Victoria Smurfit
Victoria Smurfit was born in Dublin, Ireland on March 31st, 1974 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 50, Victoria Smurfit biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Victoria Smurfit (born 31 March 1974) is an Irish actress.
In the ITV police procedural Trial & Retribution, she is best known for playing Orla O'Connell in the BBC television series Ballykissangel and Detective Chief Inspector Roisin Connor.
Early life
Victoria Smurfit is one of Ireland's richest people, thanks to Smurfit Kappa. A number of sporting events, including the Smurfit European Open and the Champion Hurdle, are sponsored by Victoria's uncle Michael Smurfit. The family is also affiliated with University College Dublin's Smurfit Business School. (UCD). Smurfit obtained an A-level in theatre studies and then moved to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Personal life
Smurfit married advertising executive Douglas Baxter in Surrey, England, on September 29, 2000, giving birth to their first child, daughter Evie Dorothy Baxter, in Dublin, Ireland, on November 2, 2004. Ridley Belle Baxter, a second daughter, was born in May 2007. Flynn Alexander Baxter, the couple's third child, was born in November 2008 and named a boy. The family moved to Santa Monica, California, United States, in 2012. Smurfit and her husband had filed for divorce in February 2015.
She wrote an opinion blog for The Dubliner, which often featured anecdotes from her personal life, and she is a supporter of the children's charity World Vision Ireland.
Career
Smurfit gained fame for her role as Orla O'Connell in the BBC television series Ballykissangel from 1998 to 1999. She played Nina in the 2003 film Bulletproof Monk. From 2003 to 2009, Smurfit portrayed the lead role of Detective Chief Inspector Roisin Connor in the ITV police procedural Trial & Retribution. She also guest starred in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi. In 2011 Smurfit appeared in the Agatha Christie's Marple television episode "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side".
In 2013, Smurfit co-starred as Lady Jayne Wetherby in the NBC television period drama Dracula. In 2014, she began playing the recurring guest role of Cruella de Vil in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
In the run-up to shooting for her role in Homecoming, she described the film as a "mean girls for grown-ups." She played Nikki, the "head mean girl." In 2021 she played Pippa in Deadly Cuts and in 2022 played Olivia Foyle in "Bloodlands".