birth_place article_title name birth_date
edinburgh valerie edmond
 valerie edmond 1969
valerie edmond

valerie edmond -lrb- born 1969 -rrb- is a scottish actress .
her first notable role was in `` the sunshine boys '' at the royal lyceum theatre , directed by maureen lipman , soon after she graduated from the royal scottish academy of music and drama .
lipman was sufficiently impressed to cast her again , as her secretary in an episode of the tv series `` agony again '' , and would later describe edmond as `` six foot tall , with the bones of a slav , the legs of a supermodel and the heart of a small fawn '' in her 1995 `` you can read me like a book '' .
her first leading role was the character of ashley in the bafta-nominated `` the crow road '' , the bbc scotland adaptation of the novel by iain banks .
edmond herself was nominated as best actress at the bafta scotland awards .
she would later play the lead in the award-winning `` one more kiss '' , directed by vadim jean .
