Valerie Gogan

{{short description|Scottish actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} '''Valerie Gogan''' (born {{Birth based on age as of date|23|1984|10|04|noage=1}}<ref name=EveningTimes1984>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xhc-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=MkoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3712,619294&dq=valerie-gogan&hl=en "How Valerie cracked it with Joe Egg"], ''Evening Times'', 4 October 1984.</ref>) is a Scottish actress. Gogan was born in Scotland and left Glasgow in the 1980s to train at LAMDA. She made her film debut in ''Dangerous Liaisons''. She later starred in ''One More Kiss'' and ''Heart of the High Country'',<ref name=EveningTimes1985>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2OJAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xaYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6091,3651728 "Starry eyed Val is a star"], by Malcolm Reed, ''Evening Times'', 16 November 1985.</ref> and had a major recurring role in the BBC series ''Hamish Macbeth''. She is also known for principal roles in ''Waking the Dead'', ''The Bill'', ''Doctors'' as Beth Carlyle,<ref name="Jude">{{cite web |title=Dr Jude Carlyle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/doctors/past_characters/jude_carlyle_person_page.shtml |publisher=BBC |access-date=24 July 2022 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203010528/http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/doctors/past_characters/jude_carlyle_person_page.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Peak Practice'' and ''David Copperfield''. On stage, she has worked with The Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre and in London's West End, appearing in, among others, ''A Doll's House'', ''Les liaisons dangereuses'', ''The Rehearsal'' and ''The Secret Rapture''.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

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