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 Vicky was born on December 18, 1970 and was raised in Chesley, Ontario, a small town north of Toronto. Even as a child she was extremely athletic and participated in such competative sports as soccer. At 15 she joined a regional track team and excelled in a wide variety of track and field events. She won a medal at the 1990 Canadian Track & Field Championships. Following high school, Vicky attended York University where she studied anatomy, biomechanics and sociology, among other disciplines, to earn a degree with honors in Kinesiology (The study of the principles of mechanics - not automotive! - and anatomy in relation to human movement). She graduated summa cum laude and went on to work at the University in its Human Performance Lab, testing such elite professional athletes as the Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets and San Jose Sharks. She was also offered a scholarship to the master's program in physiotherapy at the University of Toronto but declined, realizing she wanted to explore other interests. She soon began writing a book on fitness and bodybuilding with one of her former university professors. When it was time to buy photos for the publication, she went to Robert Kennedy, publisher of Muscle Mag, one of the largest fitness magazines, and Oxygen, a magazine dedicated to women's fitness. He was extremely impressed by her look and signed her to a long-term contract with the two magazines as a writer and fitness model. When she revealed that her ultimate goal was a career in acting, Kennedy convinced her to study and she began taking classes at the Actors Network in Toronto. Vicky soon broke into television as the on-air trainer on Go for It, The Discovery Channel series about caving, rafting and other non-traditional sports. In the show, she taught the hosts how to get in shape for their adventures. She also co-hosted Personal Edge, a fitness show that aired in Canada, before landing her first dramatic role in John Woo's Once a Thief only two days after signing with an agent in Toronto. Vicky was cast as young mob boss Jackie Janczyk, who emerged as one of the series leads shortly after the launch of the show. Broadcast initially in Canada, the action hour was subsequently licensed to Showtime, which aired her first two episodes as the television movie The Jackie Janczyk Files. In addition, Vicky has guest-starred as Cyane, Queen of the Amazons, in the two-part season premiere of Xena: Warrior Princess. She went on to land a starring role in the series pilot Forbidden Island before being cast as Sarge in Cleopatra 2525. Among her additional credits are a number of fitness videos, including Karatics: The Ultimate Workout, a project featuring karate moves, stretching and conditioning exercises that paired her up with Robert Fletcher, the North American kickboxing champion and three-time U.S.A. karate champion. Vicky is a talented young lady, no doubt about that. If you've been lucky enough to see or hear an interview with her you'd see she has a great sense of humor. She says she likes to write and has written some scripts. Comedy is the genre she likes best. Hopefully we'll see her name under the "writer" credits on future projects! In the meantime, you can catch her on the new series
Mutant X as Shalimar Fox. AND be sure to check out her monthly column
in Oxygen Magazine "Question & Answer With Vicky Pratt." Mallory Effect, The (2002) (as Vicky Pratt) ....
Jennifer "Forbidden Island" (1999) TV Series (as
Vicky Pratt) .... Wilkes **DISCLAIMER: Most of this material was obtained through search engines If anyone discovers that anything on this site is copyrighted, please notify me, and I will remove it immediately. |
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