RTE.ie | Billie Piper lands her first lead role RTE.ie - 'Doctor Who' star Billie Piper has landed her first lead role, playing a Victorian heroine in a new BBC drama. The 23-year-old actress is set to star in an adaptation of Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart stories. TV 'face' Billie eclipses her ex Rejuvenated Billie Piper to star in Pullman TV drama |