Victoria Scarborough
Born: 1967-01-01 in England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
A classical actor, I trained at RADA between the years 1986-89; The Royal National Theatre (London), Hampstead Theatre (London), The Royal Exchange (Manchester), Chichester Festival Theatre, Birmingham Rep, The Glasgow Citz, Leeds Playhouse, Nottingham Playhouse, New Victoria Theatre, The New Vic (London), were some of the theatres I regularly performed at alternating with productions for the BBC, and mainstream ITV channels and independent film. Favourite plays and roles have been …in Shakespeare’s Hamlet (Ophelia), Othello, (Desdemona), Sophocles Electra as ‘Electra’, The Winters Tale (Hermione), Middleton’s Women Beware Women (Bianca), and Venice Preserved (Aqualina), Molière’s, The Hypochondriac (Toinette), La Ronda (all female parts), Noel Coward’s, Gilda (Design For Living) and Sybil in Private Lives; The Rivals (Lydia Languish), Love for Love, and (Rosina), in The Barber of Seville (Rosina). Favourite screen roles have been, Betty Mcfarll in Catherine Cookson's, The Cinder Path, Ruth Bannerman in Russel T Davies series The Grand (second series) and Detective Kate Miskin in a BBC adaptation of a PD James novel - Death In Holy Orders.
Filmography
2003
- Rosemary & Thyme as Harriet Luke
- Death in Holy Orders as Inspector Kate Miskin
- Ashes and Sand as Dawn
- The Royal as Claire Massey
1999
- Relic Hunter as Rita Rosellini
1997
- The Grand as Ruth Manning
1994
- Captives as Dental Nurse
- The Cinder Path as Betty MacFell
1993
- Peak Practice as Jane Barton
1992
- Heartbeat as Susan Siddons
1990
- The Upper Hand as Cass
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Party Dancer
- Birds of a Feather as Janice
1986
- Lovejoy as Susannah