With so much focus on Robin and the (still!) nameless Mother, it's easy for How I Met Your Mother fans to forget about Ted's other love interests. There have been many over the years, some more memorable than others, and with the March 17 episode "Gary Blauman," viewers finally found out what happened to Ted's exes and other secondary characters. But it seems the show itself forgot a few people and one very important character in particular, leading us to wonder, what ever happened to Victoria? Show The last time we saw Victoria was this season's "Sunrise," when Ted and Robin list his five best and worst girlfriends. Robin puts Victoria at the top of the list and we find out that in his quest to find Robin's locket, Ted needed to have Victoria overnight ship it from Germany. He also reveals to Robin that she was the reason he and Victoria broke up for the second time. But a one-minute phone call from Germany isn't the same thing as knowing Victoria's future. In "Gary Blauman" it's revealed that crazy Jeanette ended up with her therapist, who happened to be Robin's ex Kevin, while Zoey kept fighting for the causes she believes in and Blah Blah's name is actually Carol. We already knew that Stella moved to Los Angeles to live happily ever after with Tony and their daughter (and got a brief glimpse at her in "Sunrise" too). And yet we have no idea what happened to Victoria, except that she somehow ended up in Germany again. It's strange, because when you think about, she's the most important of Ted's exes. They dated in HIMYM's first season, Victoria left her fiancee for Ted at the end of the seventh and they kept the relationship going through the beginning of Season 8. The show's creators even said that Victoria was the "backup mother," she would've been the mother if the show had been cancelled too soon to introduce someone else. Even though she's not actually the mother, fans still want to know where she ended up. Here are a few theories: She and Klaus SettledVictoria left Klaus at the altar for Ted, or so she thought. It turned out that he was on his way out of the church too, because while he loved Victoria, he didn't think she was the one. Maybe Klaus never found "the one," so he and Victoria were like "screw it, let's get married." Not the best love story, but hey, not everyone can have one so epic it takes nine years to explain it to their children. She Pulled a RobinMaybe Victoria and Klaus had a close, mutual friend who she fell in love with one day and that's why she went back to Germany. Now she'll marry this friend, Klaus will be his best man and hours before the wedding she'll have doubts and want to marry Klaus, only to change her mind back and go through with it. And they all lived awkwardly ever after. She'll Get with Ted when Robin DiesThere are a ton of theories about the mother dying in the future, prompting Ted to tell their kids this story. Then there's the theory that Barney will die, or that they'll both die and Ted and Robin will end up together. Why not take it a step further and have Robin die too? Then there's nothing in the way of Ted and Victoria ending up together. Maybe it was a freak accident or a contagious, deadly virus. Who knows, the finale could get really dark and reveal that Victoria engineered the whole thing. She's a Runaway Bride CoordinatorConsidering all of the things that almost went wrong, Victoria got pretty lucky when she fled her wedding. She made Ted do all the dirty work and ended on such good terms with her fiancee that he ended up staying with her and Ted until he got back on his feet. Why not share that wisdom to other doubtful women? Her cover as a baker is perfect. She can make wedding cakes and when she senses a bride's hesitation, charge them a hefty fee to help them bail. Good thing she wasn't around when Robin got cold feet. She'll Be BackWe've only spent nine years waiting for Ted to meet the mother, so I wouldn't put it past HIMYM to throw all sorts of distractions false leads into the final episode before letting the title of the show actually happen. Victoria could show up to stop Ted from messing up Robin's wedding or try to get him back since Robin is off the market. HIMYM has plenty of experience in making us wait for it, don't be surprised if Victoria is the latest stall. Images: CBS Your browser isn’t supported anymore. Update it to get the best YouTube experience and our latest features. Learn more Ashley Williams Dodson BornAshley Churchill Williams (1978-11-12) November 