ACTRESS VICTORIA BROOM CHATS TO ROXY BOURDILLON ABOUT LGBT REPRESENTATION, MARCELLA AND #METOO

PHOTOS ANDREW EDGECUMBE

HAIR AND MAKE-UP JOHN CHRISTOPHER

STYLIST JACQUIE ALLMOND

LOCATION THE UNION CLUB, SOHO

VICTORIA WEARS UNIQUE CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES SOURCED FROM QUEEN STORE,

175 PORTOBELLO ROAD, LONDON 07973 171 477

It’s a scorching day at Pride In London and feminist rock legends BETTY are playing Leicester Square. When the crowd recognises the opening bars of The L Word’s theme song (“talking, laughing, loving, breathing” – feel free to sing along) they lose their collective minds. Then Victoria Broom starts dancing onstage with Rachel Shelley, aka Helena freaking Peabody, and it’s clear; the party has officially started.

“I’VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN WOMAN”

Looking back now, it seems fitting that Victoria was involved in such an instantly iconic, spectacularly queer moment. Flash-forward seven months and her acting career is in ascendence. She’s winning plum roles and coveted awards left, right and centre-stage. You may know her best as wild child Fran in the much-lauded lesbian web series, Different For Girls – the part which earned her the title of Diversity In Media Rising Star and the DIVA Choice Award. “I had a lot of really lovely responses. People really cared for Fran”, she smiles fondly when we meet for our cover shoot at a cosy members’ club in Soho. The glamorous starlet is in her element as she peruses the rack of vintage treasures, pondering which ensemble will best set off her dramatic, Pre-Raphaelite hair.