- Victoria Wicks
Victoria Wicks is a British actress. Her roles in television comedy have included the vain newscaster Sally Smedley in "
Drop the Dead Donkey " and the zookeeper Mrs. Gideon in "The Mighty Boosh ". Recently she appeared very briefly in an episode ofMy Family in May 2007.In her theatrical work, she has been acclaimed for her performance as Gertrude in
Howard Barker 's play "Gertrude—The Cry". On radio, she appeared withJohn Woodvine andSylvester McCoy inBBC Radio 4 's macabre comedy series "The Cabaret of Dr Caligari ".She has one daughter Madelaine Williams.
She has recently appeared as the Headmistress of 'Roundview College' in the 2008 series of "Skins".
Victoria plays the High Priestess of the Sybilline Sisterhood in episode 2 of the fourth Doctor Who series (2008), "
The Fires of Pompeii ".External links
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/w/wicks_victoria.shtml BBC Comedy Guide - Victoria Wicks]
* Kilpatrick, David. [http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/theatre_journal/v055/55.4kilpatrick.html Gertrude--The Cry (review)] . "Theatre Journal" - Volume 55, Number 4, December 2003, pp. 704-706. The Johns Hopkins University Press
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/critic/review/0,1169,818941,00.html "Guardian" review of the 2002 production of "Gertrude—The Cry"]
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