Victoria Smurfit Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for an Irish Film & Television Academy Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in Television for "Dracula" in 2014
• Is a patron of the children's charity World Vision, through which she sponsors a Tanzanian girl named Veronica
• Graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1994
• Married advertising executive Douglas Baxter in August 2000 and has three children
• Made her screen acting debut in the film "The Run of the Country" in 1995
• Quote: "The edge of the black hole of anything is always very scary․ The edge of starting any job, the edge of giving birth, the edge of anything worth doing․ But the minute you put one toe in that black pit, you're there․"
• Quote: "You don't get married these days to have sex․ You don't need to․ No you get wed because you want to be with someone․"
• Best known for her role as DCI Roisin Connor in "Trial & Retribution" and as Nina in "Bulletproof Monk․"
• Also a stage performer who had roles in diverse productions at Bristol Old Vic, Tricycle Theatre and the Edinburgh Festival