Victoria Shalet
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Victoria Shalet is an English actress most famous for her role as Harmony in the award-winning CBBC adaptation of the Dick King-Smith
book The Queen's Nose
.
screenplay Testimony of a Child based on the Cleveland affair. Next she played the daughter of Miranda Richardson
and Michael Kitchen
, 'Anna', in Andrew Davies
' Ball-Trap on the Cote Sauvage. She then continued to work consistently throughout her school life within television, film, theatre and radio including Goggle Eyes alongside Honeysuckle Weeks
and in the first three series of The Queen's Nose
as main character Harmony.
Victoria starred in David Jason's The Quest in 2002 and guest-starred in The Vice
. She has also been involved in Jonathan Creek
, Midsomer Murders
and The Bill
.
Notably she appeared in the horror film Haunted, which also featured Kate Beckinsale
.
Other Films include The Maid
alongside Martin Sheen
, Shining Through
with Melanie Griffith
, Michael Douglas
and Liam Neeson
. Nick Dear's Eroica
for BBC
and The Affair of the Necklace
with Hilary Swank
. Her 2004 film Every Seven Years won critical acclaim at US film festivals.
She appeared in a production of Philip Ridley's Fairytaleheart at the Hampstead Theatre (in February and March 1998), My Mother Said I Never Should
at The Salisbury Playhouse (in October and November 2005) and Dan Muirden's The Things Good Men Do at the Old Red Lion (in March and April 2007).
In November 2007 Victoria appeared in an episode of BBC daytime soap Doctors
as Beth.
In April 2008, she took the main role in a BBC Radio 4
Friday Play, entitled How Now TV written and directed by Paul Watson
.
In June 2009 Victoria played a WPC Vicky Hilton in Doctors. Portraying the role again in January 2010.
She also provided the voice for Princess Medea in Dragon Quest VIII
and the voices of Farmer Fi and Rora in Tractor Tom
. She works as a voice-over artist regularly and has voiced radio and television commercials for Alliance and Leicester, Compeed, Acuvue, Specsavers, Herbal Essences and Garnier.
She also had a role in the last series of Big Brother UK which was aired in the summer of 2010 in which she acted as a possible buyer of the big brother house and was given a tour of the house in the 'ignore the obvious task'.
Dick King-Smith
Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE, Hon.M.Ed. , better known by his pen name Dick King-Smith, was a prolific English children's author, best known for writing The Sheep-Pig, retitled in the United States as Babe the Gallant Pig, on which the movie Babe was based...
book The Queen's Nose
The Queen's Nose
The Queen's Nose is a book, written by Dick King-Smith, that was adapted into a successful BBC television series.-The book:The book by Dick King Smith features the story of Harmony Parker, a 10 year old girl who wants an animal of her own but is not allowed by her parents who think they are dirty...
.
Career
Whilst still at school Victoria started her acting career at the age of six playing Rosie in the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
screenplay Testimony of a Child based on the Cleveland affair. Next she played the daughter of Miranda Richardson
Miranda Richardson
Miranda Jane Richardson is an English stage, film and television actor. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards, and has won two Golden Globes and a BAFTA during her career....
and Michael Kitchen
Michael Kitchen
Michael Kitchen is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as DCS Foyle in the British TV series Foyle's War.-Early life:...
, 'Anna', in Andrew Davies
Andrew Davies (writer)
Andrew Wynford Davies is a British author and screenwriter. He was made a Fellow of BAFTA in 2002.-Education and early career:...
' Ball-Trap on the Cote Sauvage. She then continued to work consistently throughout her school life within television, film, theatre and radio including Goggle Eyes alongside Honeysuckle Weeks
Honeysuckle Weeks
Honeysuckle Weeks is a British actress, best known for her starring role as Samantha Stewart in the British TV series Foyle's War, since 2002.-Background:...
and in the first three series of The Queen's Nose
The Queen's Nose
The Queen's Nose is a book, written by Dick King-Smith, that was adapted into a successful BBC television series.-The book:The book by Dick King Smith features the story of Harmony Parker, a 10 year old girl who wants an animal of her own but is not allowed by her parents who think they are dirty...
as main character Harmony.
