1. Vicky Lee McClure was born on 8 May 1983 and is an English actress, model and presenter.
34 Facts About Vicky McClure
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Vicky McClure is known for her roles as Detective Inspector Kate Fleming in the BBC series Line of Duty and Lol Jenkins in Shane Meadows's film This Is England and its Channel 4 sequel mini-series This Is England '86, This Is England '88, and This Is England '90.
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Vicky McClure won the RTS Award and British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Lol in This is England '86 in 2011.
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Vicky Lee McClure was born on 8 May 1983 in the Wollaton area of Nottingham.
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Vicky McClure's father was a joiner and her mother was a hairdresser.
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Vicky McClure successfully auditioned for entry to the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts aged 16, but her family could not afford the tuition fees, and she remained at the Workshop.
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Vicky McClure secured an agent, but achieved no parts for four years.
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Vicky McClure described the making of the film, which was highly improvised, as "constant laughing and jokes".
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Vicky McClure co-starred in the 2008 London-based comedy film Filth and Wisdom, the first feature film directed by Madonna.
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Vicky McClure was approached and auditioned for a role in ITV soap Emmerdale, but decided to turn it down.
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Vicky McClure appeared in the 2013 British action-thriller film Hummingbird opposite Jason Statham.
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In July 2016, Vicky McClure appeared as Winnie Verloc in The Secret Agent, based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad.
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Vicky McClure starred in the BBC TV thriller The Replacement in 2017.
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In February 2017, Vicky McClure made her professional stage debut at Nottingham Playhouse in the fortieth anniversary production of Touched by Stephen Lowe.
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In 2019, Vicky McClure starred as Nicola in the channel 4 drama I Am.
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Vicky McClure received praise for her portrayal of a woman trapped in an emotionally abusive relationship.
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Also in 2019, Vicky McClure was cast in the TV adaptation of Alex Rider, a series of young adult books by Anthony Horowitz.
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In December 2019, Vicky McClure made a brief appearance as herself in the popular internet comedy series on YouTube, Charity Shop Sue, based in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire.
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Since 2022, Vicky McClure has starred in Trigger Point, an ITV series, as a bomb disposal expert in London.
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Vicky McClure was featured alongside Kaya Scodelario, Abbey Butler, Andy Crane and Paul Young in Plan B's music video "She Said".
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In 2010, Vicky McClure appeared in a number of promotional short films for the English cosmetics brand Illamasqua.
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In 2012, Vicky McClure appeared in the video for Jake Bugg's song "Two Fingers" along with Line of Duty co-star Craig Parkinson.
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On 18 March 2014, Vicky McClure appeared on BBC Radio 1's Innuendo Bingo.
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Vicky McClure formed the Our Dementia Choir in 2019, after her late grandmother's diagnosis of Alzheimer's taught her the "healing power" of music.
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Vicky McClure worked on a documentary to raise awareness of the disease, which culminated in a performance in front of 2,000 people at Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall.
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Vicky McClure revisited them in 2020, exploring how the pandemic had affected them.
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Vicky McClure is an Alzheimer's Society Ambassador as of 2018, and has taken part in the Alzheimer's Society Memory Walks for many years.
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In 2022, Vicky McClure made a further BBC documentary featuring other Dementia gatherings and musical support groups from elsewhere in the UK, and brought her own Dementia Choir to perform with Tom Grennan before 20,000 spectators at the Splendour Festival held in Nottingham's Wollaton Hall grounds.
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Vicky McClure is close friends with Line of Duty stars Martin Compston, Adrian Dunbar, and writer Jed Mercurio.
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Vicky McClure has remained close with her This is England co-stars, with many attending Thomas Turgoose's wedding in 2019.
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Vicky McClure is friends with Perry Fitzpatrick, having worked with him on many projects over the last 20 years.
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Vicky McClure was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to drama and to charity.
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Vicky McClure received the award from King Charles on 12 December 2023 at the Windsor Castle investiture ceremony.
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Vicky McClure was previously awarded an honorary Doctorate of Arts by Nottingham Trent University during 2015, in recognition of her contributions to the acting profession and charitable work in Nottingham.