Sophie Aldred
Acting • Born 1962-08-20
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!"
Filmography
88 credits
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
Movie • 2019
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
Movie • 2019
Doctor Who Am I
Movie • 2022
Self (uncredited)
Doctor Who Explained
Movie • 2013
Self
Farewell, Sarah Jane
Movie • 2020
Ace
A Wizard's Tale
Movie • 2018
Crowd (voice)
The Search for Simon
Movie • 2013
Angela Spooner
Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig
Movie • 2011
Muck (voice)
Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
Movie • 2012
Muck
Mindgame
Movie • 1998
Human
Doctor on Display: The USA Tour 1986-1988
Movie • 2025
Host
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Movie • 1993
Ace
Vote Sil
Movie
Mistress Na
Mindgame Requiem
Movie
Human
Talking Doctor Who
Movie • 2023
Ace McShane (archive footage)
Lust in Space
Movie • 1998
Self
The Megeve Experiment
Movie • 2002
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
Movie • 2001
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Movie • 2023
Self
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Movie • 2013
Self
Doctor Who: The Promise
Movie • 2019
Ace
Doctor on Display: Llangollen
Movie • 2022
Self
Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
Movie • 2022
Self
Doctor on Display: Longleat
Movie • 2022
Self
Sophie’s Choice
Movie • 1992
Sophie
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
Movie • 1990
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 1974-1985
Movie • 2023
Self
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Movie • 1995
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Movie • 1994
Public Relations Officer
Mindgame Trilogy
Movie • 1999
Space Pilot 6927896
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
Movie • 2023
Self
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
Movie • 2019
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Movie • 1989
Ace
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
Movie • 1989
Ace
Doctor Who: Survival
Movie • 1989
Ace
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Movie • 1994
Mari
Doctor on Display: Greatest Shows in the Galaxy
Movie • 2024
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
Movie • 1987
Ace
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Movie • 1989
Ace
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Movie • 1988
Ace
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
Movie • 1988
Ace
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Movie • 1988
Ace
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
Movie • 1988
Ace
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
Movie • 1992
Girl
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
Movie • 1995
CBeebies Presents: A Christmas Carol
Movie • 2013
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Movie • 2019
Mistress Na
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
Movie • 1996
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie • 2003
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Movie • 1998
Anomaly
Movie
Thriller Theater!
Movie • 2011
Lynn Whitlam
Jeepers Creepers
Movie • 2020
Self - Fantasy Lover (voice)
LOCKDOWN: The Doctor Who Fans' Survival Guide
Movie • 2021
Presenter
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
Movie • 2020
Looking for Dursley
Movie • 2024
Self
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
Movie • 2002
Ace
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Movie • 2013
Ace (archive footage)
Search Out Space
Movie • 1990
Ace
Ace (Or, I Wanna Be Like Sophie Aldred)
Movie • 2025
Mum
Doctor Who: Endgame
Movie • 2007
Self
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Movie • 1988
Convention Culture
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Saffron
Movie • 2024
Self/Saffron
Sophie Aldred: In Conversation
Movie • 2024
Self
Now, Get Out of That
Movie • 2008
Character Building
Movie • 1995
Storyteller
Doctor Who: Thin Ice
Movie • 2013
Ace
Doctor Who: Crime of the Century
Movie • 2013
Ace
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
Movie • 2022
Ace
Doctor Who Confidential
TV • 2005
ZZZap!
TV
Space Cadets
TV • 1997
Self
Peter Rabbit
TV • 2013
Mrs. Rabbit / Flopsy / Mopsy (voice UK)
Pointless Celebrities
TV • 2011
Self
Dennis & Gnasher
TV • 2009
It's a Mystery
TV • 1996
Herself
The Shadow Play
TV • 2004
Ros
Tales of the Tardis
TV • 2023
Ace
Noddy in Toyland
TV • 2009
Bob the Builder
TV • 1999
Muck (voice)
Tree Fu Tom
TV • 2012
Tom (voice)
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
TV • 1989
English Citizens (voice)
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Ace
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
TV • 2018
Self
The Stranger
TV • 1991
The Girl
Celebrity Mastermind
TV • 2003
Self - Contestant