Georgia Moffett

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Georgia Moffett
Born Georgia Elizabeth Moffett
25 December 1984 (1984-12-25) (age 24)
West London, England, UK
Occupation Actress
Years active 1999-present

Georgia Elizabeth Moffett (born 25 December 1984 in West London) is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in Where the Heart Is and The Bill and her one-time role as Jenny in the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who. She also had a lead role in the programme Spooks: Code 9.

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Career

Moffett attended St Edward's School in Oxford, and has performed alongside her father, Peter Davison, in Red Dawn, a Doctor Who audio drama[1]. She has also appeared in television dramas, such as Peak Practice, Like Father Like Son and The Bill as DI Samantha Nixon's wayward daughter, Abi.

She played downtrodden Alice Harding in the ITV1 drama Where the Heart Is for two series in 2004 and 2005, and starred in the comedy-drama, Bonkers, as Debbie Hooper in 2007. She appeared alongside her father in the BBC sitcom, Fear, Stress & Anger. In April 2008, she appeared as Officer Penny Bishop in the BBC sitcom My Family.

In May 2008, Moffett gained national exposure in the UK by starring as the Doctor's daughter, Jenny, in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter".[2]

In August 2008, Moffett starred in series one of BBC Three's spy spin-off Spooks: Code 9 as Kylie Roman.[3][4]

Personal life

Moffett is the daughter of popular British actor Peter Davison and American actress Sandra Dickinson, who were married from 1978 to 1994. Davison married her stepmother Elizabeth Morton in 2003, and now has two half-brothers, Louis and Joel. Moffett gave birth to her son Tyler in March 2002. She had a relationship with her Where the Heart Is co-star Adam Paul Harvey, which ended in 2006.

List of credits

Television

Year Title Role Other notes
1999 Peak Practice Nicki Davey 4 episodes
2004 The Second Quest Sandra Biggs
2004 Holby City Emma Lenton Season 7, Episode 9 "A Good Day to Bury Bad News"
2004-2005 The Bill Abigail Nixon 25 episodes
2004-2005 Where the Heart Is Alice Harding 9 episodes
2005 Tom Brown's Schooldays Sally TV Movie
2005 Like Father Like Son Morag Tait
2007 Fear, Stress and Anger Chloe Chadwick 1 episode "The Job List"
2007 Bonkers Debbie Hooper 4 episodes
2007 Casualty Elaine Walker Season 21, Episode 34 "Lost in the Rough"
2007 The Last Detective Tanya 1 episode "Once Upon a Time on the Westway"
2007 Richard & Judy Herself Episode dated 21 February 2007
2008 My Family Penny Bishop Season 8, Episode 2 "Let's Not Be Heisty"
2008 Doctor Who Jenny Series 4, Episode 6 "The Doctor's Daughter"
2008 Spooks: Code 9 Kylie Roman
2009 Marple Lady Frances Derwent "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"
2009 Doctor Who Cassie Rice[5] Animated serial titled "Dreamland"
2009 The Bill Abigail Nixon 1 episode

Radio and CD audio drama

Year Title Role Radio Station/Production Company
2000 Doctor Who: Red Dawn Tanya Webster Big Finish Productions
2008 Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7 Narrator BBC Audio

References

  1. ^ http://www.bigfinish.com/08-Doctor-Who-Red-Dawn
  2. ^ "Doctor Who: The Doctor's Daughter". BBC Press Release. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/05_may/10/who.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-11-02. 
  3. ^ "Characters & Actors". Spooks: Code 9. BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/spookscode9/cast/kylie_roman.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-08-11. 
  4. ^ McLean, Gareth (2008-08-08). "Spooks: Code 9 is a spin-off too far". The Guardian. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2008/08/as_spinoffs_go_spooks_code.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-18. "I can't quite decide what's most irritating - the clunky, lazy writing, the fact that they all live in a house together, the random relocation to Leeds, an insistence on making the female spies dance suggestively in club scenes, the dreadful haircut sported by Georgia Moffet[sic], or a combination of all of the above." 
  5. ^ McEwan, Cameron K (25 May 2009). "Doctor Who: Animated Series On The Way". Den of Geek. http://www.denofgeek.com/television/256664/doctor_who_animated_series_on_the_way.html. Retrieved on 26 May 2009. 

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