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!"

Filmography

• 2025Doctor on Display: The USA Tour 1986-1988 — Host
• 2024Doctor on Display: Greatest Shows in the Galaxy
• 2024Saffron — Self/Saffron
• Tales of the Tardis — Ace
• 2023Talking Doctor Who — Ace McShane (archive footage)
• 2021LOCKDOWN: The Doctor Who Fans' Survival Guide — Presenter
• 2020Behind the Sofa - Season 14
• 2020Convention Culture — Narrator (voice)
• 2020Farewell, Sarah Jane — Ace
• 2019Doctor Who: The Promise — Ace
• 2019Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor — Mistress Na
• Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor — Mistress Na
• 2019The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
• 2019The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
• 2019The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
• 2018A Wizard's Tale — Crowd (voice)
• 2013CBeebies Presents: A Christmas Carol
• 2013Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS — Ace (archive footage)
• Peter Rabbit — Mrs. Rabbit / Flopsy / Mopsy (voice UK)
• 2013The Search for Simon — Angela Spooner
• 2012Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time — Muck
• Tree Fu Tom — Tom (voice)
• 2011Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig — Muck (voice)
• 2011HiT Favorites: Friends and Family — Muck (voice)
• 2011HiT Favorites: Preschool Fun — Muck (voice) (uncredited)
• 2011HiT Favorites: Sweet Dreams — Muck (voice)
• 2011Thriller Theater! — Lynn Whitlam
• Dennis & Gnasher
• Noddy in Toyland
• 2008Now, Get Out of That
• Doctor Who Confidential
• The Shadow Play — Ros
• 2003The Story of Doctor Who
• 2002Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time — Ace
• 2002The Megeve Experiment
• 2001ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
• Bob the Builder — Muck (voice)
• 1999Mindgame Trilogy — Space Pilot 6927896
• 1998Mindgame — Human
• 1998Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
• 1996I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
• 1995Character Building — Storyteller
• 1995The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
• 1995The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
• 1994PROBE: The Zero Imperative — Public Relations Officer
• 1994Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans — Mari
• 1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time — Ace
• ZZZap!
• 1992Sophie’s Choice — Sophie
• 1992The Stranger: More Than a Messiah — Girl
• The Stranger — The Girl
• 1990Search Out Space — Ace
• 1990The PanoptiCon Tapes V
• Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers — English Citizens (voice)
• 1989Doctor Who: Battlefield — Ace
• 1989Doctor Who: Ghost Light — Ace
• 1989Doctor Who: Survival — Ace
• 1989Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric — Ace
• 1988Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks — Ace
• 1988Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis — Ace
• 1988Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy — Ace
• 1988Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol — Ace
• 1988The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
• 1987Doctor Who: Dragonfire — Ace
• Doctor Who — Ace
• Anomaly
• Mindgame Requiem — Human
• Vote Sil — Mistress Na

Appearances as themselves (19)

• 2024Looking for Dursley — Self
• 2024Sophie Aldred: In Conversation — Self
• 2023Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals — Self
• 2023Doctor on Display: Blackpool 1974-1985 — Self
• 2023Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2 — Self
• 2022Doctor Who Am I — Self (uncredited)
• 2022Doctor on Display: Llangollen — Self
• 2022Doctor on Display: Longleat — Self
• 2022Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi — Self
• 2020Jeepers Creepers — Self - Fantasy Lover (voice)
• Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa — Self
• 2013Doctor Who Explained — Self
• 2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot — Self
• Pointless Celebrities — Self
• 2007Doctor Who: Endgame — Self
• Celebrity Mastermind — Self - Contestant
• 1998Lust in Space — Self
• Space Cadets — Self
• It's a Mystery — Herself