Christa Ackroyd
Birthday: Born in 1957-05-04 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
TV Credits
The Ripper
Character: Self - Halifax Courier
For five years, from 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe – and every man was a suspect....
The New Statesman
Character: Newsreader
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time....
Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper
Character: Self
Occurring from the mid-1970s to 1981, the Ripper committed 13 murders. Viewed as ritualistic in nature, they were done with extreme brutality as he mocked the police during their desperate hunt for him. The victims were primiarly prostitutes or poor girls, with a few working girls tossed in. Generally he would hit a victim on the head with a hammer, sexually assault the lady, mutilate her, and then redress/re-arrangement the clothing and cover the corpse with her own coat. ...
Bedrag
Character: TV-vært i London
'Follow the Money' is a crime drama that explores what happens to people who are corrupted by greed and ambition. The series shows viewers the complex world of economic crime that takes place in banks, the stock exchange, and in boardrooms....
I Escaped a Murderer
Character: Self - Crime Journalist
We meet the men and women who came face to face with some of the world's most notorious murderers yet escaped with their lives. Featuring extraordinary first-hand testimony from the survivors, alongside commentary from criminologists and forensic psychologists, this series shares real-life stories of abduction, torture and rescue, providing a unique insight into the behaviour of convicted killers from those who managed to escape them....
Movie Credits
Calendar Girls
Character: News Presenter
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar....
Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper
Character: Self
Occurring from the mid-1970s to 1981, the Ripper committed 13 murders. Viewed as ritualistic in nature, they were done with extreme brutality as he mocked the police during their desperate hunt for him. The victims were primiarly prostitutes or poor girls, with a few working girls tossed in. Generally he would hit a victim on the head with a hammer, sexually assault the lady, mutilate her, and then redress/re-arrangement the clothing and cover the corpse with her own coat....