Georgia Groome

Vorlage:Use dmy dates Vorlage:Use British English Vorlage:Infobox person Georgia Isobel Groome (born 11 February 1992) is an English actress, best known for her roles in London to Brighton and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.

Early life and education

Groome was born in Nottingham, the daughter of Paul Groome, a publican and chef who died in 2009, and Fiona (Tulloch), a drama and vocal coach. She has an older sister, Alex, who owns Hannahalexandra dance school, a younger half sister, Eden and also a younger step-sister, Annie. Groome, at the age of nine, and instead of Alex who had another commitment at the time, auditioned for a role in the touring stage version of the musical Annie Get Your Gun and got the part. She trained at her mother's drama school, Nottingham Television Workshop and Derby Youth Theatre and attended Trent College.

Career

After her acting debut in the TV film, A Fish Out of Water in 2001, Groome appeared in an episode of the short-lived TV series, Dangerville, playing an orphan.

When Groome was just 14 years old, she landed her first feature film role in the well-received British independent film London to Brighton in 2006, playing a 12-year-old runaway. That year she was also one of the eight young adventurers on Serious Amazon for CBBC. In 2007 Groome had a role in Elaine Wickham's short, My Mother.

In 2008, Groome had a minor role in comedy, horror The Cottage. Her breakthrough role was as 14-year-old, boyfriend-searching Georgia Nicolson alongside Aaron Johnson in the 2008 film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, for which she won the award for Best Child Actor at the Buster International Children's Film Festival. She also had a minor role in horror film The Disappeared.

In 2009, she made her stage debut in Tusk Tusk, a new play by Polly Stenham at the Royal Court Theatre in London. The same year, she appeared in the short Leaving Eva and an episode of The Bill. In 2010, Groome appeared in an episode of British television detective drama Lewis, as well as the short Silent Things.

In 2011, Groome starred in two shorts, The True Meaning of Love and Six Degrees. She also appeared in Susan Jacobson's The Holding and had a lead role in The Great Ghost Rescue, a film adaptation of Eva Ibbotson's book of the same name.

Her latest role was alongside Stephen Dillane in Papadopoulos & Sons, in which she played snobby fashion victim Katie. The film was released in the UK through Cineworld on 5 April 2013.

Personal life

Groome currently resides in London where in addition to her acting career she completed a degree in English at King's College London in May 2014. Georgia has a cat named Betty and a dog named Max. She has 3 sisters called Alexandra, Annie and Eden, a brother in law called Andre and a nephew called River.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	London to Brighton	Joanne	Film debut
2007	My Mother	Millie
2008	The Cottage	Farmer's Daughter 1
2008	Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging	Georgia Nicolson	Main Role
2009	The Disappeared	Sophie Pryor
2009	Leaving Eva	Kiera
2010	Silent Things	Amy	Short
2011	The True Meaning of Love	Alice
2011	Six Degrees	Young Girl	Short
2011	The Holding	Gemma
2011	The Great Ghost Rescue	Winifred
2012	Papadopoulos & Sons	Katie Papadopoulos	Feature Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	A Fish Out of Water	Jenny	TV film
2003	Dangerville	Orphan Episode 1	Episode "Robots"
2006	Serious Amazon	Herself
2008	Loose Women	Herself
2009	The Bill	Paige Farrelly	Episode "Powerless"
2010	Lewis	Briony Grahame	Episode "The Dead of Winter"
2013 -	Up the Women	Emily

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Maidens' Trip	Nanette	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play, broadcast 8 October 2010
2012	The Warrah	Amy	BBC Radio 4 From Fact to Fiction, broadcast 18 February 2012
2013	The Cazalets	Clary	BBC Radio 4 15 Minute Drama, broadcast 1–11 January 2013

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