Sophie Aldred was born in Greenwich, London, and brought up in nearby Blackheath. After leaving school, she attended Manchester University, where she took a degree in drama. From university she sang in working men's clubs to obtain her Equity Card, then worked in a children's theatre, appearing in a fringe show, "Underground Men," at a pub theatre in London to get an agent, followed by more children theatre. She was appearing in "Fiddler on the Roof" with Topol in Manchester when she landed the part of Ace. At the same time as appearing in "Doctor Who," she presented a series for young children called "Corners" and later "Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-grams," which combined her acting and music skills. She has appeared in a number of theatre productions including a tour of "Daisy Pulls it Off" in which she played the lead, and she played Marjorie Pinchwite in the 1993 West End production of "Lust," a version of "The Country Wife." In 1995 she worked for the Children's Channel on satellite and also Love Call Live for Anglia television with David 'Kid' Jensen. In 1996, she co-authored with effects designer Mike Tucker a book looking at her time in Doctor Who called "Ace!"
63 movies · 18 shows
Doctor on Display: The USA Tour 1986-1988
2025·0.0
Looking for Dursley
2024·0.0
Sophie Aldred: In Conversation
2024·0.0
Saffron
2024·0.0
Doctor on Display: Greatest Shows in the Galaxy
2024·0.0
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023·4.7
Talking Doctor Who
2023·5.0
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
2023·0.0
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 1974-1985
2023·0.0
Doctor on Display: Llangollen
2022·0.0
Doctor Who Am I
2022·4.8
Doctor on Display: Longleat
2022·0.0
Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
2022·0.0
LOCKDOWN: The Doctor Who Fans' Survival Guide
2021·7.0
Jeepers Creepers
2020·4.0
Convention Culture
2020·0.0
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020·0.0
Farewell, Sarah Jane
2020·8.8
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019·5.5
Doctor Who: The Promise
2019·7.0
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
2019·2.0
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019·0.0
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
2019·0.0
A Wizard's Tale
2018·5.8
CBeebies Presents: A Christmas Carol
2013·10.0
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013·7.8
Doctor Who Explained
2013·6.7
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013·6.7
The Search for Simon
2013·5.0
Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
2012·4.0
Thriller Theater!
2011·8.0
Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig
2011·5.3
Now, Get Out of That
2008·0.0
Doctor Who: Endgame
2007·0.0
The Story of Doctor Who
2003·8.0
The Megeve Experiment
2002·10.0
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002·8.7
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001·0.0
Mindgame Trilogy
1999·5.5
Lust in Space
1998·9.0
Mindgame
1998·4.9
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998·8.5
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996·8.0
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995·7.0
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995·0.0
Character Building
1995·0.0
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1994·6.4
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994·7.2
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993·4.8
Sophie’s Choice
1992·0.0
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
1992·6.5
Search Out Space
1990·8.0
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990·0.0
Doctor Who: Survival
1989·7.2
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
1989·8.4
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989·8.4
Doctor Who: Battlefield
1989·7.3
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1988·7.5
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988·7.1
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988·0.0
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
1988·8.0
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
1988·8.9
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1987·7.2