Vicki Pepperdine

Vicki Pepperdine
Vicki Pepperdine in May 2019
Born	(1961-07-24) 24 July 1961 London, England
Alma mater	East 15 Acting School
Occupation(s)	Actress, writer
Years active	1994–present

Vicki Pepperdine (born 24 July 1961) is an English comedy actress and writer. She was nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards for co-writing the BBC sitcom Getting On (2009–12), and was also nominated for a British Comedy Award for her portrayal of Pippa Moore in the series.

Career

Born in London, Pepperdine co-wrote and starred in the BBC Four sitcom Getting On with Jo Brand and Joanna Scanlan. Shared with Brand and Scanlan, she was nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards for Best Writing, and won two Writers' Guild of Great Britain awards, a Royal Television Society award and a British Comedy Award for her contributions to the show. For radio, she and Melanie Hudson formed the comedy duo Hudson and Pepperdine; the pair wrote and starred in BBC Radio 4's The Hudson and Pepperdine Show from 2000 onwards. Pepperdine hosts a podcast with Julia Davis, entitled Dear Joan and Jericha.

Pepperdine's parents both worked in the NHS in south-west London (partly inspiring Getting On). After studying History of Art at the University of East Anglia, and subsequently working for Help the Aged and in publishing, at the age of 27 Pepperdine applied to East 15 Acting School in Debden, because her heroine Alison Steadman had studied there.

Pepperdine has also had recurring television roles in Julia Davis's Sky Atlantic series Camping; The Woman In White for BBC One; the Channel 4 series High and Dry and The Windsors, in the last of which she played Princess Anne; the BBC Three series Together; the BBC Four sitcom Up the Women; and the comedy drama Grass. She has appeared in more than 50 TV shows, including episodes of Rev, Midsomer Murders, Still Open All Hours, New Tricks, Doc Martin, Twenty Twelve, Lovesick, frequent collaborator Julia Davis' dark comedy Nighty Night, Jack Dee's Lead Balloon, Steve Coogan's I'm Alan Partridge and Mid Morning Matters, Saxondale, and Miranda Hart's Christmas Unwrapped and Miranda. In 2014, Pepperdine played Harry Hill's housekeeper Mrs Flittersnoop in The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm on BBC One. She played the regular role of midwife Anna Nikolayevna in both series of A Young Doctor's Notebook.

Her theatre work includes the role of Mrs Candour in Deborah Warner's 2011 production of The School for Scandal at the Barbican Centre.

In 2014, she co-wrote, co-produced and starred in Puppy Love, again with Joanna Scanlan (with whom she established a production company, George and George). Pepperdine is an executive producer on HBO's adaption of Getting On, and reprised her role as Pippa Moore in the season three episode "Am I Still Me?".

In 2017 Pepperdine appeared in comedy feature Eaten by Lions alongside Antonio Aakeel and Jack Carroll, directed by Jason Wingard.

In 2018, she appeared in the Sky Atlantic sitcom Sally4Ever. She also appeared in the 2018 film Johnny English Strikes Again.