Victoria starred in David Jason's The Quest in 2002 and guest-starred in The Vice
The Vice
Vice is a stock character of the medieval morality plays. While the main character of these plays was representative of every human being , the other characters were representative of personified virtues or vices who sought to win control of man's soul...
. She has also been involved in Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek is a British mystery series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. Primarily a crime drama, the show is also peppered with broadly comic touches...
, Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
and The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
.
Notably she appeared in the horror film Haunted, which also featured Kate Beckinsale
Kate Beckinsale
Kathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale is an English actress. After some minor television roles, she made her film debut in Much Ado About Nothing while still a student at Oxford University...
.
Other Films include The Maid
The Maid
The Maid is a 2005 Singaporean horror film telling of a maid recently arriving from the Philippines. She has to acclimate herself to the customs of the Chinese Ghost Month, during which she struggles with supernatural forces...
alongside Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen
Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez , better known by his stage name Martin Sheen, is an American film actor best known for his performances in the films Badlands and Apocalypse Now , and in the television series The West Wing from 1999 to 2006.He is considered one of the best actors never to be...
, Shining Through
Shining Through
Shining Through is a 1992 British-American World War II film drama, directed and written by David Seltzer and starring Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith, with Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson and John Gielgud in supporting roles. Although based on the novel of the same name by Susan Isaacs, the...
with Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. She is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance in the 1988 film Working Girl...
, Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards; first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Douglas received the...
and Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
Liam John Neeson, OBE is an Irish actor who has been nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globe Awards.He has starred in a number of notable roles including Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, Michael Collins in Michael Collins, Peyton Westlake in Darkman, Jean Valjean in Les...
. Nick Dear's Eroica
Eroica
The name Eroica may refer to:*The Eroica Symphony, by Ludwig van Beethoven;*The Eroica Variations for piano, also by Beethoven;*The Eroica Piano Trio, an American chamber ensemble;...
for BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace is a 2001 American historical drama film directed by Charles Shyer. The screenplay by John Sweet is based on what became known as the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an incident that helped fuel the French populace's disillusionment with the monarchy and, among other...
with Hilary Swank
Hilary Swank
Hilary Ann Swank is an American actress. Swank's film career began with a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and then a major part in The Next Karate Kid , as Julie Pierce, the first female protégé of sensei Mr. Miyagi...
. Her 2004 film Every Seven Years won critical acclaim at US film festivals.
She appeared in a production of Philip Ridley's Fairytaleheart at the Hampstead Theatre (in February and March 1998), My Mother Said I Never Should
My Mother Said I Never Should
My Mother Said I Never Should is a play in three acts by Charlotte Keatley. directed by Michael Attenborough and Brigid LarmourMy Mother Said I Never Should was written in 1985 and was first produced at the Contact Theatre in Manchester on 25 February 1987...
at The Salisbury Playhouse (in October and November 2005) and Dan Muirden's The Things Good Men Do at the Old Red Lion (in March and April 2007).
In November 2007 Victoria appeared in an episode of BBC daytime soap Doctors
Doctors (BBC Soap Opera)
Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on...
as Beth.
In April 2008, she took the main role in a BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
Friday Play, entitled How Now TV written and directed by Paul Watson
Paul Watson
Paul Watson is a Canadian animal rights and environmental activist, who founded and is president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a direct action group devoted to marine conservation....
.
In June 2009 Victoria played a WPC Vicky Hilton in Doctors. Portraying the role again in January 2010.
She also provided the voice for Princess Medea in Dragon Quest VIII
Dragon Quest VIII
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, known in Japan as and in PAL regions as Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King, is a role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2...
and the voices of Farmer Fi and Rora in Tractor Tom
Tractor Tom
Tractor Tom is an animated TV program, produced by Contender Entertainment and Hibbert Ralph Entertainment. There are two series of 26 eleven minute episodes produced in 2003 and 2004. There was also a stage show....
. She works as a voice-over artist regularly and has voiced radio and television commercials for Alliance and Leicester, Compeed, Acuvue, Specsavers, Herbal Essences and Garnier.
She also had a role in the last series of Big Brother UK which was aired in the summer of 2010 in which she acted as a possible buyer of the big brother house and was given a tour of the house in the 'ignore the obvious task'.