Victoria Hawkins

Victoria Hawkins
Born (1983-09-24) 24 September 1983 (age 41)
Gateshead, England
NationalityEnglish
OccupationActress

Victoria Temperley (née Hawkins), also known as Vicky Hawkins, (born on 24 September 1983) is an English actress known for her Geordie roles. She played the role of Sharon Lambert in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.[1]

Victoria Hawkins was born in Gateshead, in the northeastern part of England whose residents are often called "Geordies."[2] Her father is a plumber; her mother is a hairdresser.[1]

Her first acting job was in BBC's Byker Grove, a teen drama set in a Geordie youth club. Hawkins auditioned for a part as an extra, to earn pocket money.[1] She joined the show at the age of fifteen, playing a tomboy and disc jockey named Claire.[3] After playing the role for four years, she left the show in 2002.[3]

From 2002 until 2004, Hawkins worked at her local radio station, Century Radio in Newcastle/Gateshead, as Husky Hawkins reading the travel.[4]

She also appeared in ITV's Steel River Blues, a fire-fighting drama set in North Yorkshire, which played for a single season, in 2004.[5] Her role as control room officer Sandra Harris was described by the Yorkshire Chronicle as "a starring role ... playing a tart with a heart."[5]

When not performing, Hawkins has worked for the Newcastle-based bank Northern Rock and Newcastle Nightclub 'Blu-Bambu'.

In 2019, under the name Victoria Temperley, she was cast in a leading role for gangster drama Moreland's Firm.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Here comes trouble". The Northern Echo. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ Doughty, Sophie (27 April 2015). "Birtley soap star Vicky Hawkins to make comeback in gritty Tyneside-based drama". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 20 June 2021. The Gateshead-born actress found national fame in ITV's Emmerdale when she played feisty-blonde Sharon Lambert.
  3. ^ a b "I could have a perfect body but I'd still never be happy with it". The Mirror. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Vicky, who starred as Sandra Harris in the ITV1 fire-fighting drama Steel River Blues, got her acting break at 15 in kids' favourite Byker Grove. But her role of DJ tomboy Claire made her a victim of jealousy at her school, the Lord Lawson of Beamish.
  4. ^ "Where the cast of Byker Grove are now - from I'm A Celeb to Hull University". Yorkshire Live. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b Barr, Gordon (25 August 2004). "Steeling herself for acting fame". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. ^ Doughty, Sophie (25 April 2019). "Geordie acting talent turns out to audition for roles in Tyneside gangster drama Moreland's Firm". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 15 June 2021.


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