Victoria Smurfit

Victoria Smurfit is an Irish actress who came to prominence as Orla O'Connell in the BBC series Ballykissangel, a part she played from 1998 to 1999. From 2003 to 2009 she led the ITV police procedural Trial & Retribution as Detective Chief Inspector Roisin Connor, and her film work includes Bulletproof Monk (2003) and Deadly Cuts (2021), in which she played Pippa. On television she appeared in an episode of Agatha Christie's Marple in 2011, played Lady Jayne Wetherby in NBC's Dracula in 2013, and took the recurring role of Cruella de Vil in Once Upon a Time, earning a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 13th IFTA Film and Drama Awards in 2016. She also made a guest appearance on the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi, and in 2022 she played Olivia Foyle in Bloodlands, followed by Maud O'Hara in Rivals in 2024.