Victoria Alcock | |
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Born | Victoria Alcock 13 May 1968 London, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1991–present |
Victoria Alcock (born 13 May 1968) [1] [2] is a British actress.
Alcock played the prisoner Julie Saunders in all eight series of the television drama series, Bad Girls [3] and Agnes Clarke in The House of Eliott . [4] In January 2012, Alcock was cast as Lorraine Stevens (née Salter), the ex-prostitute mother of Mandy Salter (Nicola Stapleton), in the BBC soap opera EastEnders , [5] [6] reviving the role from Linda Henry, who starred as Salter until 1992. Her first episode was broadcast on 1 March. [7]
Alcock appeared in the 2009 Easter Special Doctor Who episode titled Planet of the Dead , playing Angela Whittaker alongside the Tenth Doctor (played by David Tennant). She also appeared alongside the Sixth Doctor (played by Colin Baker) on the Doctor Who Lost Story audio titled Power Play , playing Marion Tudor (who disliked being called "Mary"), a leading protester against a controversial nuclear power plant.
1991 | Under Suspicion | 2nd Chambermaid | |
1998 | Far from the Madding Crowd | Temperance Miller | |
2008 | Incendiary | Trophy Woman | |
2021 | No-One Gets out Alive | Mary |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Ellie | One Episode: The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge |
1991–1992 | EastEnders | Laura | Two Episodes: Episode dated 11 June 1991 and Episode dated 21 January 1992 |
1991–1994 | The House of Eliott | Agnes Clarke | Twenty-Five Episodes: |
1991–2008 | The Bill | Sonya Derby, Belinda Crawley and Maggie Roscoe | Three Episodes: Vital Statistics, 473 and Over the Limit |
1992 | Lovejoy | Kay | One Episode: Kids |
1995 | Chiller | Phoebe Hawkins | One Episode: Prophecy |
Castles | Kate Schofield | One Episode: Episode No. 1.16 | |
1997 | Grange Hill | Ruth | Two Episodes: Episode No. 20.9 and Episode No. 20.10 |
1998 | Coronation Street | Mary Docherty | Two Episodes: Episode No. 1.4383 and Episode No. 1.4384 |
1999–2006 | Bad Girls | Julie Saunders | Series One to Eight − Ninety-six episodes |
2005 | Casualty | Sandra McClean | One Episode: Antisocial Behaviour |
2009 | Doctor Who | Angela Whittaker | One Episode: Planet of the Dead |
Banged Up Abroad | Maggie | One Episode: Barbados | |
2009–2010 | Missing | Laura Callow | Two Episodes: Episode No. 1.5 and Episode No. 2.4 |
2011 | Call the Midwife | Pregnant character | One episode |
2012 | EastEnders | Lorraine Stevens | Five episodes |
2013, 2018 | The Dumping Ground | Denise Jackson | Four Episodes Series 1: SOS |
2014–2018 | People Just Do Nothing | Carol | |
2015 | Birds of a Feather | Michelle | Series 11; Episode: "The Girls with the Pearl Buttons" |
2018 | Holby City | Karen Duggan | One episode, Best Christmas Ever |
2019 | Doctors | Shelly Chapman | One episode |
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