Valerie Edmond (born 1969) is a

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actress. Her first notable role was in '' The Sunshine Boys'' at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, directed by Maureen Lipman, soon after she graduated from the

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. Lipman was sufficiently impressed to cast her again, as her secretary in an episode of the TV series '' Agony Again'', and would later describe Edmond as "six foot tall, with the bones of a Slav, the legs of a supermodel and the heart of a small fawn" in her 1995 ''You Can Read Me Like a Book''."Home girl"
Richard Mowe, '' Sunday Herald'', 26 December 1999 Her first leading role was the character of Ashley in the BAFTA-nominated '' The Crow Road'', the

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adaptation of the

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by Iain Banks. Edmond herself was nominated as Best Actress at the BAFTA Scotland Awards.Awards for Valerie Edmond
Internet Movie Database She would later play the lead in the award-winning '' One More Kiss'', directed by Vadim Jean.

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1969 births Living people Actresses from Edinburgh Scottish film actresses Scottish stage actresses Scottish television actresses {{Scotland-actor-stub