Victoria Atkin

Victoria Atkin is an English actress, best known for roles in Extinct, Hollyoaks, and Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.

Victoria Atkin
Atkin in 2021
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
WebsiteVictoriaAtkin.com

Early years and education

Atkin attended Fernhill School and Language College,and Farnborough Sixth Form College, studied Dance and Theatre Performance at The University of Chichester in 2008, and took a postgraduate course in Musical Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2009.[1]

Career

Originally training as a slalom skier, Victoria landed her first major television appearance and Series Regular role, shortly after graduating from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in Swiss Cottage in London.

She was cast as the first fictional transgender teenager on British television, completing 134 episodes in the role. Atkin's portrayal of her character Jasmine / Jason Costello, increased awareness for transgender people in the media. Victoria visited Downing Street and met with Prime Minister David Cameron as well as working with Channel 4 executives to sign a memorandum of understanding to accurately portray transgender people in the media. Victoria was nominated and won various awards for Best Actress in this role.

From this, she has gone on to play a host of characters in multiple television shows in the UK and USA including the female lead, Feena in original sci-fi television series Extinct. In addition to her work theatrically Victoria is continually cast in performance capture and voiceover projects, including playable lead Evie Frye in the Assassin's Creed franchise. Victoria is the host and producer of iTunes Podcast "The Performance Capture Podcast" Sponsored by Vicon.

Filmography
Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2017A Good Dream[2]Beatrice
2017Altitude[3]Speedbird PAVoice role
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2010–2011HollyoaksJason/Jasmine CostelloMain role
2010Hollyoaks LaterJason/Jasmine CostelloMain role
2012Holby CityLainey CraigEpisode: "Long Way Down"
2013The Girl's Guide to DepravityCamilla JonesGuest role
2016#killerpost[4]Jenelle PotterEpisode: "Payne/Potter"
2017ExtinctFeenaSeries Lead
Video game roles
Year Title Role Notes
2015Assassin's Creed: SyndicateEvie FryeFull performance capture
2017Horizon Zero DawnSekuli & MailenThe Frozen Wilds expansion
2017Middle-earth: Shadow of WarHumans
2018World of Warcraft: Battle for AzerothVoid Elf
2018FortniteThora, Clip, Powerchord
2019Crackdown 3Agent Zaya
2019Crash Team Racing Nitro-FueledLiz
2019SmiteFirst Mate Serqet
2020Guardian TalesBeth[5]
2022Tactics Ogre: RebornCatiua Pavel[6]

Awards and nominations

In 2011, Atkin was awarded "Best Serial Drama Performance" and "Best Newcomer" by the Transgender Television Awards, for her portrayal of Jason Costello in Hollyoaks and, the same year, Hollyoaks was awarded "Best Serial Drama" for the Jason Costello storyline.

Year Award Category Work Result
2011 TV Choice Awards Best Soap Actress Jason Costello on Hollyoaks Nominated
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References
  1. "Victoria Atkin, actor". Casting Call Pro.com.
  2. "A Good Dream". IMDb.
  3. "Altitude". IMDb.
  4. "#killerpost". IMDb.
  5. "Victoria Atkin (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. Romano, Sal (August 4, 2022). "Tactics Ogre: Reborn announced for PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC". Gematsu. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
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