Isabel Hodgins

{{Short description|English actress (born 1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox person | image = | caption = Isabel Hodgins as [[Victoria Sugden]] (2012) | name = Isabel Hodgins | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|11|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Eccles, Greater Manchester]], England<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/isabel-is-the-new-vic-in-top-tv-1046232.amp|title=Isabel is the new Vic in top TV soap|date=5 October 2006|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref> | years_active = 2006–present | occupation = Actress | children = 1 | spouse = {{marriage|Adam Whitehead|2025}} | education = [[Sylvia Young Theatre School]] }}

'''Isabel Hodgins''' (born 23 November 1993) is an English actress, known for playing [[Victoria Sugden]] in the [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'' from 2006.

==Career== Hodgins made an appeal in the ''[[Salford Advertiser]]'' for funding to allow her to spend a year at [[Sylvia Young Theatre School]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Help Isobels Piper Dreams |first=Rebecca |last=Eames |date=2 June 2005 |newspaper=[[Salford Advertiser]] |url=http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/148/148639_help_isobels_piper_dream.html |access-date=1 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061129101104/http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/148/148639_help_isobels_piper_dream.html |archive-date=29 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2006, the production team behind the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] soap ''[[Emmerdale]]'' decided to replace the established character of [[Victoria Sugden]] with a more mature actress. The character of Victoria had been in the show since 1994 and had been played by [[Jessica Haywood]] (1994–1998) and [[Hannah Midgley]] (1998–2006). In an attempt to change the character, it was decided that the role should be re-cast. Then 12-year-old Hodgins secured the role and began filming on 21 August 2006. Her first episode aired on 12 October 2006.<ref name="Isabel is the new Vic in top TV soap">{{cite news |title=Isabel is the new Vic in top TV soap |first=Kathryn |last=Ryan |date=2007-09-28 |newspaper=[[Salford Advertiser]] |url=http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/218/218397_isabel_is_the_new_vic_in_top_tv_soap.html |access-date=2022-09-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928014421/http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/218/218397_isabel_is_the_new_vic_in_top_tv_soap.html |archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref>

==Awards== Hodgins was nominated for 'Best Newcomer' at the [[TV Choice]] and [[TV Quick]] awards in 2007.

Hodgins was also nominated for the 'Spectacular Scene of the Year' award at the [[British Soap Awards]] 2007 for the scene where Victoria and [[Billy Hopwood]] were involved in a truck crash. The car crashed into a lake and sank. ''Emmerdale'' won the award, but for a different storyline – the infamous show home explosion story from July 2006.

In 2008, she was nominated for 'Best Young Actress' at the [[Inside Soap Awards|''Inside Soap'' Awards]].

On 4 May 2009, it was revealed that Hodgins had been shortlisted in the 'Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress' category at the [[British Soap Awards]]. She was up against [[Maisie Smith]], [[Ellis Hollins]] and [[Alex Bain (actor)|Alex Bain]]. Hodgins lost out to Maisie Smith but won the 'Spectacular Scene of the Year' award at the [[British Soap Awards]] for the scene when her ''[[Emmerdale]]'' character Victoria fell through ice onto a lake and discovered a dead body.

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