Victoria Carling is an English radio, television, film and theatre actress. She has an MA in English from

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, and graduated from

Bristol Old Vic Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in London. It is associated with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which became a fin ...

in 1987, winning the

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Award (with

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) in the same year. After many roles for radio on

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, including a dramatisation of ''

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'' (1991), she played Harriet Humphrey in the

sitcom '' Bonjour la Classe'' in 1993. Subsequent television roles have included '' Drop the Dead Donkey'', ''

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'', ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', the ITV drama ''Homefront'' and

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's ''

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'', and also an episode of '' The Green Green Grass''. She appeared in the television mini series ''

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'' of 2000, and the film of

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's '' The Discovery of Heaven'' of 2001. Her first theatre appearance was in the premiere of Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays in 1998, directed by the playwright,

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. In 1991, she appeared with

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's ''Silly Cow'', at the

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. 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

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and appearances at the

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and the

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. In July 2005, she appeared in a production of

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. In 2011, she toured

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with the ''Original Theatre Company'', playing Kate. In 2013, she appeared in the BBC series ''

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'', and several episodes of ''Coronation Street''. From 2014 to 2016, she was a cast member in two series of the BBC drama '' In the Club''. From 2016, she appears in ''

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'' as Mrs Goodman, which is a regular role. In January 2020, she appeared in an episode of the

soap opera ''

'' as Anne Dolridge.

Awards

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Victoria Carling
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