Sophie Aldred
Biography
Sophie Aldred was born in Greenwich, London, and brought up in nearby Blackheath. After leaving school, she attended Manchester University, where she took a degree in drama. From university she sang in working men's clubs to obtain her Equity Card, then worked in a children's theatre, appearing in a fringe show, "Underground Men," at a pub theatre in London to get an agent, followed by more children theatre. She was appearing in "Fiddler on the Roof" with Topol in Manchester when she landed the part of Ace. At the same time as appearing in "Doctor Who," she presented a series for young children called "Corners" and later "Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-grams," which combined her acting and music skills. She has appeared in a number of theatre productions including a tour of "Daisy Pulls it Off" in which she played the lead, and she played Marjorie Pinchwite in the 1993 West End production of "Lust," a version of "The Country Wife." In 1995 she worked for the Children's Channel on satellite and also Love Call Live for Anglia television with David 'Kid' Jensen. In 1996, she co-authored with effects designer Mike Tucker a book looking at her time in Doctor Who called "Ace!"
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1962-08-20
Place of birth
Greenwich, England
Images
Cast
Doctor Who Am I
2022
4.70
Doctor Who Explained
2013
8.50
Farewell, Sarah Jane
2020
9.00
The Search for Simon
2013
5.00
A Wizard's Tale
2018
5.71
Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
2012
4.00
Mindgame
1998
4.50
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
4.36
Vote Sil
0.00
Mindgame Requiem
0.00
Talking Doctor Who
2023
5.00
Lust in Space
1998
0.00
Myth Makers 28: Sylvester McCoy
1994
0.00
The Megeve Experiment
2002
10.00
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
0.00
Myth Makers 142: Paul McGann
2019
0.00
Myth Makers 23: Sophie Aldred
1991
0.00
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
7.90
Doctor Who: The Promise
2019
7.00
Doctor on Display: Llangollen
2022
0.00
Doctor on Display: Longleat
2022
0.00
Sophie’s Choice
1992
0.00
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
0.00
The Zero Imperative
1994
7.00
Mindgame Trilogy
1999
4.00
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
2023
0.00
Doctor Who: Battlefield
1989
7.20
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
1989
8.50
Doctor Who: Survival
1989
7.70
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1987
7.40
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
8.70
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
1988
8.00
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
7.20
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
0.00
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996
0.00
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
9.00
Anomaly
0.00
Thriller Theater!
2011
8.00
Jeepers Creepers
2020
4.00
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020
0.00
Looking for Dursley
2024
0.00
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002
0.00
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
7.00
Search Out Space
1990
0.00
Doctor Who: Endgame
2007
0.00
Convention Culture
2020
0.00