12, 1978 Westchester County, New York, U.S OccupationActressYears active1993–presentSpouse(s)Neal Dodson (m. 2011)Children2RelativesKimberly Williams-Paisley (sister)Brad Paisley (brother-in-law)Websiteashleywilliams.work Ashley Williams Dodson (born November 12, 1978), known as Ashley Williams, is an American actress. She is known for starring in the television series The Jim Gaffigan Show on TV Land and in the NBC series Good Morning Miami. Williams played Victoria on the CBS series How I Met Your Mother opposite Josh Radnor. She has starred in more than a dozen different television pilots over the years and done over 150 episodes of television in addition to television movies for The Hallmark Channel, Lifetime Television, and ABC Family. She has worked in studio and independent films, regional theater, Off-Broadway, and on Broadway. Early life and educationWilliams was born in Westchester County, New York, the daughter of Linda Barbara, a fundraiser for The Michael J. Fox Foundation, and Gurney Williams III, a freelance health and science writer. She is the younger sister of actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley and is sister-in-law to country music star Brad Paisley.[1][2] Williams attended Rye High School in Rye, New York. In May 2001 she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre.[3] CareerWilliams made her acting debut in a non-speaking role in the 1993 drama Indian Summer, which also featured her sister Kimberly. She then spent from 1994 to 1996 playing teenage Danielle Andropoulos on the soap opera As the World Turns. Williams starred in the television series Good Morning, Miami (2002–2004).[4] Since then she has also appeared in episodes of Psych, How I Met Your Mother, multiple episodes of E-Ring, multiple episodes of Huff, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, multiple episodes of Side Order of Life, The Mentalist, Monk, C.S.I., Royal Pains, multiple episodes of Saving Grace, Love Bites, The Protector, Retired at 35, and multiple episodes of Warehouse 13. Williams also had a guest-starring role on American Dreams, playing singer Sandie Shaw and performing Shaw's 1964 hit "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" on American Bandstand. In 2007, she starred in the Off Broadway play Burleigh Grime$[5][6] and appeared as Victoria, a cupcake baker, on six episodes of the television series How I Met Your Mother; a role she reprised in the concluding seasons of the show. In 2010, she starred in the made-for-TV Lifetime movies, Patricia Cornwell's The Front and At Risk, which premiered on the channel on April 17, 2010. She also won an on-line straw poll conducted by the How I Met Your Mother production staff as to which ex-girlfriend of Ted Mosby, the show's main character, is the fans' favorite. Her character, Victoria, won 128 to 117 over Robin Scherbatsky, with a smattering of votes for other candidates.[7] In 2011 and 2012, she played the role of Claire in a film adaptation of Something Borrowed opposite Kate Hudson, John Krasinski, and her college roommate Ginnifer Goodwin, and she also reprised her role as Victoria on How I Met Your Mother. She made her Broadway debut in John Grisham's A Time To Kill playing law student Ellen Roarke, on September 28, 2013, with the opening night on October 20, 2013. She had previously worked at the Williamstown Theater Festival, and also worked as the understudy for both Rachel Weisz and Gretchen Mol opposite Paul Rudd in the world premiere Off-Broadway production of Neil LaBute's play The Shape of Things. She performed both lead female roles multiple times during the run. In 2015 and 2016, Williams starred as a fictionalized version of comedian Jim Gaffigan's real life wife in The Jim Gaffigan Show on Comedy central, a sitcom about a couple raising their five young children in a two-bedroom New York City apartment which also starred Michael Ian Black and Adam Goldberg.[8] Personal lifeWilliams married independent film producer Neal Dodson on May 29, 2011.[9] They have two sons: Gus Williams Dodson (b. October 5, 2014)[10][11] and Odie Sal Dodson (b. May 17, 2017).[12] In the summer of 2016, Williams was two months pregnant and suffered a miscarriage.[13] She partnered with the Human Development Project to speak publicly about the experience, in hopes of reducing the stigma of miscarriage and encouraging more women to talk openly about it.[14] Williams is a certified birth doula.[15][16] Filmography
References
External links
|