Sophie Aldred

Known for ActingBorn 1962-08-20 (age 63)Greenwich, England

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!"Read more

Movies & web series

CBeebies Presents: A Christmas Carol

Noddy in Toyland

The Megeve Experiment

Farewell, Sarah Jane

Lust in Space

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

It's a Mystery

Space Cadets

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Doctor Who Confidential

Thriller Theater!

The Story of Doctor Who

I Was a Doctor Who Monster!

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Stranger

Search Out Space

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol

Doctor Who

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Ace (Or, I Wanna Be Like Sophie Aldred)

LOCKDOWN: The Doctor Who Fans' Survival Guide

Doctor Who: The Promise

Doctor Who: Battlefield

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

Doctor Who: Survival

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

Doctor Who Explained

The Stranger: More Than a Messiah

Pointless Celebrities

Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans

Peter Rabbit

Celebrity Mastermind

A Wizard's Tale

Bob the Builder

Tales of the Tardis

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

Dennis & Gnasher

Tree Fu Tom

Mindgame Trilogy

Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig

Talking Doctor Who