Sophie Hatter

Sophie is a reserved, plain-looking young woman. She is far too mature and serious for her age, much to the chagrin of her sister Lettie and stepmother Honey. Tired of wizard Howl's indolence, she initiates cleaning his castle. She develops feelings for the poor, cowardly wizard. She also serves as a maternal figure to Markl and a friend to Calcifer and Turnip Head. Despite her misgivings, she ends up tolerating the Witch of the Waste after she is turned feeble by the royal sorceress Madame Suliman.

thumb|left|Sophie at her workshop.Sophie is a relatively plain yet pretty looking slender fair skinned 18-year-old young woman of average height who works at her father's hat shop. She has a straight slim nose and large almond dark chocolate brown eyes and matching dark chocolate brown hair, tied with two pink ribbons in a long braid. She has thick dark brown eyebrows, and Howl says that her smile is beautiful. She wears a cerulean dress with a white neck and black buttons. After receiving a curse by the Witch of the Waste, she is transformed into a 90-year-old woman. She adapts quickly to her situation, remarking she has become more cunning in her old age. As elder Sophie, she continues to wear her cerulean dress, pairing it with a straw hat adorned with a red ribbon. thumb|right|Elder Sophie vigorously cleaning Howl's castle.Due to her love for Howl, Sophie de-ages depending on her emotional state. When defending Howl to Sullivan, Sophie briefly regains her original appearance, but turns back after. Throughout the rest of the film, her old form doesn't suffer back pain and she stands straighter; her wrinkles also smoothen. Sophie's braid is shorter in her old form. Her hair becomes grey as a side effect of the curse; however, eventually, it attains a silvery sheen which Howl likes, saying it looks like starlight. Her hair style changes to a shoulder-length bob cut after she cuts her braid off and gives it to Calcifer as a sacrifice of a part of her. Afterward she tucks her hair behind her ears.