Victoria Ekanoye facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Victoria Ekanoye
Ekanoye in Elle Fatale 2013
Born	(1981-12-11) 11 December 1981 (age 42) Bury, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Television	The Royals Coronation Street The X Factor: Celebrity
Children	1

Victoria Ekanoye (born 11 December 1981), is a British actress from Bury, England. 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).

Career

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

She has also played Rachel in The Royals, and has appeared in The Chase: Celebrity Special, The Big Quiz and The X Factor: Celebrity.

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

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

Personal life

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

Filmography