In 2019, it was announced that Pepperdine was working on a new TV show, an adaptation of Lissa Evans' comic novel Old Baggage. In that same year, she appeared as Aunt Sally in the BBC children's miniseries Worzel Gummidge.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2001	Gypsy Woman	Kate	Sheree Folkson
2002	Thunderpants	Reporter	Peter Hewitt
2003	Blackball	Henna Haired PA	Mel Smith
2016	Here Boy	Sue	Molly Manners	Short film
2017	My Cousin Rachel	Mrs. Pascoe	Roger Michell
	Goodbye Christopher Robin	Betty	Simon Curtis
	The 31st Floor	Ashley	Tiana Ghosh	Short film
	The Overcoat	The Policewoman	Patrick Myles	Short film
2018	Johnny English Strikes Again	Lydia	David Kerr
2019	Eaten by Lions	Ellen	Jason Wingard
	How to Build a Girl	Smart DSS Woman	Coky Giedroyc
2021	Falling for Figaro	Patricia	Ben Lewin
2022	We Are Not Alone	Trater	Fergal Costello
2023	Magic Mike's Last Dance	Edna Eaglebauer	Steven Soderbergh
	Poor Things	Mrs. Prim	Yorgos Lanthimos
2024	Ideomatic	Kris	Phil Dunster	Short film
TBA	Savage House	Mrs. Bennett	Peter Glanz	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Side by Side	Sandra	Series 1; episode 5
1994	The Bill	Michelle Grainger	Series 10; episode 55: "Killing Time"
1997		Linda Martins	Series 13; episode 36: "Hook, Line and Sinker"
	Dad	WPC	Series 1; episode 5: "Dadaholic"
1998	Comedy Nation	Various roles	Series 1; episodes 1–13
	The Bill	Mrs. Parker	Series 14; episode 26: "Guiding Hand"
	In the Red	Bank Manager 1	Miniseries; episode 2
	Vanity Fair	Ann Dobbin	Miniseries; episodes 4 & 5
1998–1999	How Do You Want Me?	Warren’s Wife	Series 1; episode 1, & series 2; episode 2
1999	Coming Soon	Jen	Television film
	Big Bad World	Mum in Park	Series 1; episode 5: "Happy Nappy"
	People Like Us	(unknown)	Series 1; episode 2: "The Estate Agent"
2000	Beast	Briony’s Friend	Series 1; episode 4: "Frightening Shorts"
	Rhona	Ally Elvis	Episodes 1–6
2001	Los Dos Bros	Therapist (voice)	Episodes 1–5
	World of Pub	Woman in Pub	Episode 6: "Ladies"
	Station Jim	Nurse	Television film
	Mr. Charity	Hospice Receptionist	Episode 4: "Helping People to Help Themselves"
2002	I'm Alan Partridge	Patricia Lessing	Series 2; episode 3: "Bravealan"
	TLC	Chiropodist	Episode 5: "The Wrong Leg"
2003	Grass	Lucy	Episodes 3, 6 & 8
2004	Nighty Night	Mrs. Horner	Series 1; episode 1
	My Family	Martha	Series 5; episode 8: "My Fair Charlady"
	Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures	Carlo Fisher	Television film
	Green Wing	Neighbour	Series 1; episode 9: "Emergency"
2004–2005	Doc Martin	Mrs. Richards	Series 1; episode 2: "Gentlemen Prefer" & series 2; episode 2: "In Loco"
2005	Dead Man Weds	Annouska	Episode 4
	Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps	Consultant	Series 5; episode 9: "Stot or Pronk"
2006	Pinochet in Suburbia	Interviewer	Television film
	Saxondale	Squirrel Woman	Series 1; episode 5: "Squirrels"
	The Only Boy for Me	Mrs. Anderson	Television film
	Lead Balloon	Newsagent	Series 1; episode 2: "Wayne"
2007	Holby City	Lynn Cassidy	Series 9; episode 48: "Trial and Retribution"
2009	No Signal!	(unknown)	Episode 8
2009–2012	Getting On	Dr. Pippa Moore	Series 1–3; all 15 episodes. Also co-writer
2010	Life of Riley	Miss Kennedy	Series 2; episode 3: "Nine to Five"
2011	Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge	Terri Cohen	Series 1; episodes 8, 10 & 11
	New Tricks	Madeleine Simmonds	Series 8; episode 1: "Old Fossils"
2012	Twenty Twelve	Sarah Slocombe	Series 2; episode 4: "The Rapper"
	Miranda	Eaters Anonymous Leader	Series 3; episode 1: "It Was Panning"
2012–2013	A Young Doctor’s Notebook	Anna	Series 1 & 2; all 8 episodes
2013	Chickens	Hesta	Episodes 1–4 & 6
2013, 2015	Up the Women	Gwen	Series 1 & 2; all 9 episodes
2014	Rev.	Geri Tennison	Series 3; episodes 1 & 5
	Lovesick	Doctor	Series 1; episode 1: "Abigail"
	Puppy Love	Naomi Singh	Episodes 1–6. Also co-writer & exec. producer; episode 1
	The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm	Mrs. Flittersnoop	Television film
2015	Still Open All Hours	Mrs. Dawlish	Series 1; episode 4
	Together	Lesley	Episodes 1–6
	Getting On (American version)	Dr. Pippa Moore	Season 3; episode 4: "Am I Still Me?". Also exec. producer; seasons 1–3
	Professor Branestawm Returns	Mrs. Flittersnoop	Television film
2016	Camping	Fiona	Miniseries; all 6 episodes
2016–2023	The Windsors	Princess Anne	Series 1–3; 6 episodes, & Coronation Special
2017	Midsomer Murders	Barbara Walton	Series 19; episode 2: "Crime and Punishment"
	The Educatoror	Liz Church	Miniseries; all 3 episodes: "Amstedad", "Brown Privilege" & "Poster Boy"
	Summer Comedy Shorts	Alison	Miniseries; episode 5. Also co-writer & exec. producer
2018	Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators	Penelope Pincott	Series 1; episode 2: "The Chimes at Midnight"
	The Woman in White	Mrs. Michelson	Miniseries; episodes 2–4
	High & Dry	Harriet	Episodes 1–6
	Cuckoo	Debbie	Series 4; episode 5: "Walkabout"
	The Reluctant Landlord	Head Teacher	Series 1; episodes 1 & 2: "Dirty Harry" & "Pants On Fire"
	Sally4Ever	Belinda	Episodes 3, 5 & 6
2019	Wild Bill	Broadbent	Miniseries; episodes 1, 4 & 6
	Defending the Guilty	Beth	Episode 3
2019, 2021	Worzel Gummidge	Aunt Sally	Series 1; episode 1, & series 2; episodes 1 & 3
2020	The Trouble with Maggie Cole	Karen Saxton	Episodes 1–6
2020, 2022	We Hunt Together	DSI Susan Smart	Series 1 & 2; all 12 episodes
2021	Dinosaur	Diana	Television short film
2022	Murder, They Hope	Sandra	Series 2; episode 1: "Can't See the Blood for the Trees"
2022–2024	Bad Education	Bernadette Hoburn	Series 4 & 5; 14 episodes
2023	A Small Light	Gerdi Lange	Miniseries; episode 2: "Welcome to Switzerland"
	The Madame Blanc Mysteries	Lydia	Series 3; episode: "Christmas Special"
2024	The Cleaner	Caroline	Series 3; episode 2: "The Baby"
2025	Death Valley	Annie Treadway	Episode 2

External links

• Vicki Pepperdine at IMDb