Victoria Wicks

About Victoria Wicks

Who is it?: Actress, Soundtrack
Birth Day: April 18, 1959
Birth Place:  Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Occupation: Actor
Spouse(s): Peter Williams (m. 1984; div. 2004)
Children: 1

Victoria Wicks

Victoria Wicks was born on April 18, 1959 in  Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, is Actress, Soundtrack. Born in Chippenham in Wiltshire in 1959, Victoria Wicks is the grand-daughter of writer H.E. Bates on her mother's side and, along with several other family members, she is a director of Evensford Productions, a company established to promote her grand-father's work. Having graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama she became involved with several theatre groups, notably the Royal Shakespeare Company. She also became a member of The Wrestling School, a group which specialises in performing the works of dramatist Howard Barker, with whom she has appeared internationally. However, to many television viewers she will always be Sally Smedley, the vain, not too bright news anchor lady in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990) though more recently she has appeared in ongoing roles in the youth drama series The Xac (2007) as the college head and with the eccentric Mighty Boosh.
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Popular As Victoria Wicks
Occupation Actress
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born April 18, 1959 ( Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom)
Birthday April 18
Town/City  Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

🌙 Zodiac

Victoria Wicks’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Victoria Wicks was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.

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Biography/Timeline

1933

Wicks was born Beverly Victoria Anne Wicks in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, to Brian and Judith Wicks. Wicks's mother, Judith Bates, born 1933, was the second child of the Writer H.E. Bates. Wicks is the niece of Jonathan Bates, the award-winning Sound Editor who died in 2008, and the television Producer, Richard Bates, who produced the television adaptation of The Darling Buds of May. Wicks is a Director of Evensford Productions Ltd, the company set up in 1955 to protect and promote H.E. Bates's work.

1984

In 1984 Wicks married Peter Williams (divorced 2004); they have one daughter, Madelaine Rose, born 1985.

1986

Her first job was as Acting Assistant Stage Manager at Northampton Rep for a year, before going to Bristol Old Vic, Regent's Park and then the RSC. In 1986 Wicks was in Andy Hamilton's black comedy Tickets for the Titanic, and then went on to play Sally Smedley in all six series of Drop the Dead Donkey. The Mighty Boosh, is an award-winning radio, television and stage show created by Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt. Mrs Gideon was the Head of Reptiles at the Zooniverse in Series 1. Wicks also played Harriet Lawes, the Head of College in series 1, 2 and 3 of Skins.

1996

Wicks joined the 'Wrestling School' in 1996. The company was formed in 1988 for the sole purpose of performing the work of the dramatist Howard Barker. Since joining the company Wicks has appeared in 9 plays by Barker, performing in London, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Adelaide and also in Rouen, Grenoble, Le Mans and Paris for the co-production of Les Animaux en Paradis, which was performed in French by 4 British and 5 French actors. Wicks is an Associate of the Wrestling School. In 2010 Wicks was invited to the Segal Theatre Center in New York as guest of Theatre Minima to celebrate a day-long event on the work of Howard Barker.

2008

Wicks played the hgh priestess of the Sybillines in The Fires of Pompeii, a 2008 episode of Doctor Who. In 2014, she played Dorothy Clarke in The Imitation Game, and Susannah Marshall in the E4 drama Glue (2014).

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