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Adebisi Victoria M Ekanoye (born 11 December 1981), known professionally as Victoria Ekanoye is an English actress. She is known for playing Angie Appleton in the
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''. She has also played Rachel in '' The Royals'', and has appeared in '' The Chase: Celebrity Special'', '' The Big Quiz'' and '' The X Factor: Celebrity''. She also appeared in series two of ''
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'' as Kate Bennett. In 2022 she appeared in the fourth episode of Series 11 of the
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crime drama series, '' Death in Paradise'', as Miranda Priestley.


Personal life

Ekanoye has
sickle cell anaemia Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of blood disorders typically inherited from a person's parents. The most common type is known as sickle cell anaemia. It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blo ...
. On 8 November 2021, Ekanoye announced that she had been diagnosed with
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* Actresses from Greater Manchester Black British actresses English people of Nigerian descent English soap opera actresses Living people People from Bury, Greater Manchester 1981 births People with sickle-cell disease {{UK-screen-actor-stub