Victoria Atkin

Not to be confused with Victoria Atkins or Victoria Aitken.

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.

Victoria Atkin
Atkin in 2011
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Website	VictoriaAtkin.com

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.^[1]

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 to sign a memorandum of understanding to accurately portray transgender people in the media.^{[citation needed]} 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[2]	Beatrice
2017	Altitude[3]	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[4]	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[5]
2022	Tactics Ogre: Reborn	Catiua Pavel[6]

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	Nominated