Victoria Ekanoye

Ekanoye was born in Bury, Greater Manchester and grew up in Stockport and Rochdale.^[1] She is of Nigerian, English and Irish descent, the latter through her maternal grandmother.^[3][4] Ekanoye studied musical theatre at Oldham College.^[5]

In 2017, Ekanoye played Angie Appleton in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, for 94 episodes over three years.^[6]

She has also played Rachel in The Royals,^[7] and has appeared in The Chase: Celebrity Special,^[8] The Big Quiz^[9] and The X Factor: Celebrity.^[10]

She also appeared in series two of Almost Never^[11] and two episodes of Doctors as Kate Bennett.^[12]

In 2022, she appeared in the fourth episode of Series 11 of the BBC crime drama series Death in Paradise, as Miranda Priestley.^[13] 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.^[14]

Ekanoye has sickle cell anaemia.^[15] On 8 November 2021, Ekanoye announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.^[15] 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.^[13]