Victoria O'Keefe

Victoria O'Keefe (27 March 1969 – 17 April 1990) was an English actress. She was best known for her role as Jane in the BBC apocalyptic anti-war television film Threads.

Early life Victoria O'Keefe was born on 27 March 1969 in Dewsbury, where she attended St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, St John Fisher Catholic High School, and Dewsbury College. She joined the Dewsbury Arts Group at the age of 11 and later studied at the Batley School of Art.

Career O'Keefe began her television career in 1983, playing Nicola Brooke in Nanny. The following year, she appeared as Letty Boot in the miniseries Letty, In 1987, she played Christine in the episode "Hook, Line and Sinker" of the youth drama Y.E.S. and Sally Newman in four episodes of Emmerdale. O'Keefe, Sharon, Paul, and Jade were pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital in nearby Bold, Merseyside. O'Keefe was 21. Her boyfriend was taken to Whiston Hospital, where he recovered with serious internal and facial injuries, and the lorry driver was treated for shock. An investigation found that the road's surface was wet from rain.

O'Keefe's funeral service was held at St Joseph's Church in Batley Carr, which she had attended as a child, and attracted over 500 mourners. She was interred at St Paul's Churchyard in Hanging Heaton.