Sophie Aldred
ActingSophie 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!"
Known For
Doctor on Display: The USA Tour 1986-1988
Host
A Wizard's Tale
Crowd (voice)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
Doctor Who Am I
Self (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
Ace
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Ace
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
Ace
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
Jeepers Creepers
Self - Fantasy Lover (voice)
Talking Doctor Who
Ace McShane (archive footage)
Filmography — Acting
Doctor on Display: The USA Tour 1986-1988
Host
A Wizard's Tale
Crowd (voice)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
Doctor Who Am I
Self (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
Ace
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Ace
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
Ace
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
Jeepers Creepers
Self - Fantasy Lover (voice)
Talking Doctor Who
Ace McShane (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Survival
Ace
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
Ace
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Ace
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Public Relations Officer
Doctor Who Explained
Self
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Ace
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
Ace
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Ace (archive footage)
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Ace
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Mistress Na
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
Ace
The Search for Simon
Angela Spooner
Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
Muck
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
Ace
The Story of Doctor Who
Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig
Muck (voice)
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
CBeebies Presents: A Christmas Carol
Mindgame Trilogy
Space Pilot 6927896
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
LOCKDOWN: The Doctor Who Fans' Survival Guide
Presenter
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Ace
Mindgame Requiem
Human
Character Building
Storyteller
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Doctor Who: Thin Ice
Ace
Mindgame
Human
Thriller Theater!
Lynn Whitlam
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Mari
Anomaly
Lust in Space
Self
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
Girl
Vote Sil
Mistress Na
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
Ace (Or, I Wanna Be Like Sophie Aldred)
Mum
Convention Culture
Narrator (voice)
The Megeve Experiment
Search Out Space
Ace
Looking for Dursley
Self
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
Now, Get Out of That
Farewell, Sarah Jane
Ace
Doctor Who: Crime of the Century
Ace
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
Self
Doctor Who: Endgame
Self
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 1974-1985
Self
Doctor on Display: Greatest Shows in the Galaxy
Saffron
Self/Saffron
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
Doctor on Display: Longleat
Self
Doctor Who: The Promise
Ace
Doctor on Display: Llangollen
Self
Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
Self
Sophie Aldred: In Conversation
Self