Georgia May Foote

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Georgia May Foote
Georgia May Foote at Ullswater Community College (cropped).jpg
Foote interviewed at Ullswater Community College Prize Day in 2015
Born (1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 32)
Bury, England
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2004–present
Notable workAlison Simmons in Grange Hill (2005–2008)
Katy Armstrong in Coronation Street (2010–2015)
Strictly Come Dancing (2015)
Holly in Trollied (2016)
Height5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
Spouse
Kris Evans
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(m. 2023)​

Georgia May Foote (born 11 February 1991) is an English actress and model. She is best known for playing Alison Simmons in the BBC school drama series Grange Hill from 2005 to 2008 and Katy Armstrong in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2010 to 2015. [1] In 2015 she was runner-up on the BBC celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing . She came 98th in FHM's Sexiest Women of 2015. [2]

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Early life

Foote attended Elton High School in Bury and then Bury College. [3] She has an older sister named Katie. [4]

Career

Foote has been appearing on British television since 2004. She has played two different murder victims: Angela Fairley in the psychological thriller Conviction , and as Charley Witham in Life on Mars . [4] Other roles are Rosie in Sorted , Katy Barnes in Doctors , Jennifer Thurber in the BBC drama Casualty (20 September 2008), Julie Tinniswood in the ITV drama Heartbeat [5] (3 May 2009), Bryony in Emmerdale (April 2010), and Gemma in This Is England 86 . She played the role of Lauren in the short film Cotton Stones. She also appeared in two domestic abuse television adverts. [6] She made a guest appearance in Coronation Street as Jess Burrows (18 January 2010), but was re-introduced as a new, regular character in July 2010, playing Katy Armstrong. [7] She left the show in 2015 to pursue other acting roles, interests, projects, and her modelling career. [8]

In 2013, Foote was nominated for the Sexiest Female Award at the British Soap Awards, but lost out to fellow Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan. In 2014, she was nominated for the same award but again lost out to Michelle Keegan who portrayed Tina McIntyre in the show. In 2015 she came 98th on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women, she featured alongside Keegan who came 1st, the first time two stars from the same British soap had been in the Top 100 public poll.

Foote was signed to a modelling contract with Select Model Management in October 2014. [9]

Foote has appeared as a guest and contestant on shows such as Fake Reaction , All Star Family Fortunes , BBC Breakfast , Celebrity Juice and Loose Women .

Strictly Come Dancing

On 13 August 2015, it was announced that Foote would be participating in the thirteenth series of the BBC celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing from September 2015. [10] She was partnered with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice. The couple eventually reached the final where they received the maximum 40 points for their Charleston. They ended as joint runners-up along with Kellie Bright and Kevin Clifton, losing out to Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani who won the competition. [11]

Filmography

YearTV seriesRoleNotes
2004 Conviction Angela Fairley3 episodes
2006 Sorted Rosie
2007 Life on Mars Charley Witham1 episode
Doctors Katy Barnes
2005–2008 Grange Hill Alison SimmonsSeries regular
2008 Casualty Jennifer Thurber1 episode
2009Cotton StonesLaurenShort film
Heartbeat Julie Tinniswood1 episode
2010 Emmerdale Bryony Gregson1 episode
This Is England '86 Gemma2 episodes
Coronation Street Jess Burrows 1 episode
2010–2015 Katy Armstrong Series regular 391 episodes
2012, 2013 Loose Women HerselfGuest panellist: 2 episodes
2013 All Star Family Fortunes Contestant/panelist
2013, 2016 Celebrity Juice
2014 Fake Reaction
2015 Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
2016 Saturday Kitchen 1 episode
2016 Trollied Holly [12] 4 episodes
2019Queen of DiamondsKittyShort Film
2020 Doctors Gracie Bradshaw Episode: "A Day in the Life..."
2020–2021 The Outpost Falista [13] 14 Episodes
2022 We Are Not Alone Elodie

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2011 TV Choice Awards Best Soap NewcomerNominated [14]
2013 British Soap Awards Sexiest FemaleShortlisted [15]
2013 Inside Soap Awards Sexiest FemaleNominated [16]
2014 2014 British Soap Awards Sexiest FemaleShortlisted [17]
2014Inside Soap AwardsSexiest FemaleShortlisted [18]

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References

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  2. ↑ "FHM 100 Sexiest 2015".
  3. ↑ "The Corrie star and the plumber: Coronation Street maneater is a one-man woman in real life". Mirror. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Exclusive: Corrie's Georgia May Foote on the big Christmas birth scene". Mirror. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
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  6. ↑ Abuse in Relationships: Would you Stop Yourself?. YouTube. 15 February 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
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