Vivienne Rook

Vivienne Alison ‘Viv’ Rook was a businesswoman and entrepreneur. She was a familiar face on modern media, always ready with a quote.

But when she stood for Parliament and formed her own party, she began an inexorable rise to power. Adored by the pubic for speaking her mind, Viv’s policies were unclear - and nobody knew how far she‘d be prepared to go to achieve them.

History
Vivienne Rook was born in Manchester in 1964. (Episode 1)

Portrayal
Vivienne Rook is played by Emma Thompson.b

Trivia

 * Having been born in 1964, Rook is five years younger than Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959).
 * The name Vivien Rook was previously used for a character in the ' episode ', also written by Russell T Davies.