Vickie Gates is a British actress who made her television acting debut in Brookside at the age of 16. After her initial storylines from 1990?1993, she joined an all-girl pop band called Dream Reality and then appeared in the TV series Springhill before returning to Brookside in 1997 for four additional years. Her television career continued with roles in City Central, Liverpool One and The Bill. She has supplemented her television work with appearances in the film The Last Straw and appearing in the Vagina Monologues. Other TV appearances have included Abbamania 2 and as the winner of Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes for ITV1. In 2013, she played Pat in the BBC comedy-drama Being Eileen. 

1974 in