Victoria Ekanoye | |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1981 |
Birth Place: | Bury, Greater Manchester, England[1] |
Children: | 1 |
Occupation: | Actress |
Television: | The Royals Coronation Street |
Years Active: | 2010–present |
Victoria Ekanoye (born 11 December 1981),[2] is an English actress. Her credits include Coronation Street (2017–2019), The Royals (2015–2018), Almost Never (2019), Doctors (2020), The Worst Witch (2020), Christmas in Paradise (2020), and Death in Paradise (2022).
In 2017, Ekanoye played Angie Appleton in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, for 94 episodes over three years.[3]
She has also played Rachel in The Royals,[4] and has appeared in The Chase: Celebrity Special,[5] The Big Quiz[6] and .[7]
She also appeared in series two of Almost Never[8] and two episodes of Doctors as Kate Bennett.[9]
In 2022, she appeared in the fourth episode of Series 11 of the BBC crime drama series Death in Paradise, as Miranda Priestley. The same year, she starred as Megan in Lionsgate Films' Christmas in Paradise, with a cast that included Kelsey Grammer, Elizabeth Hurley and Billy Ray Cyrus.[10]
Ekanoye has sickle cell anaemia. On 8 November 2021, Ekanoye announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.[11] After undergoing a double mastectomy, and a year out, she was able to resume acting, returning to television in 2022, as Miranda Priestley in Death in Paradise.[12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2013 | Dormant | Girl | Short film | |
2013 | Elle Fatale | Elle | Short film | |
2013 | Adots Apprentice | Brenda | TV Mini Series | |
2015 | Mop, Bucket and Cape | Ms. Magnificient | Short film | |
2017 | Last Laugh | Tilly Lewis | Film | |
2015–2018 | The Royals | Rachel | 23 episodes | |
2017–2019 | Coronation Street | 94 episodes | ||
2019 | Almost Never | Ashley | 1 episode | |
2020 | Doctors | Kate Bennett | 2 episodes | |
2020 | The Worst Witch | Narcissus Nightshade | 2 episodes | |
2022 | Death in Paradise | Miranda Priestley | 1 episode | |
2022 | Christmas in Paradise | Megan | Film | |
2023 | Vera | Liv Masters | 1 episode | |
2023 | The Real Full Monty | Herself | 2 episodes |