Victoria Bush (born 15 January 1978) is a
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actress
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and
comedian
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. She is best known for portraying the roles of
Tina O'Kane in the
ITV
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prison drama series ''
Bad Girls'' (2001–2006), and
Sonya Donnegan in the
BBC One
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school-based drama series ''
Waterloo Road'' (2012–2015).
Career
Bush trained at the
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
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, one of Britain's leading drama schools.
On leaving drama school, she secured her first major television role on the highly acclaimed
ITV
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ITV
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** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
prison drama ''
Bad Girls'' in 2001 as
Tina Purvis (later Julie O'Kane, then Tina O'Kane) during the shows' third series. Bush continued in the role for a further five series until the shows axe in 2006.
Bush is currently one half of female comedy duo of ''Checkley & Bush'' with
Laura Checkley
Laura Checkley is an English actress and comedian known for playing the regular character Louise throughout three series of ''Detectorists'' on BBC Four, Monica in '' Action Team'' on ITV2, Terri King, wife of the titular character played by Tom ...
. Recent tours include "Keep Calm and Carry On", which featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011, which included cameos from Abbey Merritt and Vev Gaunt.
In 2012, Bush joined the cast of the successful
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. She continued in the role for a further three series until the shows initial cancellation in 2015.
In 2015, she guest-starred in the BBC hospital drama ''
'' as Vanessa. The following year, she played the part of Kitty Birch in BBC's ''