Georgina Elaine Cates (born Clare Elaine Woodgate 4 April 1975) is an English film and television actress.

Georgina Cates
Born
Clare Elaine Woodgate[1]

(1975-04-04) 4 April 1975 (age 49)
Colchester, Essex, England
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
Spouse
(m. 1997; div. 2005)
Children2

Life and career

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Born Clare Elaine Woodgate in Colchester, Cates attended Colchester County High School for Girls and broke into television acting when she was 16 years old, playing the role of Jenny Porter on the BBC's 2point4 Children.[citation needed]

In 1995, Cates (then still known as Clare Woodgate) auditioned for the role of Stella in the film An Awfully Big Adventure but was not cast. On returning home, she dyed her hair red and reinvented herself as a 17-year-old Liverpudlian girl called Georgina Cates who had no previous acting experience. When she re-applied for the same role, the casting director hired her. She went on to appear in such films as Frankie Starlight (1995), Illuminata (1998), and A Soldier's Sweetheart (1998). She received critical acclaim for her role as Amanda in Clay Pigeons (1998) with Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix. After a seven-year break from the movie industry, Cates returned to the independent film genre to co-star in Sinner, for which she won a Best Actress award at the Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival.[citation needed]

Awards

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  • Best Actress in a Leading Role, Sinner, 41st Annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival
  • Actress of the Year (Nominee), An Awfully Big Adventure, 1996 London Critics Circle Film Awards

Filmography

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Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
1991–1992 2point4 Children Jenny Porter TV series
1992 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Sophie Stacey Episode: "An Unwanted Woman: Part 2"
1993 Casualty Emily Russell Episode: "Life in the Fast Lane"
1993 An Exchange of Fire Olga Slajek TV movie
1993 The Debutante Amber Short film
1993 The Bill Susie Harper Episode: "The Price of Fame"
1994 The Bill Lorraine Lee Episode: "House Arrest"
1994 Au Pair Susan
1994 Chris Cross Annette Morton Episode: "Politics"
1995 Loving Edith TV movie
1995 Ghosts Maureen / Young Margaret Episode:The Shadowy Third
1995 An Awfully Big Adventure Stella
1995 Frankie Starlight Young Emma
1997 Big City Blues Angela
1998 Illuminata Simone
1998 A Soldier's Sweetheart Marianne Bell
1998 Stiff Upper Lips Emily
1998 The Treat Mimi
1998 Clay Pigeons Amanda
2007 Sinner Lil
2008 The Upshot Samantha TV movie
2009 The Closer Kim Sherman Episode: "Elysian Fields"
2013 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Kimmie
2014 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.5 Kimmie Direct-to-video
2014 Everlasting Elaine Insane

References

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  1. ^ "FreeBMD Entry Info".
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