Jorgie Porter

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Jorgie Porter
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Porter in 2015
Born
Jorgina Alexandra Porter

25 December 1987 (1987-12-25) (age 36)
Trafford, Manchester, England
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2007–present
Known for Hollyoaks (2008–2016, 2020–)
Dancing on Ice (2012, 2014)
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2015)
Children1

Jorgina Alexandra Porter (born 25 December 1987) [1] is an English actress and model. She is known for portraying the role of Theresa McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2008 until 2016 and again from 2020.

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Early life

Jorgina Alexandra Porter was born on 25 December 1987 in Trafford, Greater Manchester. [2] She grew up with her mother and grandmother. [2] A former ballet dancer, she was told by the ballet school she attended that she was overweight for a dancer. She later attended The Hammond School in Chester. [2]

Career

In November 2008, it was announced that Porter had joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks , playing the role of Theresa McQueen. Porter said that she was "thrilled" to join the cast and be a part of one of soap opera's "most notorious families". [3] In 2010, Porter appeared with eight other soap opera actresses in a music video and cover of the Cyndi Lauper single "Girls Just Want To Have Fun". The song was released in aid of charity, Cancer Research UK's campaign "Race for Life". [4]

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Porter in 2011

Porter appeared in the November 2010 issue of Sugar magazine . [5] In FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2011, Porter was ranked 50th. [6] In August 2011, Porter took part in the ITV dance show Born to Shine . She learned to street dance on the show, but failed to make it to the final. [7]

In 2012, Porter was confirmed to be a contestant and participant on the seventh series of Dancing on Ice . [8] Porter was paired dancing with American pairs skater Matt Evers. [9] Porter made it to the final and finished in second place behind Emmerdale actor Matthew Wolfenden. [10]

In 2013, Porter decided to leave Hollyoaks. In October that year, she said she was leaving the show at the end of her contract. [11] After finishing filming on the show she appeared on the final series of Dancing On Ice in January 2014, which featured returning contestant 'All Stars' from past series. Porter and her skating partner Sylvain Longchambon were the first contestants to be voted off the series. [12] In April, it was announced that Porter had agreed to return to Hollyoaks. [13]

In 2014, she released her own calendar for 2015, showing some of her modelling shoots and photos. She has also released another calendar for 2016. [14] Porter is the presenter for the Nintendo Girls Club. [15] In July 2015, Porter announced that she was leaving Hollyoaks once again. [16] Her final scenes as the character aired on 11 March 2016. [17] In November 2015, Porter took part in the fifteenth series of ITV show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . She came 5th on the show. [18]

In 2016, Porter was cast as Miss Croft in a reboot episode of the series Are You Being Served? . She also became the new face of the UK advertising campaign for the skincare brand Proactiv. [19] In 2017, she appeared as a contestant in Celebs Go Dating.

Modelling

As an actress and model, Jorgie was chosen as the face of major international skincare brand Proactiv+ and was an ambassador for Teenage Cancer Trust's annual sun safety campaign. [20] [21] She appeared in the November 2010 issue of Sugar magazine. [22] Along with then co-stars Rachel Shenton and James Atherton, they appeared on the cover of First Car Magazine, a magazine aimed at young drivers, in November 2011. [23] She has also in men's magazine Loaded in 2009 [24] [25] and as the cover girl in 2011, [26]

Porter celebrated being voted Hottest Female Soap Star by the readers of FHM UK Magazine in 2012 by appearing on the cover of the September issue of the magazine. [27] [28] She appeared topless (covered) with then co-star and boyfriend James Atherton in the September 2012 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine in support of a Breast Cancer. [29] [30]

Personal life

Porter is engaged to Oliver Piotrowski. In November 2021, she revealed that she had miscarried the couple's quadruplets. [31] [32] In June 2022, Porter announced her second pregnancy. [33] In November 2022, she gave birth to a son.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008–2016,
2020–
Hollyoaks Theresa McQueen Series regular
2009–2013 Hollyoaks Later Theresa McQueen20 episodes
2012 Dancing on Ice HerselfContestant
2014Dancing on IceContestant
2015 I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Contestant
Celebrity First Dates Guest appearance
2016 Are You Being Served? Miss CroftOne-off special
2017 Celebs Go Dating HerselfMain cast
2018Celebrity Haunted MansionContestant
2018Impossible CelebritiesContestant
2020 Hollyoaks Does Come Dine with Me Contestant
Hey Tracey!Series 2 episode 2
2021CelebAbilitySeries 5 episode 4
2023Second Hand Style-UpHost

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategory [note 1] WorkResult
2009 British Soap Awards Best Newcomer [34] Hollyoaks Nominated
2009TVQuick and TVChoice AwardsBest Newcomer [35] HollyoaksNominated
2010British Soap AwardsBest Actress [36] HollyoaksNominated
2011 National Television Awards Best Serial Drama Performance [37] HollyoaksNominated
2011TV Choice AwardsBest Soap Actress [38] HollyoaksNominated
2011British Soap AwardsBest Actress [39] HollyoaksNominated
2011 FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World [40] HerselfNominated
2012British Soap AwardsSexiest Female [41] HollyoaksNominated
2012 FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World [42] HerselfNominated
2012 FHM Hottest Female Soap Star [43] HollyoaksWon
2013British Soap AwardsSexiest Female [44] HollyoaksNominated
2013 FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World [45] HerselfNominated
2013 FHM Sexiest Women on Television [46] [note 2] HerselfNominated
2014British Soap AwardsSexiest Female [47] HollyoaksNominated
2014 FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World [48] HerselfNominated
2015 FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World [49] HerselfNominated
2018It's Gone ViralHottest Hollyoaks actress of all-time [50] [note 3] HerselfNominated

Notes

  1. Jorgie Porter was ranked 50th in 2011, 86th in 2012, 13th in 2013, 28th in 2014 and 40th in 2015 in (UK) FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World list.
  2. Jorgie Porter was ranked 2nd in (UK) FHM's 100 Sexiest Women on Television behind Michelle Keegan.
  3. Jorgie Porter was ranked 10th in IGV's Hottest Hollyoaks actresses of all time.

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