[1] Victoria Hawkins was born in Gateshead, in the northeastern part of England whose residents are often called "Geordies.
[1] Her first acting job was in BBC's Byker Grove, a teen drama set in a Geordie youth club.
[1] She joined the show at the age of fifteen, playing a tomboy and disc jockey named Claire.
[4] She also appeared in ITV's Steel River Blues, a fire-fighting drama set in North Yorkshire, which played for a single season, in 2004.
In 2019, under the name Victoria Temperley, she was cast in a leading role for gangster drama Moreland's Firm.