Victoria Wicks

Biography

Victoria Wicks is a British actress best known for her television work playing Sally Smedley in Drop the Dead Donkey, Mrs Gideon in The Mighty Boosh, Harriet Lawes, the Head of Roundview College in Skins, and for her work with Howard Barker's theatre company, The Wrestling School. Other recent television work includes Lizzie Fraser in the BBC drama "Silent Witness", Gemma, in ITV’s drama Mistresses, as Angela Reeves, wife of Richard Reeves, played by Paul McGann, in ITV’s drama, Collision, and as The High Priestess of the Sybillines, in The Fires of Pompeii, Series 4 of Doctor Who, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate. Early Life, Background and Education Wicks was born in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England in April 1959 to Brian and the late Judith Wicks. Wicks’s mother, Judith Bates, born 1933, was the second child of the writer H. E. Bates. One uncle, Jonathan Bates, who died in 2008 was an award-winning Sound Editor, and the other, Richard Bates, is a television producer. Wicks is a director of Evensford Productions Ltd, the company set up in 1955 to protect and promote H.E. Bates's work.[1] In 1984 Wicks married Peter Williams (divorced 2004); they have one daughter, Madelaine Rose, born 1985. Wicks trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama where she was awarded the Pernod and Bisquit Award for the most promising graduate. Career 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. 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. Work for Howard Barker Victoria Wicks. Victoria Wicks in Les Animaux En Paradis. Smack Me - Premiere reading at The Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London Actress With an Unloved Child - Premiere reading at Lewis Festival I Saw Myself - Premiere reading Hampstead The Fence - Algeria: London Les Animaux en Paradis - Tenna: Théâtre des Deux Rives in Rouen, Paris, Grenoble, Le Mans. 13 Objects - Cruel Cup, Kind Saucer, The Ring, Blue Shoe, The Drum: London Gertrude the Cry - Gertrude: Elsinore Castle, Denmark and London He Stumbled - Turner, The Queen: London. The Ecstatic Bible - Mrs Golllancz: Adelaide Theatre Festival, Australia Scenes From an Execution - Rivera: Barbican Theatre, London Ursula; Fear of the Estuary[disambiguation needed ] - Mother Placida: London, Birmingham, Copenhagen Uncle Vanya - Helena: London, Berlin, Stockholm The Love of a Good Man - Mrs. Toynbee: BBC Radio Drama A House of Correction - Lyndsey: BBC Radio Drama*Knowledge and a Girl - The Queen: BBC Radio Drama The Swing at Night - Klatura: Marionette Theatre for PuppetBarge Television Victoria Wicks. Victoria Wicks in the Mighty Boosh. EastEnders - Sandra-BBC Silent Witness - Lizzie Fraser-BBC Sherlock - Margaret Patterson-BBC At Home with the Georgians - Margaret Lady Stanley. - BBC-BBC Collision - Angela Reeves-ITV Skins - Head of College-BBC 3 Dr. Who - High Priestess of The Sybillines-BBC Mistresses - Gemma Midsomer Murders - Hellen Callaghan-ITV Midsomer Murders - Sarah Stone-ITV No Signal - You Me ‘n’ Him The Mighty Boosh - Mrs. Gideon-BBC 3 Drop the Dead Donkey - Sally Smedley-Ch 4 Bright Hair About the Bone - Miss Montrose M.I. High - Head of MI9 The Brief - Magistrate My Family - Bex's Mother Tickets for the Titanic - Arbuthnot Murder Most Horrid - Jocasta Paul Merton - Emily Prisoner of Zenda - Princess Flavia My Little Grey Home in the West - Janet The Houseman's Tale - Allison Blossom in France - Jacqueline Renaud Mud - Miss Palmer Casualty - Connolly QC Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less - Georgina Hold the Dream - Sarah Lowther Peak Practice X11 - Judy Doctors - Alison Mathews Bernard's Watch V - Aunt Rowena Snap - Jane The Ward[disambiguation needed ] - Barbara Delta Wave - Olga Crick No Worries - Sarah Streetwise[disambiguation needed ] - Mrs Daniels Snakes and Ladders - Virginia Gems - Elinor Pastoral Care - Arbuthnot Two of Us[disambiguation needed ] - Jackie Rumpole of the Bailey - Amanda Gleason Grange Hill - Doctor Burton Film Stick With Me Kid - Christina What A Girl Wants - Henry’s Secretary Ping Pong - Maggie Loser Takes All - Jane Truefit Theater Quartermaine's Terms by Simon Gray - Melanie A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde - Mrs Arbuthnot As You Like It by William Shakespeare - Rosalind Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward - Elvira Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare - Olivia Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare - Portia Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas - Amy Spettigue Chinamen by Michael Frayn - Jo, Bee, and Alex A Midsummer Night's dream by William Shakespeare - Helena As You Like It by William Shakespeare - Hymen The Country Wife by William Wycherley - Mistress Squeamish Radio Anything Legal The Cask of Amontillado Get Together[disambiguation needed ] The Cabaret of Dr Caligari The Cleverest Man at Oxford Riding to Jerusalem Albert's Extra Parliamentary Activities The Secret Parts