Acting · Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK · Born May 19, 1953
Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, singer and songwriter, screenwriter and director. Wood wrote and starred in sketches, plays, films and sitcoms, and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions, which she accompanied on piano. Wood also composed and performed the theme music for her award winning BBC sitcom Dinnerladies. Much of her humour was grounded in everyday life, and included references to popular British media and brand names of quintessentially British products. She was noted for her skills in observing culture, and in satirising social classes. She started her career in 1974 by winning the ATV talent show New Faces. It wasn't until the 1980s that she began to establish herself as a comedy star, with the award-winning television series Victoria Wood As Seen on TV and became one of Britain's most popular stand-up comics. In 1998, she wrote and starred in the (again, award-winning) sitcom Dinnerladies. In 2006, she won two BAFTA awards for her one-off drama for ITV1, Housewife, 49. Wood frequently worked with long-term collaborators Julie Walters, Duncan Preston and Celia Imrie. Victoria Wood died on 20 April 2016 after a short battle with cancer. She was 62.
MovieRik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBecoming Victoria Wood
2026
as (Archive footage)
MovieParkinson at 50
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieVictoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020
as Self
TVDinnerladies Diaries
2018
as Self (Archived Footage)
TVOur Friend Victoria
2017
as Herself - Archive
MovieDying Laughing
2017
as Self
MovieLet's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
as Self (archive material)
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
TVFungus the Bogeyman
2015
as Eve
Movie20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
2015
as Self
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014
as Self
TVA Life on Screen
2014
as Self
MovieVictoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013
as Self
TVVictoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
as Self - Contestant
TVVictoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012
MovieThe Borrowers
2011
as Granny Driver
TVCase Histories
2011
as Tracy
MovieEric & Ernie
2011
as Sadie Bartholomew
MovieEric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
as Self - Presenter / Narrator
The Angina Monologues
2010
as Herself/Jean's Friend
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009
as Self
MovieVictoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
MovieStanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008
as Self
MovieBallet Shoes
2008
as Nana
Victoria's Empire
2007
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TVMore Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006
as Self
MovieHousewife, 49
2006
as Nella Last
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
TVThe Story of Light Entertainment
2006
as Self
MovieAcorn Antiques: The Musical
2006
as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
TVHarry & Paul
2005
MovieThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
as Queen Mary II
TVQI
2003
as Self
MovieThora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self, Margaret
MovieVictoria at the Albert - Live
2002
as Herself/Various
TVDawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
MovieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Self/Various Characters
MovieDon't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
2000
as Host
TVdinnerladies
1998
as Brenda
TVParkinson
1998
as Self
MovieVictoria Wood: Live
1997
as Herself
MovieThe Wind in the Willows
1996
as The Tea Lady
MovieVictoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
1994
as Herself
MoviePat and Margaret
1994
as Margaret
MovieVictoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
MovieJulie Walters and Friends
1991
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
MovieNot Now Bernard
1991
MovieVictoria Wood: Sold Out
1991
TVVictoria Wood
1989
as Victoria
TVScreen One
1989
as Margaret
TVClive James' Postcard from
1989
as Self
MovieAn Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
MovieAcorn Antiques
1987
as Berta
TVGoing Live!
1987
as Self
MovieComedians Do It On Stage
1986
as self
MoviePersonal View: Victoria Wood
1985
as Herself
The Glass Box
1985
as Herself
TVVictoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
TVAcorn Antiques
1985
as Miss Berta
Aspel & Company
1984
Open Space
1983
TVWogan
1982
as Self
MovieThe Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self
TVWood and Walters
1982
MovieHappy Since I Met You
1981
as Voice Only (uncredited)
TVGreat Railway Journeys
1980
as Self - Presenter
MovieNearly a Happy Ending
1980
as Maureen
MovieProfiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980
as Self (Good Fun Playwright)
TVVictoria Wood Screenplays
1979
MovieTalent
1979
as Maureen
TVScreenplay
1979
as Maureen
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVThe Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
The Summer Show
1975
TVThat's Life!
1973
TVOmnibus
1967
TVJackanory
1965
as Storyteller
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Cavendish
The Talent Show Story
as Herself
