Victoria Myers (born 5 February 1976) is an English actress, known for her role asDS Lisa Swain on theITV1 soap operaCoronation Street. As well as her role on the soap, she appeared in various television series includingThe Five (2016),Age Before Beauty (2018),Ackley Bridge (2019) andThe Long Shadow (2023).

Vicky Myers was born on 5 February 1976 inStockport,Greater Manchester.^[1][2] She grew up as the daughter ofpublicans and after graduating from school, she began working in telesales. She also experienced working as a cleaner, a waitress and a barmaid.^[3] Aged 20, Myers got married and the pair later had a daughter together.^[4] Myers stated that she had always wanted to act, and whilst holding her daughter, she wanted to be able to tell her that she had made her dreams come true. She contacted an acting and modelling agency from ayellow pages book and got signed.^[3]

In 2010, Myers and her then-husband got divorced in what she described as a "quite down, bitter and vengeful" time for her.^[5] That same year, Myers took her nephew to the GP for a check-up since he suffers from a heart condition. The doctor noticed a mark on her calf; within five days, Myers was in hospital and was diagnosed withskin cancer. She took a break from acting for two years to work in a casting office.^[2] After treatment and reconstructive surgery, she returned to acting.^[6]

Myers' first role was as a nurse in theITV1 soap operaCoronation Street in 1998. She acted alongsideDenise Welch andPhilip Middlemiss whilst filmingDes Barnes' (Middlemiss) death scenes. She has said that to watch Welch act out grief was incredible and that "money can't buy that kind of experience".^[3] She appeared in two subsequent roles inCoronation Street, in 2007 and 2010.^[7] Then in 2016, she was cast in her breakthrough role, as Selena Callaway inThe Five, aBBC miniseries.^[5] In 2018, she starred in the BBC drama seriesAge Before Beauty as Heidi Regan.^[8] To research the role of a beautician, she went to a salon for a lash lift and asked to sit and listen to the conversations.^[9]

In 2019, Myers appeared in theChannel 4 school drama seriesAckley Bridge asDebbie Gartside, the mother of established characterKacey 'Spud' Gartside (Zara Salim).^[10] Then in 2021, she returned toCoronation Street in the recurring role ofDS Lisa Swain, as well as making guest appearances inUnforgotten andCasualty.^[11] Two years later, she starred inThe Long Shadow, an ITV true crime drama series.^[12] In 2024, due to a positive reception to her character, Myers was promoted to a regular cast member onCoronation Street, with her character being given high-profile storylines, as well the soap writing in a daughter,Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin).^[13] For her role, she won Best Soap Newcomer at the 2024 I Talk Telly Awards.^[14]

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