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Vicki is best known for
her portrayal of Yvette Carte-Blanche in the hit BBC series Allo
Allo which has gained her worldwide recognition. She played Yvette
for all nine series with the stage version taking her on national
and international tours to Australia and New Zealand smashing box
office records, not to mention two seasons in the West End at the
Palladium, Prince of Wales and Dominion Theatres.
In recent years, Vicki
has continued to receive much critical acclaim in the theatre
where, in the last few months she has completed a hugely
successful major UK tour re creating her role as Yvette in the
25th Anniversary Stage production of Allo Allo, starred as Linda
Harper in Wife Begins at Forty in Blackpool, and most recently
stared as Sarah Daniels, a former variety star in the play That’s
Love by Ron Aldridge and toured as pub landlady Vi Collins in the
new Ray Cooney, Chas and Dave musical Stop Dreamin’, destined to
open in London’s West End in the near future. Vicki has now
firmly established herself as a leading musical performer, most
notably previously for her portrayals of the incorrigible Miss
Hannigan in Annie, the hugely diverse roles of Lady Raeburn and
nightclub singer Asphynxia in Salad Days and Miss Mona in The
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
On television, she has
recently made a return to her dramatic roots, starring opposite
Ray Winstone as his wife Emma, in the wonderfully hard hitting and
controversial film All in the Game in addition to playing the
flamboyant Patricia Foster in Emmerdale. She also once again
portrayed the role of Yvette in the award winning Return of Allo
Allo. Her latest television appearances have seen her cook up a
storm in the popular show Celebrity Masterchef, rummage through
her drawers for Cash in the Celebrity Attic and guest on the
popular chat programmes, Loose Women and The Alan Titchmarsh Show.
Vicki began her extensive
acting career playing leading straight roles on television in such
series as Softly Softly, Minder and The Professionals. She has
worked with comedy greats Dick Emery, Les Dawson, The Two
Ronnie’s, Ken Dodd, Kenny Everett and Lenny Henry to name but a
few and has appeared in series including Whatever Happened to the
Likely Lads, Come Back Mrs Noah, Are you Being Served, Gayle’s
World and Noel’s House Party, She has also made frequent guest
appearances on a vast array of TV game and chat shows such as The
Weakest Link, The Generation Game, Blankety Blank, This Morning,
Comedy Connections, Children in Need and The Lottery Show.
Film Credits include: -
The Greek Tycoon, The Sentinel, Queen Kong, The Priest of Love,
The Likely Lads, George and Mildred, The Colour of Funny and
Brahms and Liszt.
Extensive theatre work
has seen her playing opposite Dudley Moore in Play It Again Sam
both on national tour and in London’s West End and the leading
roles of Mina in Dracula, Vera in Doctor in the House, Renee in
Women of a Certain Age, Jacqueline in Don’t Dress For Dinner, Ruth
in the two Alan Ayckbourn plays, Round and Round the Garden and
Table Manners, Hilda Bigley in Business Affairs, Glenda Parry in
The Tart and The Vicar’s Wife, Pamela Willey in Out of Order,
Betty in Funny Money, Donna and Dawn in Double Vision, Gillian in
Audacity, Sally in Bedside Manners and Maxine in Stepping Out,
adding tap dancing to her repertoire.
An accomplished
presenter, Vicki has also worked in a classical vein with English
Sinfonia, narrating Edith Sitwell poetry to William Walton’s
Façade and is in constant demand to host charity events around the
country.
Numerous pantomime
appearances include:- The Wicked Red Queen in Snow White, Lady
Cruella (Wicked Stepmother) in Cinderella, The Lilac Fairy and
Fairy Moan in Sleeping Beauty, Mrs Darling and Harrietta Hook in
Peter Pan, Aladdin and Genie of the Ring in Aladdin, The Fairy in
Mother Goose, Jack and the Beanstalk and Robin Hood.
Aside from her
performance commitments, Vicki also heads her own international
celebrity and after dinner speaker specialist agency Trading
Faces, providing speakers and entertainers for personal
appearances and corporate events.
She is married with one
daughter, Louise Michelle, also an actress.
Her
hobbies include; yoga, keep fit, swimming, gardening and theatre.
Vicki is currently
filming the role of Deborah Whitton, a charismatic, highly
respected and successful casting director (with a penchant for
sharing the odd tipple), in the new feature Rom-Com entitled The
Callback Queen. The film which is due for completion at the end of
the year is being directed by the award winning Graham Cantwell.
Future plans include
more theatre.
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