Victoria Atkin is a British actress who has played roles in Extinct, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, and Hollyoaks, the last of which she has won several awards for in her portrayal of Jason Costello.
Early years and education Atkin attended Fernhill School and Language College, and Farnborough Sixth Form College, studied Dance and Theatre Performance at The University of Chichester in 2008, and took a postgraduate course in Musical Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2009.
Career Originally training as a slalom skier, Atkin landed her first major television appearance and series regular role, shortly after graduating from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in Swiss Cottage in London.
She was cast as the first fictional transgender teenager on British television, completing 134 episodes in the role in the series Hollyoaks and Hollyoaks Later. Atkin's portrayal of her character Jasmine/Jason Costello, increased awareness for transgender people in the media. Atkin visited Downing Street and met with Prime Minister David Cameron as well as working with Channel 4 executives and Hollyoaks costar Kieron Richardson to sign a memorandum of understanding to accurately portray transgender people in the media. Atkin was nominated and won various awards for Best Actress in this role.
From this, she has gone on to play a host of characters in multiple television shows in the UK and USA including the female lead, Feena in original sci-fi television series Extinct. In addition to her work theatrically Atkin is frequently cast in performance capture and voiceover projects, including playable lead Evie Frye in the Assassin's Creed video game franchise. She is the host and producer of iTunes podcast The Performance Capture Podcast.
Filmography + Film roles Year Title Role Notes 2017 A Good Dream Beatrice 2017 Altitude Speedbird PA Voice role
+ Television roles Year Title Role Notes 2010–2011 Hollyoaks Jason/Jasmine Costello Main role 2010 Hollyoaks Later Jason/Jasmine Costello Main role 2012 Holby City Lainey Craig Episode: "Long Way Down" 2013 The Girl's Guide to Depravity Camilla Jones Guest role 2016 #killerpost Jenelle Potter Episode: "Payne/Potter" 2017 Extinct Feena Series Lead
+ Video game roles Year Title Role Notes 2015 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate Evie Frye Full performance capture 2017 Horizon Zero Dawn Sekuli & Mailen The Frozen Wilds expansion 2017 Middle-earth: Shadow of War Humans 2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Void Elf 2018 Fortnite Thora, Clip, Powerchord 2019 Crackdown 3 Agent Zaya 2019 Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Liz 2019 Smite First Mate Serqet 2020 Guardian Tales Beth 2022 Tactics Ogre: Reborn Catiua Pavel
Awards and nominations In 2011, Atkin was awarded "Best Serial Drama Performance" and "Best Newcomer" by the Transgender Television Awards, for her portrayal of Jason Costello in Hollyoaks and, the same year, Hollyoaks was awarded "Best Serial Drama" for the Jason Costello storyline.
Year Award Category Work Result 2011 TV Choice Awards Best Soap Actress Jason Costello on Hollyoaks
References
External links Official website