Biography

Georgina Walker was studying for four A-Levels, however later decided to drop out and pursue ambitions of stardom. She was taken on as a model by top London agency Nevs, and one of her first jobs was as a giant cereal box handing out packets of cereal at the Ideal Home Exhibition.

After less than a month into her modelling career her agents put her up for the part in a new soap after another girl had dropped out and, despite having no acting experience, at the age of 16 she landed her most well known role, teenage 'sexpot' Jane Harper in the ITV

ITV

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 soap Night and Day

Night and Day (TV series)

Night and Day was a British soap opera which was produced by Granada Television for LWT and ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003.Its theme-song, "Always & Forever", was sung by Kylie Minogue.-Synopsis:...

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However, her first appearance on television was in a Wall's Cornetto Whippy

Cornetto (ice cream)

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 advertisement that she had filmed in South Africa

South Africa

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 in 2000.

Night and Day launched Georgina's career and Jane Harper proved to be the central character in the soap. It proved a great learning curve for her as she starred alongside established actors such as Joe McGann

Joe McGann

Joseph 'Joe' McGann is an English actor. His most well known role is the lead role of Charlie Burrows, the "housekeeper" in the TV comedy series The Upper Hand . He is also known as a television reporter on the BBC's South Today programme, reporting on local events in the south of England...

, Lysette Anthony

Lysette Anthony

Lysette Anthony is an English film, television, and theatre actress.-Early life:Anthony was born Lysette Chodzko in Fulham, London, the only daughter of actors Michael Anthony, and Bernadette Milnes....

, Gareth Hunt

Gareth Hunt

Alan Leonard Hunt was an English actor, known as Gareth Hunt, best remembered for playing the footman Frederick Norton in Upstairs, Downstairs and Mike Gambit in The New Avengers.-Early life:...

, Glynis Barber

Glynis Barber

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 and Lesley Joseph

Lesley Joseph

Lesley D Joseph is an English actress and broadcaster.-Life and career:Joseph was born in Northampton. She is best known for starring in the BBC sitcom Birds of a Feather from 1989–1998, in which she played Dorien Green, the Jewish next-door neighbour of the main characters Sharon and Tracy...

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After only a few months into the role she was nominated for several awards at the British Soap Awards

British Soap Awards

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, including Best Newcomer and Sexiest Female, and later attended the British Comedy Awards

British Comedy Awards

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Night and Day wasn't recommissioned by ITV at the end of its run in the summer of 2002, despite gaining a cult following. However it wasn't long before Georgina was to appear on TV again. This time she played American teenager Rio Brooke in early evening soap Crossroads. This role necessitated her having to take voice coaching lessons to perfect her American accent.

Both Night and Day and Crossroads finished their screen runs around the same time in 2003. She reappeared on TV in a one-off appearance on Channel 4 daytime drama The Courtroom

The Courtroom

The Courtroom is a British legal drama created by Phil Redmond, which aired between June and December 2004.The programme was notable for starring many former British soap stars, particularly those who starred in Redmond's other productions Brookside and Hollyoaks....

in 2004.

Georgina subsequently had another major role in Hollyoaks: In the City

Hollyoaks: In the City

Hollyoaks: In the City was a British television drama series set in Liverpool and first broadcast in 2006. Hollyoaks: In the City was a spin-off of Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, originally devised by Phil Redmond...

as Polly, one of the main models of seedy modelling agency, Gloss. Throughout the series, she played a major part in all the main storylines.

Career outline

• Night and Day
  Night and Day (TV series)
  Night and Day was a British soap opera which was produced by Granada Television for LWT and ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003.Its theme-song, "Always & Forever", was sung by Kylie Minogue.-Synopsis:...
  
  (2001–2003) as Jane Harper
• Crossroads (2003) as Rio Brooke
• The Courtroom
  The Courtroom
  The Courtroom is a British legal drama created by Phil Redmond, which aired between June and December 2004.The programme was notable for starring many former British soap stars, particularly those who starred in Redmond's other productions Brookside and Hollyoaks....
  
  : One More Night (12 July 2004) as Tara Kennedy
• Hollyoaks: In the City
  Hollyoaks: In the City
  Hollyoaks: In the City was a British television drama series set in Liverpool and first broadcast in 2006. Hollyoaks: In the City was a spin-off of Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, originally devised by Phil Redmond...
  
  (2006) as Polly

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