
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!"

The Megeve Experiment

CBeebies Presents: A Christmas Carol

Noddy in Toyland

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

Farewell, Sarah Jane

It's a Mystery

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

Doctor Who Explained

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Doctor Who Confidential

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol

Thriller Theater!

Search Out Space

The Stranger

Doctor Who

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Doctor Who: Survival

チップとデールの大作戦

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

ZZZap!

Doctor Who: Battlefield

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

Doctor Who: The Promise

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

LOCKDOWN: The Doctor Who Fans' Survival Guide

Pointless Celebrities

Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans

Celebrity Mastermind

Bob the Builder

Peter Rabbit

A Wizard's Tale

Dennis & Gnasher

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

Tree Fu Tom

Tales of the Tardis

Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig

The Search for Simon

Talking Doctor Who

Doctor Who Am I

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Mindgame

Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time

Mindgame Trilogy

Jeepers Creepers

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years

Doctor on Display: The USA Tour 1986-1988

Mindgame Requiem

Lust in Space

ReUNITed

Doctor on Display: Llangollen

Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi

Doctor on Display: Longleat

Sophie’s Choice

The PanoptiCon Tapes V

Doctor on Display: Blackpool 1974-1985

The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans

Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2

The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years

Doctor on Display: Greatest Shows in the Galaxy

The Stranger: More Than a Messiah

I Was a Doctor Who Monster!

The Story of Doctor Who

Anomaly

Behind the Sofa - Season 14

Looking for Dursley

Ace (Or, I Wanna Be Like Sophie Aldred)

Doctor Who: Endgame

The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

Convention Culture

Saffron

Sophie Aldred: In Conversation

Now, Get Out of That

Doctor Who: Thin Ice

Doctor Who: Crime of the Century

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa