Victoria Pratt

{{about|the Canadian actress|fictional character from NBC's Heroes|Victoria Pratt (Heroes)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Victoria Pratt

| image = Victoria Pratt 2010.jpg

| caption = Pratt attending the "Night of 100 Stars" for the 82nd Academy Awards viewing party in March 2010

| birth_name = Victoria Ainslie Pratt

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|12|18}}

| birth_place = Chesley, Ontario, Canada

| death_date =

| death_place =

| other_names = Vicky Pratt

| occupation = Actress, fitness model, author

| years_active = 1996–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|T. J. Scott|2000|2016|reason=divorced}}
{{marriage|Trace Adkins|2019}}

}}

Victoria Ainslie Pratt (born December 18, 1970) is a Canadian actress, author, and fitness model.

Early life

Pratt grew up in Chesley, Ontario, a self described "tomboy at heart."{{cn|date=December 2024}} She attended the kinesiology program at York University in Toronto and graduated summa cum laude.{{Cite web|title = Victoria Pratt|url=http://www.xenaville.com/cast/pratt.html|website = www.xenaville.com|access-date = November 30, 2015}} Before starting her acting career, Pratt made a notable mark in the fitness world as a performance tester, working at the York University campus with various athletes including players from the Toronto Maple Leafs and San Jose Sharks, among others.

Career

After graduating from York, Pratt met Robert Kennedy, publisher of MuscleMag, who convinced Pratt to try her hand at modelling and acting. Pratt quickly found success as a fitness model, gracing several magazine covers (including MuscleMag and Oxygen) and working alongside future WWE stars Trish Stratus and Torrie Wilson.

Pratt eventually began to land starring acting roles on television throughout the late 1990s, including Xena: Warrior Princess, Once a Thief, Cleopatra 2525 (which she starred in for two seasons),{{cite web |author=Laura Fries |url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/cleopatra-2525-1117775563/ |title=Review: 'Cleopatra 2525' |work=Variety |date=January 13, 2000 |access-date=April 23, 2016 |quote=Two female warriors, Hel (Gina Torres) and Sarge (Victoria Pratt) are part of a group fighting to reclaim the surface of the Earth.}} and Mutant X (which she starred in for three seasons).{{Cite web|title = Victoria Pratt|url = http://www.metacritic.com/person/victoria-pratt|website = Metacritic|access-date = December 30, 2015}}

Pratt made her film debut in the 1998 film titled Legacy, alongside David Hasselhoff, directed by her future husband, T. J. Scott. Pratt also starred in several independent or small made-for-TV movies during the 1990s and early 2000s.{{Cite web|title = Victoria Pratt Biography|url = http://prattpack.com/prattpackbio.htm|website = prattpack.com|access-date = November 30, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163123/http://prattpack.com/prattpackbio.htm|archive-date = December 8, 2015}}{{Cite web|title = Sci-Fi Blast From The Past - Victoria Pratt (Mutant X) - SciFiAndTvTalk|url = http://scifiandtvtalk.typepad.com/scifiandtvtalk/2012/04/sci-fi-blast-from-the-past-victoria-pratt-mutant-x.html|website = scifiandtvtalk.typepad.com|access-date = November 30, 2015|date = April 30, 2012}}{{Cite book|title = Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004: Histories, Casts and Credits for 58 Shows|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pQIDAQAAQBAJ|publisher = McFarland|date = December 10, 2008|isbn = 9780786491834|first1 = Frank|last1 = Garcia|first2 = Mark|last2 = Phillips}}

Pratt has since garnered a small cult following who recognize her large body of work as an actress in cancelled, but popular low-budget science fiction productions. There were several Tumblr fan pages and websites dedicated to Pratt.{{Cite web|title = Victoria Pratt Fan Club {{!}} Fansite with photos, videos, and more|url = http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/victoria-pratt|website = Fanpop.com|access-date = November 30, 2015}}{{Cite web|title = Victoria Pratt Fans|url = http://hellyesvictoriapratt.tumblr.com|website = hellyesvictoriapratt.tumblr.com|access-date = November 30, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208150021/http://hellyesvictoriapratt.tumblr.com/|archive-date = December 8, 2015}} AskMen called her a "butt-kicking sci-fi queen."{{Cite web|title = Victoria Pratt|url = http://ca.askmen.com/celebs/women/models_150/170_victoria_pratt.html|website = AskMen|access-date = November 30, 2015|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151208130205/http://ca.askmen.com/celebs/women/models_150/170_victoria_pratt.html |archive-date = December 8, 2015}}

