Vicky McClure

Vicky McClure
McClure at the London premiere of Svengali, March 2014
Born	Vicky Lee McClure (1983-05-08) 8 May 1983 (age 33) Wollaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Residence	Nottingham, England
Alma mater	Central Junior Television Workshop
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1999–present
Awards	RTS Best Actress 2011, Best Television Actress (BAFTA) 2011

Vicky Lee McClure (born 8 May 1983) is an English actress best known for her roles in the films of director Shane Meadows where she played the title character's sister Ladine in A Room for Romeo Brass (1999), and featured in Meadows's successful project and spin offs, This Is England (2006), This is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011) and This Is England '90 (2015). On television she is known for her work as Detective Sergeant Kate Fleming in the BBC series Line of Duty and Karen White in ITV's Broadchurch. Her other film roles include Filth and Wisdom (2008), Hummingbird (2013), and Svengali (2013) as well as co-starring in BBC's The Replacement spin-off (2017).

McClure won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress for This is England '86 in 2011.

McClure was born in Wollaton, Nottingham, and educated at the Fernwood Comprehensive School. She also attended the Central Junior Television Workshop where she was spotted by fellow Nottingham-born actress Samantha Morton who helped launch her career.

McClure has worked on the This is England films for a period of over 9 years, portraying the role of Frances Lorraine "Lol" Jenkins. In an April 2007 interview with Time Out, McClure spoke of Meadows approaching her for the role while she was in a pub with Andrew Shim. She described the making of the film, which was highly improvised, as "constant laughing and jokes". In 2011, her performance as Frances Lorraine "Lol" Jenkins in This is England '86 won her the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress and the Royal Television Society Award for Best Actress.