Victoria Atkin

Victoria Atkin is an English 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 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.

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.