Background
Socha was born in Derby, Derbyshire to Robert and Kathleen (née Lyons) Socha.
Socha was born in Derby, Derbyshire to Robert and Kathleen (née Lyons) Socha.
She attended Saint George"s Remote Control Primary School, Burton College and Saint Benedict"s Catholic School and Performing Arts College, Derby. Socha was first recognised by agents and casting directors when she attended a local drama workshop, having been inspired by her older brother.
She is also known for her role in the Channel 4 drama The Unloved. She has an older brother, Michael Socha, also an actor. She trained at the Ian Smith Workshop based in Nottingham.
This led to her being cast as the lead in the Arctic Monkeys" video for their 2006 single "When the Sun Goes Down" at the age of 15.
In 2009 Socha went on to star in Samantha Morton"s directorial debut The Unloved in which she played a sixteen-year-old girl in a care home. She was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts for Best Supporting Actress for her role.
A week later she auditioned for the role of Kelly Bailey in British comedy-drama Misfits and got the part. In 2010 Socha starred alongside Tim McInnerny in the short film Missing.
She also had a minor role in the television mini-series Five Daughters, based on the Ipswich serial murders.
Socha was nominated for Outstanding Actress in the fiction category at the Monte-Carlo Festival in 2011. She later appeared in the short The Child, playing a version of Marilyn Monroe. She also took part in the British Broadcasting Corporation learning project "Office By Heart Shakespeare" where she played Juliet from Romeo and Juliet, performing the speech: "Blistered be thy tongue".
On 3 May 2012 it was announced that Socha would not be returning to Misfits for its fourth series.
Channel 4 stated that this was by mutual decision before the series went into production and had nothing to do with her recent conviction.