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Victoria Harwood began her career in burlesque at the age of eighteen, working in the world-famous Windmill Theatre and Raymond Revuebar in London. After several years of wearing sequins and feathers and very little else, she landed her first guest star role on TV as Bettina in Auf Wiedersehen Pet. This was followed by a string of television and film roles including Natalia in Reilly: Ace of Spies (starring Sam Neill), Sophy Kratides in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett), Chantal in The Monocled Mutineer (with Paul McGann), Herself in Late (directed by Vinny Murphy), S, in Journey of No Return (by Mitra Tabrizian) and Hermione in Sid and Nancy (starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb).
She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked mainly on the stage after graduating, mostly playing mad, bad women such as Mrs. Rochester in Jane Eyre at The Playhouse Theatre, West End, Fig in A Cursed Place (winner London Fringe Award Best Ensemble), Mel in Ripped at The Soho Theatre Company (in which she played a female bodybuilder, trained by world champions Andrulla Blanchette and Ian Dowe )and The Woman in Sarah Kane's penultimate play Cleansed at The Royal Court.
Since getting married, Victoria moved to Hollywood and continued to play mad bad women vocally, such as Doc in Texchnolyze, Rubi, the dominatrix in DearS and of course, her personal favourite, Lord Integra Wingates Hellsing in Hellsing. These days she concentrates on three things; her family, her writing, and getting behind the camera. Cyprus Summer 1974 and A flock of Birds are her first films.
Since getting married, Victoria moved to Hollywood and continued to play mad bad women vocally, such as Doc in Texchnolyze, Rubi, the dominatrix in DearS and of course, her personal favourite, Lord Integra Wingates Hellsing in Hellsing. These days she concentrates on three things; her family, her writing, and getting behind the camera. Cyprus Summer 1974 and A flock of Birds are her first films.