Sophia Stewart

About

Paralegal, writer, and self-described screenwriter known for claiming she originated the concepts later used in The Matrix and The Terminator franchises. She is known for achieving internet notoriety through high-profile copyright disputes and viral stories surrounding those claims, which she has continued to discuss across her social media platforms. She is also known for being closely associated with a work titled The Third Eye, which she cites as the foundation of her ideas. 

Before fame

Her early life and education are largely self-reported and not consistently verified in independent sources, but she has worked as a paralegal and a writer. Her earliest concrete publication tied to her name is The Third Eye, which appears in book metadata with a publication date in 1981. She has stated that The Third Eye predates and inspired later Hollywood science-fiction films. She filed her main copyright infringement lawsuits in 2003 by bringing claims in California federal court against the studios and creators behind The Matrix and The Terminator. Her cases proceeded through the mid-2000s and were ultimately dismissed in 2005. Her story has been an urban legend since then, and she continues discussing it on her own social media profiles. 

Trivia

She is widely known for filing copyright-related lawsuits asserting that The Matrix and The Terminator were based on her work. The claims were dismissed in court, and viral stories claiming she won billions of dollars have been debunked by fact-checkers. She branded herself online as "The Mother of the Matrix." 

Family life

She is from the United States. 

Associated with

She is often mentioned in connection with figures from The Matrix franchise, including Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, and creators Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski.