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Georgia Tennant
Tennant at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Georgia Elizabeth Moffett

(1984-12-25) 25 December 1984 (age 39)
Hammersmith, London, England
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States[1][2]
EducationSt Edward's School, Oxford
Occupation(s)Actress, producer
Years active1999–present
Spouse
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(m. 2011)​
Children5, including Ty
Parents
Relatives

Georgia Elizabeth Tennant (née Moffett; born 25 December 1984) is an English actress and producer. She played Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon's daughter Abigail in The Bill,[3] Jenny in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter" and Lady Vivian in the show Merlin.

Early life

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Tennant was born on Christmas Day at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith, west London,[citation needed] the daughter of actors Peter Moffett (known by his stage name, Peter Davison) and Sandra Dickinson.[4] She has two half brothers from her father's third marriage; she is of Guyanese descent through her paternal grandfather[5] and Finnish descent through her maternal grandmother.[6][7] She attended St Edward's School in Oxford.[8]

Career

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Tennant made her television debut at the age of 15 in Peak Practice (1999), playing Nicki Davey.[9] Tennant has appeared in television dramas such as The Second Quest and Like Father Like Son. She played downtrodden Alice Harding in the ITV drama Where the Heart Is in 2004 and 2005[10] and has performed alongside her father Peter Davison in Fear, Stress & Anger[11] and The Last Detective.[12]

In 2007, she made her theatrical debut as Mathilde Verlaine in Total Eclipse at London's Menier Chocolate Factory.[13] In May 2008, Tennant appeared in the BBC series Doctor Who as the Tenth Doctor's artificially-created daughter, Jenny, in the episode "The Doctor's Daughter", with her future husband David Tennant playing the Doctor[14] (her father Peter Davison played the Fifth Doctor in the 1980s). In August 2008, Tennant starred in series one of BBC Three's spy spin-off Spooks: Code 9 as Kylie Roman.[15][16]

Tennant voiced the role of Cassie Rice in Doctor Who: Dreamland in 2009,[17] and portrayed Lady Vivian in the "Sweet Dreams" episode of the BBC drama Merlin.[18] She joined the cast of BBC medical drama Casualty as junior doctor Heather Whitefield, her character was killed off at the start of her second episode.

In June 2010, she performed in the short play Hens, which ran for four performances at the Riverside Studios and was later broadcast on Sky Arts 2,[19] and played a cameo role in the television drama Thorne: Sleepyhead as the wife of one of the junior detectives (appearing in one scene in episode two, and one non-speaking scene in episode three). In March 2011, she landed the role of Emma in the BBC Three sitcom White Van Man,[20] which ran for two series before being cancelled. In May 2012, Tennant made her West End debut in the play What the Butler Saw at the Vaudeville Theatre in London.[21] The play received poor reviews and ticket sales, and on 13 July the production announced via their website that the play had been cancelled and would be ending the following week, a month earlier than scheduled.[22][23][24]

In November 2013, Tennant appeared in and produced the Doctor Who homage anniversary webcast The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot; as a producer she was credited under her married name of Georgia Tennant (though her initial acting appearances were credited under Georgia Moffett). It was written and directed by her father, and featured cameo appearances by her husband and her two older children (she was at the time of filming heavily pregnant with her third, and the webcast features a scripted scene of her going into labour).

Tennant produced and starred in a short film opposite her husband David Tennant called 96 Ways To Say I Love You, which premiered at the London Independent Film Festival in April 2015.[25] In 2017, she returned to acting with a small role in BBC drama miniseries In the Dark, credited as Georgia Tennant.[26] That same year, she produced a comedy film starring her husband called You, Me and Him. In 2018, the first series of the Big Finish audio drama Jenny: The Doctor’s Daughter was released, with Tennant reprising her role from the 2008 Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter" as the protagonist. The second series was released in 2021,[27] with the third series following in 2024.[28] From 2019, she produced her husband's podcast series David Tennant Does a Podcast With...[29] In 2020, David Tennant and Michael Sheen[30] starred in the six-part comedy Staged, filmed during the COVID-19 lockdown, with Tennant producing the series and also acting in a supporting role. She reprised her role in the second and third series of the show.[31][32]

In the 2022 television series The Horne Section she played the part of Ash. [33] In the same year, she lent her voice to dog Kika in the British television series Dog Squad.[34]

In 2024, ahead of the release of Rivals, she re-recorded the audiobook of the same title that was released in 1988.[35]

Personal life

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Tennant is married to Scottish actor David Tennant as of 2011. The couple live in Chiswick and have five children together including Ty from a previous relationship.