Since the mid-2000s, Pratt has guest-starred on several hit TV series including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009), NCIS (2010), Lie to Me (2011), and Castle (2013). In 2006, Pratt co-starred with model Josie Moran in the film The Mallory Effect which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival. The same year Pratt starred with Taye Diggs on the ABC television series Day Break (2006),{{cite web |author=Michael Schneider |url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/pilots-making-plans-1117939611/ |title=Pilots making plans |work=Variety |date=March 12, 2006 |access-date=April 23, 2016 |quote=Victoria Pratt ("Mutant X") will star opposite Taye Diggs in ABC's "Day Break," from Touchstone TV.}} which premiered on November 15, 2006.

Pratt has continued modelling throughout her career, being named Oxygen Magazine{{'}}s "Cover Girl" in 2011.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWm0wR9lggo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/CWm0wR9lggo |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Oxygen's Original Cover Girl: Vicky Pratt|publisher=Oxygen Magazine|date=April 11, 2011|access-date=April 18, 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} She is a published author of adult fiction, her first book being Double Down.{{cite web|url=https://entangledpublishing.com/books/double-down|title=Double Down|publisher=Entangled Publishing|access-date=July 27, 2023}}

Personal life

Pratt married director and photographer T. J. Scott in 2000; they divorced in 2016.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

She divides her time between Toronto, Los Angeles, Nashville, and New Zealand. Pratt has a blue belt in Shotokan karate and is a keen kickboxer.{{cite interview|url=http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/features/houseofthedead2/pratt.asp|title=Victoria Pratt of House of the Dead 2 |work=UGO|access-date=June 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615030500/http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/features/houseofthedead2/pratt.asp|archive-date=June 15, 2011|first=Victoria|last=Pratt|interviewer=Troy Rogers}}

In her interview with Oxygen Magazine, Pratt said she enjoyed "salsa dancing, hiking in the Hollywood hills and volleyball."

On October 12, 2019, Pratt married American country singer Trace Adkins in New Orleans, Louisiana.{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/today/tdna164562|title=Blake Shelton officiated pal Trace Adkins' wedding to Victoria Pratt|last=Cappadona|first=Bryanna|work=Today|publisher=NBC|date=October 14, 2019|access-date=November 6, 2019}} Blake Shelton officiated the wedding.

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan=2\|1998 \|Whatever It Takes \|Fitness Instructor \|Uncredited{{Citation needed\|date=April 2016}}
Legacy \|Ding \|
2002 \|{{sortname\|The\|Mallory Effect\|nolink=1}} \|Jennifer \|
2005 \| House of the Dead 2 \| Lieutenant Alison Henson \|
2006 \|Comedy Hell \|Kelli \|
rowspan=2\|2007 \|What Love Is \|Sara \|
Brotherhood of Blood \|Carrie Rieger \|
2011 \|Your Love Never Fails \|Anne Marie \|Direct to video
rowspan=5\|2012 \|Soda Springs \|Shelly \|
Gabe the Cupid Dog \|Marsha \|
Away \| \|
Christmas Twister \|Addison \|
Dracano \|Carla Simms \|
rowspan=4\|2014 \|Death Valley \|Jamie Dillen \|
Vespucci \| \|
La Migra \|Special Agent Dunthorpe \|
data-sort-value="Virginian, The" \| The Virginian \|Molly West \|Direct to video
rowspan=2\|2015 \|Into Dangerous Territory \|Mia Martin \|
June \|Lily Anderson \|
rowspan=3\|2016 \|data-sort-value="Last Heist, The" \| The Last Heist \|Pascal \|
Cops and Robbers \|Cheryl \|
Flight 192 \|Michelle Taylor \|
2017 \|Lazer Team 2 \|Major Kilborne \|
2018 \|My Daughter is Innocent \|Lisa Mitchell \|
2021 \|Apache Junction \|Christine Williams \|
2022 \|Desperate Riders \|Carol
2023 \|Among Wolves \|Elizabeth \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=2|1998

