Vicky Binns

Vicky Binns
Born	Victoria Jane Binns Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present
Notable work	Coronation Street
Television	Emmerdale (1999–2003) Coronation Street (2005–2010) The Mill (2013–2014)Black Mirror

Victoria “Vicky” Binns is an English actress, known for her two roles in the two veteran ITV soap operas Emmerdale and Coronation Street. She's had lead roles in notable TV dramas such Nature Boy, directed by Joe Wright, Von Trapped written by Jonathan Harvey. She was in two series of period drama The Mill as well as guests leads in Casualty and Moving On Most recently she was in Black Mirror for Netflix. She's appeared in over 20 stage productions, such as Early Doors with Craig Cash and Abigail's Party and Singing in the Rain She has worked with theatre director David Thacker on over five productions.

Her theatre credits include: Teechers and Perfect Pitch for Hull Truck Theatre, Alfie, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Winter's Tale, Singing in the Rain, Early Doors, and Abigail's Party

Binns's first major TV role was in Nature Boy, alongside Lee Ingleby and Mark Benton. She then went on to join the ITV soap Emmerdale playing the part of Ollie Reynolds for four years from 1999 to 2003. In 2004, she played alongside Caroline Quentin in Comedy Drama Von Trapped after which Binns joined the cast of Coronation Street playing Molly Compton, later Dobbs. In May 2010, Binns announced that she would be leaving Coronation Street. Binns said "'It's been a joy to be involved in such a fantastic storyline and it is only right that it has the explosive ending viewers are waiting for. I am very excited about playing out the rest of this plot and indeed about what the future holds. I've had an amazing time in the show and feel it's right to leave on such a high."^[1]

On 9 December 2010, at the climax of a live episode of Coronation Street, her character Molly dies from injuries sustained in the tram crash to mark the show's 50th anniversary.^[2] Comforted by her ex-lover's wife Sally Webster (played by actress Sally Dynevor)

Binns is the voice of animation 'Susie Pugh' and has gone on to play a guest lead in Casualty for the BBC and True Crime for ITV and Moving On BBC. She appeared in both series of period drama The Mill for Channel 4. She has toured the West End production of Singin' in the Rain, as antagonist Lina Lamont.^[3][4] Her other theatre credits include J.B. Priestley's I've been here before at the Jermyn Street Theatre; Hatched and Dispatched at The Park Theatre; To Kill a Mocking Bird directed by Elizabeth Newman;^[4] and The Winters Tale directed for the second time by David Thacker. Her latest theatre role has seen her play the part of pub regular June in Early Doors alongside Craig Cash and Phil Mealey who also wrote the series.^[4]

Year	Title	Type	Role	Notes
1998–1999	Children's Ward	TV	Tash	Series regular
1999–2003	Emmerdale	TV	Ollie Reynolds	Series regular, 241 episodes
2000	Nature Boy	TV	Anne-Marie	Credited as Victoria Binns
2004	Von Trapped	TV	Tammy-Jade	TV movie
2005–2010	Coronation Street	TV	Molly Dobbs	Series regular, 452 episodes
2011	Casualty	TV	Angela Simmons	1 episode: "Sanctuary"
2012	Crime Stories	TV	Cathy Foster	1 episode
2013–2014	The Mill	TV	Martha	Regular role
2016	Moving On	TV	Chris Howley	1 episode
2018	Doctors	TV	Sue MacKenzie	1 episode
2023	Black Mirror	TV	Julie	1 episode

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