Tennant is a patron of Straight Talking, a charity set up to educate young people about teenage pregnancy.[36]

In 2018, Tennant was diagnosed with and successfully treated for early stage cervical cancer.[37]

She is an outspoken ally to the LGBTQ community, having shared multiple posts in support on her Instagram as well as publicly wearing pins in the colours of trans- and non-binary flags.[38][39]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 96 Ways to Say I Love You Olive Short film; also producer[25]
2016 The Exit Short film; producer [40]
2017 You, Me and Him Alison Feature film; also producer
2020 Screening Prime Minister Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Peak Practice Nicki Davey 4 episodes[9]
2002–2009 The Bill Abigail Nixon 26 episodes[3]
2004 The Second Quest Sandra Biggs Television film[41]
Holby City Emma Lenton Episode: "A Good Day to Bury Bad News"[42]
2004–2005 Where the Heart Is Alice Harding 9 episodes[43]
2005 Like Father Like Son Morag Tait 2 episodes[44]
Tom Brown's Schooldays Sally Television film
2007 Fear, Stress and Anger Chloe Chadwick 6 episodes[11]
Bonkers Debbie Hooper 4 episodes[45]
Casualty Elaine Walker Episode: "Lost in the Rough"[46]
The Last Detective Tanya Episode: "Once Upon a Time on the Westway"[12]
2008 My Family Penny Bishop Episode: "Let's Not Be Heisty"[47]
Doctor Who Jenny Episode: "The Doctor's Daughter"[48]
Spooks: Code 9 Kylie Roman All 6 episodes[49]
2009 Agatha Christie's Marple Lady Frances "Frankie" Derwent Episode: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"[50]
Doctor Who: Dreamland Cassie Rice Voice; all 6 episodes[17]
Casualty Heather Whitefield 2 episodes[51]
Merlin Lady Vivian Episode: "Sweet Dreams"[18]
2010 Playhouse Live Leila Episode: "Hens"[19]
Thorne: Sleepyhead Sophie Holland 2 episodes[52]
2011 White Van Man Emma 13 episodes[53]
2013 The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Georgia Moffett Television film; also producer
2014 Casualty Briony Whitman Episode: "Entrenched"[54]
Holby City Briony Whitman Episode: "Chaos in Her Wings"[54]
2015 Joan of Arc: God's Warrior Joan of Arc Television film
2017 In the Dark Jenny All 4 episodes[26]
2020–2022 Staged Georgia Tennant 20 episodes
2022 Meet the Richardsons Georgia Tennant 2 episodes[55]
The Sandman Laura Lynn Voice; episode: "Dream of a Thousand Cats"
The Horne Section Ash All 6 episodes
2022-present Dog Squad Kika Voice; 5 episodes
2024 The Way Millie 1 episode
TBA Hide Pre-production; also executive producer [56]

Audio

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Doctor Who: Red Dawn[57] Tanya Webster Big Finish Productions
2008 Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7[58] Narrator BBC Audio
2010 Doctor Who: Autonomy [59]
2010 City of Spires[60] Alice Big Finish Productions
2013 Bernice Summerfield: New Frontiers[61] Avril Fenman
2014 Osiris: Osirian Enemy Jessica Everybodyelse Productions
Frankenstein[62] Elizabeth Big Finish Productions
Doctor Who: Rule of the Eminence[63] Engineer Tallow
2018 Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter Jenny
2019 Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time
2021 Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter – Still Running
2022 Doctor Who: The Eighth of March - Protectors of Time [64]
2023 Doctor Who: Once and Future: The Artist at the End of Time
2024 Jenny: The Doctor‘s Daughter - Saving Time [65]
Rivals Narrator Audible
2025 A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage [66] Hazel

Stage

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Eclipse of the Heart Mathilde Verlaine Menier Chocolate Factory
2010 Hens Leila Riverside Studios[19]
2012 What the Butler Saw Geraldine Barclay The Vaudeville Theatre[21]

References

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