|Whatever It Takes

|Fitness Instructor

|Uncredited{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}

Legacy

|Ding

2002

|{{sortname|The|Mallory Effect|nolink=1}}

|Jennifer

2005

| House of the Dead 2

| Lieutenant Alison Henson

2006

|Comedy Hell

|Kelli

rowspan=2|2007

|What Love Is

|Sara

Brotherhood of Blood

|Carrie Rieger

2011

|Your Love Never Fails

|Anne Marie

|Direct to video

rowspan=5|2012

|Soda Springs

|Shelly

Gabe the Cupid Dog

|Marsha

Away

Christmas Twister

|Addison

Dracano

|Carla Simms

rowspan=4|2014

|Death Valley

|Jamie Dillen

Vespucci

La Migra

|Special Agent Dunthorpe

data-sort-value="Virginian, The" | The Virginian

|Molly West

|Direct to video

rowspan=2|2015

|Into Dangerous Territory

|Mia Martin

June

|Lily Anderson

rowspan=3|2016

|data-sort-value="Last Heist, The" | The Last Heist

|Pascal

Cops and Robbers

|Cheryl

Flight 192

|Michelle Taylor

2017

|Lazer Team 2

|Major Kilborne

2018

|My Daughter is Innocent

|Lisa Mitchell

2021

|Apache Junction

|Christine Williams

2022

|Desperate Riders

|Carol

2023

|Among Wolves

|Elizabeth

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1997 \| Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother \| rowspan=3\|Jackie Janczyk \| rowspan=2\|Television film
rowspan=3\|1998 \| Once a Thief: Family Business
Once a Thief \| Recurring role, 8 episodes
Xena: Warrior Princess \|Cyane \|Episodes: "Adventures in the Sin Trade: Parts 1 and 2"
1999 \|Forbidden Island \|Wilkes \|Episode: "Pilot"
rowspan=2\|2000 \|First Wave \|Claire Wilson \|Episode: "Tomorrow"
Blacktop \|Charlie \|TV movie
2000–2001 \|Cleopatra 2525 \|Rose 'Sarge' \|Main role, 28 episodes
2001–2004 \|Mutant X \|Shalimar Fox \|Main role, 66 episodes
rowspan=3\|2005 \|Hush \|Callie \|rowspan=5\|TV movie
Mayday \|Simms
Murder at the Presidio \|Cpl. Tara Jeffries
rowspan=2\|2006 \|Her Fatal Flaw \|Laney Hennessey
Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep \|Nicole
2006–2007 \|Day Break \|Andrea Battle \|Main role, 13 episodes
rowspan=2\|2007 \|Ghost Whisperer \|Prof. Claudia Pollili \|Episode: "Double Exposure"
Hush Little Baby \|Jamie \|rowspan=2\|TV movie
rowspan=3\|2008 \|Journey to the Center of the Earth \|Martha Dennison
Moonlight \|Dee Dee Dwight \|Episode: "Fated to Pretend"
Life \|Diane Graham \|Episode: "Badge Bunny"
rowspan=3\|2009 \|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation \|Carla Banks \|Episode: "The Grave Shift"
Fear Itself \|Robbie Collins \|Episode: "The Circle"
Cold Case \|Vanessa Quarterman \|Episode: "Mind Games"
rowspan=2\|2010 \|NCIS \|Tiffany \|Episode: "Jet Lag"
Mongolian Death Worm \|Alicia \|TV movie
2011 \|Lie to Me \|Lily \|Episode: "Rebound"
2012 \|data-sort-value="Nanny's Revenge, A" \| A Nanny's Revenge \|Brynn Randall \|TV movie
2013 \|Castle \|Jane Garrison/Leann Piper \|Episode: "Significant Others"
2014-2019 \|Heartland \|Casey McMurtry \|Recurring role, 25 episodes
2014 \|data-sort-value="Daughter's Nightmare, A" \| A Daughter's Nightmare \|Dana Morgan \|TV movie
rowspan=3\|2015 \|Hawaii Five-0 \|Mrs. Harper \|Episode: "Ka'Alapahi Nui (Big Lie)"
Patient Killer \|Victoria Wrightmar \|rowspan=4\|TV movie
data-sort-value="Date to Die For, A" \| A Date to Die For \|Laura Armstrong
rowspan=2\|2016 \|Campus Caller \|Detective Victoria Duncan
Turbulence \|Michelle Taylor
2018 \|Caught \|Doloris Patterson \|Miniseries
2019 \|Hudson and Rex \| Lori Shciff \|"The Woods Have Eyes"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1997

| Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother

| rowspan=3|Jackie Janczyk

| rowspan=2|Television film

rowspan=3|1998

| Once a Thief: Family Business

Once a Thief