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Victoria Smurfit (born 1973) is an Irish actress. Smurfit gained fame for her role as Orla O`Connell in the BBC television series Ballykissangel. Since 2003 she has taken over from Kate Buffery in the lead role in Trial & Retribution as DCI Roisin Connor. She has also guest starred in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi.

She is part of the Smurfit family, one of the richest in Ireland. The family, headed by Victoria`s uncle Michael Smurfit, sponsor a number of sporting events including the Smurfit European Open and the Champion Hurdle. She was educated at two Anglican schools, Saint Columba`s College, Dublin[1] and St. George`s School, Ascot, England. She did an `A` level in theatre studies and then went to drama school in London.[2]

She married advertising executive Douglas Baxter on 29 July, 2000, and gave birth to her first child, daughter Evie Dorothy Baxter in Dublin, Ireland on 2 November 2004. A second daughter, Ridley Belle Baxter was born in May 2007.[3] Their third child and first son was born in November 2008 and named Flynn Alexander Baxter[4]

Victoria writes an opinion blog for The Dubliner (magazine), which often features anecdotes from her personal life.[5]