Victoria Carling
Victoria Carling is an English radio, television, film and theatre actress.
She has an MA in English from Cambridge[1] and graduated from Bristol Old Vic in 1987,[2] winning the Carleton Hobbs award (with Stephen Tompkinson) in the same year.[3]
After many roles for BBC radio including a 1991 dramatisation of The Railway Children, she played Harriet Humphrey in the BBC sitcom Bonjour la Classe in 1993.
Subsequent television roles have included Drop the Dead Donkey, EastEnders, Coronation Street, Holby City, Silent Witness, the ITV drama Homefront and BBC1's Doctors and also an episode of The Green Green Grass.
She appeared in the 2000 TV mini-seies Anna Karenina and the 2001 film of Harry Mulisch's The Discovery of Heaven.
Her first theatre appearance was in the 1988 premiere of Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays, directed by the playwright, Alan Ayckbourn.[4]
In 1991, she appeared with Dawn French in Ben Elton's Silly Cow at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Other work includes a one-woman show After Their Loving in 1990 (for which she was nominated for best actress in the Charrington Fringe Awards), Kafka's Dick at Watford Palace Theatre[5] and appearances at the Chichester Festival Theatre and the Manchester Royal Exchange.
In 2005, the Guardian newspaper said she "adroitly capture[d] the anxiety of a mature student" in a production of Steaming.[6]
In 2011, she toured Dancing at Lughnasa with the Original Theatre Company, playing Kate.[7]
In 2013, she appeared in the BBC series Mayday, and several episodes of Coronation Street.
In 2016, she appeared in 4 O'Clock Club as Mrs Goodman, which is a regular role.
Awards
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Carleton Hobbs | Won |
| 1990 | Best Actress, Charrington Fringe Awards | Nominated |
References
- ↑ http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/1/F2200.html Victoria Carling
- ↑ John Kite. "Bristol Old Vic Theatre School: Graduates 1984-2005. History and information about the Gloucestershire village of Winterbourne.". freeuk.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ↑ "BBC - Radio Drama - SoundStart - Who's won Radio Drama's acting prizes since 1953?". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ↑ "Page not found". alanayckbourn.net. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ↑ "BBC - Beds Herts and Bucks - Entertainment - Kafka's Dick gives pleasure in Watford!". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ↑ Alfred Hickling. "Steaming". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ↑ "Theatre, dance, opera and cabaret reviews - The Stage". The Stage. Retrieved 4 October 2015.