Sophie Aldred
Biography
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!"
Movies (67)
Doctor on Display: The USA Tour 1986-1988
2025
Ace (Or, I Wanna Be Like Sophie Aldred)
2025
Looking for Dursley
2024
Sophie Aldred: In Conversation
2024
Saffron
2024
Doctor on Display: Greatest Shows in the Galaxy
2024
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
Talking Doctor Who
2023
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
2023
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 1974-1985
2023
Doctor on Display: Llangollen
2022
Doctor Who Am I
2022
Doctor on Display: Longleat
2022
Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
2022
LOCKDOWN: The Doctor Who Fans' Survival Guide
2021
Jeepers Creepers
2020
Convention Culture
2020
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020
Farewell, Sarah Jane
2020
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
Doctor Who: The Promise
2019
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
2019
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
2019
A Wizard's Tale
2018
CBeebies Presents: A Christmas Carol
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
Doctor Who: Thin Ice
2013
Doctor Who: Crime of the Century
2013
Doctor Who Explained
2013
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
The Search for Simon
2013
Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
2012
Thriller Theater!
2011
Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig
2011
Now, Get Out of That
2008
Doctor Who: Endgame
2007
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
The Megeve Experiment
2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
Mindgame Trilogy
1999
Lust in Space
1998
Mindgame
1998
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1994
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
Sophie’s Choice
1992
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
1992
Search Out Space
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
Doctor Who: Survival
1989
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
1989
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
Doctor Who: Battlefield
1989
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1988
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
1988
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
1988
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1987
Mindgame Requiem
Anomaly
TV Shows (17)
Tales of the Tardis
2023
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
Peter Rabbit
2013
Tree Fu Tom
2012
Pointless Celebrities
2011
Dennis & Gnasher
2009
Noddy in Toyland
2009
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Bob the Builder
1999
It's a Mystery
1996
The Stranger
1991
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
1989
Doctor Who
1963
Doctor Who
1963
