Georgina Campbell

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Georgina Campbell
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Campbell in 2022
Born
Georgina Alice Campbell [1]

(1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32) [2]
Maidstone, Kent, England [2]
Alma mater Royal Holloway, University of London (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present

Georgina Alice Campbell (born 12 June 1992) is a British actress. She won the 2015 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Murdered by My Boyfriend (2014), making her the first non-white actress to win that award. Her other television credits include Flowers (2016), Broadchurch (2017), the Black Mirror episode "Hang the DJ" (2017), and Krypton (2018). She starred in the films Barbarian (2022) and Bird Box Barcelona (2023).

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Early life and education

Campbell was born in 1992 in Maidstone, Kent to a Jamaican father, a police officer, and an English mother, a teacher. [2] She is the second of three daughters. After her parents divorced, she was primarily raised by her mother and stepfather in Dartford. [3]

Campbell graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2014. [4] [5] [6]

Career

2009-2021

At 16, Campbell was scouted in the street for her first role as Lucy in the 2009 web series Freak . [3] 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 (2014), [3] making her the first non-white Best Actress winner. [7]

In 2015, Campbell starred in the Sky 1 comedy drama After Hours as Jasmine. [3] The first season 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). [3]

In 2017, she made her film debut with a minor role in Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword , [8] and appeared in the ITV drama series Broadchurch as DC Katie Harford, and in Black Mirror , series 4 episode 4, "Hang the DJ", as Amy. [7] In 2018, she began playing Lyta-Zod in Syfy drama series Krypton . [7] In 2019, she appeared in one episode of HBO's fantasy drama television series His Dark Materials . [9]

2022-present

In 2022, she starred in the critically acclaimed, commercially successful horror film Barbarian . [10] [11]

In 2023, she co-starred in the post-apocalyptic horror thriller film Bird Box Barcelona , [12] in the sci-fi thriller T.I.M. , [13] and in the horror film Lovely, Dark, and Deep . [14] [15]

In 2024, Campbell co-starred in the supernatural horror film The Watchers , directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan. [16]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017The Ministry of Stories Anthology of HorrorMedusaShort film
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Kay
CannedGeorgieShort film
2021WildcatKhadija "Kat" Young
Blank ShoresEmilyShort film
All My Friends Hate Me Fig
2022 Barbarian Tess Marshall
2023 Bird Box Barcelona Claire
T.I.M. Abi
Lovely, Dark, and Deep Lennon
2024 The Watchers Ciara
TBA Cold Storage Post-production
Psycho Killer [17] Jane ThornePost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2010 Casualty AmyEpisode: "Dark Places"
The Cut Kelly2 episodes
2011–2012 Sadie J Whitney LandonRecurring; 6 episodes
2012 Doctors Abby HellierEpisode: "Crocodile Tears"
One Night RochelleMiniseries
Holby City Gabby GreendaleEpisode: "Last Day on Earth"
2013 Death in Paradise ThereseEpisode: "An Unholy Death"
The Ice Cream Girls Young Serena GorringeMiniseries
2014 The Dumping Ground JenEpisode: "Finding Frank"
Murdered by My Boyfriend Ashley JonesTelevision film
2015 The Ark ArisTelevision film
Brotherhood KatherineEpisode: "Mating"
After Hours Jasmine6 episodes
TrippedKateMiniseries
2016 One of Us AnnaMiniseries
Flowers Abigail6 episodes
2017 Broadchurch Detective Constable Katie Harford8 episodes
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams BarbaraEpisode: "Impossible Planet"
five by fiveChloe2 episodes
Black Mirror AmyEpisode: "Hang the DJ" [18]
2018 Krypton Lyta ZodMain role
2019 His Dark Materials Adele StarminsterEpisode: "The Idea of North"
Cake Paige3 episodes
2020 The Pale Horse Delphine EasterbrookMain role; miniseries
Soulmates MirandaEpisode: "Little Adventures"
2022 Suspicion Natalie ThompsonMain role

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Freak LucyMain role; 16 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2015 RTS Programme Awards Actor – Female Murdered by My Boyfriend Nominated [19]
British Academy Television Awards Best Actress Won [20] [21]
2018 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series Black Mirror Nominated [22]

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