Victoria Ekanoye

Adebisi Victoria M Ekanoye[2] (born 11 December 1981),[3] known professionally as Victoria Ekanoye 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).

Victoria Ekanoye
Ekanoye in Elle Fatale 2013
Born
Adebisi Victoria M Ekanoye

(1981-12-11) 11 December 1981
Bury, Greater Manchester, England[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
TelevisionThe Royals
Coronation Street
The X Factor: Celebrity
Children1

Career

In 2017, Ekanoye played Angie Appleton in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, for 94 episodes over three years.[4]

She has also played Rachel in The Royals,[5] and has appeared in The Chase: Celebrity Special,[6] The Big Quiz[7] and The X Factor: Celebrity.[8]

She also appeared in series two of Almost Never[9] and two episodes of Doctors as Kate Bennett.[10]

In 2022, she appeared in the fourth episode of Series 11 of the BBC crime drama series Death in Paradise, as Miranda Priestley.[11] 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.[12]

Personal life

Ekanoye has sickle cell anaemia.[13] On 8 November 2021, Ekanoye announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.[13] 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.[11]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
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 Angie Appleton 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 [11]
2022 Christmas in Paradise Megan Film [12]
2023 Vera Liv Masters 1 episode

References
  1. ""My dream was to be Madonna" - Celebrity X Factor star Victoria Ekanoye on her love of music". Manchester Evening News. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. "Adebisi Victoria M Ekanoye".
  3. "Adebisi Ekanoye".
  4. "Coronation Street star Victoria Ekanoye hints Angie Appleton could still return". Digital Spy. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. "Who is Victoria Ekanoye? The X Factor: Celebrity contestants". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  6. "The Chase Celebrity Special". What's on TV. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  7. "Emmerdale triumphs over Coronation Street in The Big Soap Quiz 2018". Digital Spy. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  8. "X Factor Celebrity reveals latest stars booted out of competition". Digital Spy. 2 November 2019.
  9. "Almost Never Christmas Wonderland". BBC. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  10. Writer: Stephen McAteer; Director: Daniel Wilson; Producer: Dawn Coulson-Beckett (10 November 2020). "Chronicle of Shak's Death Foretold". Doctors. BBC. BBC One.
  11. Nancy Brown (28 January 2022). "Former Corrie star Victoria Ekanoye stars in Death In Paradise after gruelling breast cancer fight - Victoria's had a tough 12 months". entertainmentdaily.co.uk.
  12. "Christmas in Paradise". lionsgate.com. 2022.
  13. "Ex-Coronation Street star Victoria Ekanoye has breast cancer". BBC News. 8 November 2021.


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