Victoria Ekanoye
Victoria Ekanoye | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adebisi Victoria M Ekanoye 11 December 1981 Bury, Greater Manchester, England[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Television | The Royals Coronation Street The X Factor: Celebrity Almost Never |
| Children | 1 |
Adebisi Victoria M Ekanoye[2] (born 11 December 1981),[3] known professionally as Victoria Ekanoye is an English actress. She is known for playing Angie Appleton in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street.[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.
Personal life
Ekanoye has sickle cell anaemia. On 8 November 2021, Ekanoye announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.[11]
References
- ^ ""My dream was to be Madonna" - Celebrity X Factor star Victoria Ekanoye on her love of music". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Adebisi Victoria M Ekanoye".
- ^ "Adebisi Ekanoye".
- ^ "Coronation Street star Victoria Ekanoye hints Angie Appleton could still return". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Who is Victoria Ekanoye? The X Factor: Celebrity contestants". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "The Chase Celebrity Special". What's on TV. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Emmerdale triumphs over Coronation Street in The Big Soap Quiz 2018". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "X Factor Celebrity reveals latest stars booted out of competition". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Almost Never Christmas Wonderland". BBC. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Writer: Stephen McAteer; Director: Daniel Wilson; Producer: Dawn Coulson-Beckett (10 November 2020). "Chronicle of Shak's Death Foretold". Doctors. BBC. BBC One.
- ^ "Ex-Coronation Street star Victoria Ekanoye has breast cancer". BBC News. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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