Victoria Alcock

Victoria Alcock (born 13 May 1968) is an English actress, best known for her role in Bad Girls.

Notable roles Alcock played the prisoner Julie Saunders in all eight series of the television drama series, Bad Girls and Agnes Clarke in The House of Eliott. 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, reviving the role from Linda Henry, who starred as Salter until 1992. Her first episode was broadcast on 1 March.

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.

She is also known for playing Carol in all five series of the BBC's BAFTA-winning sitcom People Just Do Nothing, dinner lady Val in Alan Carr's semi-autobiographical sitcom Changing Ends for ITV, and as Sue in Sky's sitcom Mr Bigstuff alongside Danny Dyer and Ryan Sampson.

Filmography

Film 1991 Under Suspicion 2nd Chambermaid 1998 Far from the Madding Crowd Temperance Miller 2008 Incendiary Trophy Woman 2021 No-One Gets out Alive Mary

Television Year Title Role Notes 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: Kids1995 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 Behaviour2009 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 Betty Smith One episode 2012 EastEnders Lorraine Stevens Five episodes2013, 2018 The Dumping GroundDenise Jackson Four Episodes Series 1: SOS Special: Jody in Wonderland