Sophie Aldred was born in Greenwich, England and brought up in Blackhealth, South East London. 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!"
She is most famous for playing Ace, the final companion of the Doctor in the original run of the long running science fiction series "Doctor Who" .
She has two children: Adam John Henderson, born in 2000 and William Frederik Henderson in 2003.
Her son Adam Henderson played live action Tom in the BBC computer animated kids show Tree Fu Tom which Sophie provided the voice of Tom.
Russell T. Davies considered bringing back Sophie Aldred as Ace in The Sarah Jane Adventures. But, the series was canceled when its star Elisabeth Sladen died.
As of 2017, Sophie Aldred had not been asked by showrunners Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat to come back as Ace in the revived series of Doctor Who.
Like her predecessor Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred appeared in the long running BBC soap opera EastEnders which she played a character called Suzie in two episodes in 1993.
The budget for one episode of "Red Dwarf" (1988) was the,equivalent to a whole season of "Doctor Who" (1963) sadly.
They just have to be a person who has really got something different,about them. .
