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Georgina Campbell
Campbell in 2022
Born
Georgina Alice Campbell

(1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32)
Maidstone, Kent, England
Alma materRoyal Holloway, University of London (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present

Georgina Alice Campbell (born 12 June 1992) is an English actress and model. She won the 2015 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Murdered by My Boyfriend (2014).[1] Her other television credits include Flowers (2016), Broadchurch (2017), the Black Mirror episode "Hang the DJ" (2017), and Krypton (2018). She also starred in the film Barbarian (2022).

Early life and education

Campbell was born in Maidstone, Kent to a Jamaican father, a police officer, and an English mother, a teacher. She is the second of three daughters. After her parents divorced, she was primarily raised by her mother and stepfather in Dartford.[2]

Campbell graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2014.[3][4][5]

Career

At 16, Campbell was scouted in the street for her first role as Lucy in the 2009 web series Freak. She had minor roles in series such as Casualty, Holby City, Doctors, and Death in Paradise. Campbell was 22 when she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Ashley Jones in the BBC Three television film Murdered by My Boyfriend.

Since 2014, Campbell has starred in the Sky 1 comedy drama After Hours as Jasmine. The first series was directed by Craig Cash and was broadcast in November 2015. She had a lead role in the TV mini-series Tripped (2015), a supporting role in the BBC drama mini-series One of Us (2016) and she appeared in Channel 4 black comedy series Flowers (2016). In 2017, she appeared in the ITV drama series Broadchurch as DC Katie Harford and in Black Mirror, series 4 episode 4, "Hang the DJ", as Amy. In 2018, she began playing Lyta-Zod in Syfy drama series Krypton.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2017 The Ministry of Stories Anthology of Horror Medusa Short film
2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Kay
2017 Canned Georgie Short film
2021 Wildcat Khadija "Kat" Young
2021 Blank Shores Emily Short film
2021 All My Friends Hate Me Fig
2022 Barbarian Tess

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Casualty Amy Episode: "Dark Places"
2010 The Cut Kelly 2 episodes
2011–2012 Sadie J Whitney Landon Recurring; 6 episodes
2012 Doctors Abby Hellier Episode: "Crocodile Tears"
2012 One Night Rochelle Mini series
2012 Holby City Gabby Greendale Episode: "Last Day on Earth"
2013 Death in Paradise Therese Episode: "An Unholy Death"
2013 Ice Cream Girls Young Serena Gorringe Mini series
2014 The Dumping Ground Jen Episode: "Finding Frank"
2014 Murdered by My Boyfriend Ashley Jones TV movie

Won – BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress

2015 The Ark Aris TV movie
2015 Brotherhood Katherine Episode: "Mating"
2015 After Hours Jasmine 6 episodes
2015 Tripped Kate Mini series
2016 One Of Us Anna Mini series
2016 Flowers Abigail 6 episodes
2017 Broadchurch Detective Constable Katie Harford 8 episodes
2017 Black Mirror Amy Episode: "Hang the DJ"
2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Barbara Episode: "Impossible Planet"
2017 five by five Chloe 2 episodes
2018 Krypton Lyta Zod Main role
2019 His Dark Materials Adele Starminster Episode: "The Idea of North"
2019 Cake Paige 3 episodes
2019 Oh Jerome, No Paige 3 episodes
2020 The Pale Horse Delphine Easterbrook Main role; miniseries
2020 Soulmates Miranda Episode: "Little Adventures"
2022 Suspicion Natalie Thompson Main role

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Freak Lucy Main role; 16 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2015 RTS Programme Awards Actor – Female Murdered by My Boyfriend Nominated
British Academy Television Awards Best Actress Won
2018 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series Black Mirror Nominated

References

  1. ^ Masters, Tim (11 May 2015). "Crime drama wins big at Bafta TV awards". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. ^ Saner, Emine (22 August 2016). "Georgina Campbell: 'I wanted to be an air hostess, not an actor'". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ Khaleeli, Homa (13 May 2015). "Bafta winner Georgina Campbell: 'We wanted it to be truthful and real'". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  4. ^ Hughes, Sarah (30 October 2015). "Georgina Campbell on TV's lack of diversity". The Independent. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Alumni in the news". Higher Online. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

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