Victoria Willing

{{Short description|British actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Victoria Willing | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1959}} | birth_name =  | birth_place = Marylebone, Central London, England, United Kingdom | occupation = Actress | years_active = | spouse =  | partner =  | father = Victor Willing | mother = Paula Rego | children = 1 | relatives = Nick Willing (brother) }} '''Victoria C. Willing''' (born 1959)<ref>Victoria C. Willing, born Marylebone, Q4 1959. Mother's maiden name: De Figueiroa Rego. ''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007''</ref> is a British actress known for her work on ''The Inbetweeners'' and various Jim Henson Company productions.<ref>Citations: * {{Cite web|url=https://www.justvoicesagency.com/voice/victoria-willing|title=Victoria Willing|website=Just Voices Agency|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808011441/https://www.justvoicesagency.com/voice/victoria-willing|url-status=dead}} * {{Cite web|url=https://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/1/F15420.html|title=Victoria Willing|publisher=Spotlight|access-date=31 January 2018}} * {{Cite news|url=http://theagency.co.uk/the-clients/victoria-willing/|title=Victoria Willing|work=The Agency|access-date=31 January 2018|language=en-US}} * {{Cite news|url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/169380/interview-victoria-willing-writer-spring-offensive-omnibus/|title=Interview with Victoria Willing – Writer of Spring Offensive – Omnibus|date=21 March 2017|work=London Theatre 1|access-date=31 January 2018|language=en-GB}} * {{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/spring-offensive-review-victoria-willing-has-created-a-brilliant-update-to-abigails-party-a7697346.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220817/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/spring-offensive-review-victoria-willing-has-created-a-brilliant-update-to-abigails-party-a7697346.html|archive-date=17 August 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|title=Spring Offensive review: A brilliant update on Abigail's Party|date=23 April 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=31 January 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> In January 2020, Willing appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' as Gwen Hubbard,<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Wait Problem|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dlvc|series=Doctors|series-link=Doctors (2000 TV series)|credits=Writer: Maggie Innes; Director: John Maidens; Producer: Peter Leslie Wild|network=BBC|station=BBC One|airdate=22 January 2020}}</ref> and in August 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC medical drama ''Casualty''.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Episode 42|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000m2k5|series=Casualty|series-link=Casualty (TV series)|credits=Writer: Hamish Wright; Director: Katherine Churcher; Producer: Loretta Preece|network=BBC|station=BBC One|airdate=22 August 2020}}</ref>

== Early life == In 1959, Willing was born in Marylebone, Central London to artist parents. She is the daughter of Dame Paula Rego and Victor Willing.<ref>Citations: * {{cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Ria |title=I've watched Mum suffer for her art |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/portugal/ive-watched-mum-suffer-for-her-art-nkqdckm2xk9 |access-date=7 August 2018 |work=The Sunday Times |date=4 July 2010 |language=en}} * {{Cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/paula-rego-son-discuss-unravelling-artists-tortured-life-film/|title=Paula Rego and her son discuss unravelling the artist's tortured life on film|last=Waters|first=Lowenna|date=23 March 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=31 January 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} * {{Cite news|url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/paula-rego-shares-her-secrets-with-her-son/|title=Paula Rego shares her secrets with her son|date=28 March 2017|work=Apollo Magazine|access-date=31 January 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life == Willing has a daughter, Grace Smart, a set designer born in 1993, by actor and comedian Andy Smart.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smurthwaite|first=Nick|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/designer-grace-smart-i-once-broke-into-a-theatre-at7am-to-repaint-the-stage|title=Designer Grace Smart: 'I once broke into a theatre at 7am to repaint the stage'|date=19 June 2017|work=The Stage|access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0932219}}

* {{twitter|vickwilling}}

* [https://www.thestage.co.uk/qa/actor-playwright-victoria-willing Interview for ''The Stage'']

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