance today.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/aX3EGE0r/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-04-22T15:01:45.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/aX3EGE0r.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4606479/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-dark-side/","duration":"PT2M51S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4606479/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-dark-side/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```