Georgia Taylor

Georgia Taylor
Born Claire Jackson
(1980-02-26) 26 February 1980
Wigan, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 1997–present
Television Coronation Street (1997–2003, 2016–)
Casualty (2007–2011)
Law & Order: UK (2013-14)

Georgia Taylor (born Claire Jackson; 26 February 1980) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Toyah Battersby in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (from 1997 to 2003, 2016–present), as Ruth Winters in the BBC show Casualty (from 2007–11), and as Kate Barker in Law & Order: UK (from 2013–14).

Personal life

Taylor was born in Wigan. She attended Willpower Youth Theatre in Wigan as a teenager and with that, she got her first audition for Coronation Street as Toyah Battersby.[1]

She lives in Bristol with her longtime partner, actor Mark Letheren, whom she met when they both worked on Casualty.[1][2]

Career

In 1997, Taylor began playing Toyah Battersby in Coronation Street. In 2001, Taylor won the Best Dramatic Performance British Soap Award for playing Toyah. She quit the show in 2003 and has since appeared in episodes of Where the Heart Is, New Street Law, Lilies, Red Cap, the BBC's The Afternoon Play series and Life on Mars.

In September 2016 it was announced that Georgia Taylor would return to Coronation Street as Toyah Battersby. She resumed her role in the episode aired on Christmas Day 2016.[3]

In 2003, she appeared with Duncan Bannatyne in the Tyne Tees Television comedy pilot Girls' Club.[4] In 2004 and 2006, Taylor played a recurring role in the Golden Globe award nominated series Blackpool and its follow up Viva Blackpool for BBC One.

In May 2005, Taylor appeared in The Woman Before at the Royal Court opposite Helen Baxendale. In the same year, she received rave reviews for her role in Christmas is Miles Away at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester and the Bush Theatre in London.

In 2006, Taylor played Fiona in the film version of the transatlantic stage hit The History Boys. She appeared in an independent short film Soul Shutter in 2008, and also had a small role in the 2008 feature film The Bank Job. Her radio credits include Dakota of the White Flats by Phillip Ridley on BBC Radio 7.

Taylor joined the cast of the BBC One medical drama Casualty as series regular Ruth Winters in September 2007, in which she briefly worked with school friend Lucy Gaskell.[5]

She left Casualty in December 2011, along with co-star Ben Turner, who played her main love interest in the show.[6]

In 2013 and 2014, Taylor played Junior Crown Prosecutor Kate Barker for two series (seasons) of Law & Order: UK.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1997–2003, 2016– Coronation Street Toyah Battersby Series Regular, 600+ Episodes
2003 Where the Heart Is Jodie Walters 1 Episode
2004 The Royal Ellen 1 Episode
2004 Blackpool Shyanne Holden Series Regular, 6 Episodes
2006 The History Boys Fiona
2006 Lilies Phyllis Cook 1 Episode
2007 Life on Mars Denise Williams 2 Episodes
2007 New Street Law Lorraine Granger 1 Episode
2007 Loose Women Herself 1 Episode, Guest
2007–2011 Casualty Ruth Winters Series Regular, 176 Episodes
2008 The Bank Job Ingrid Burton
2012 Lewis Honey Addams 1 Episode
2012 Love in the Afternoon Audrey Short Film
2013–2014 Law & Order: UK Kate Barker Series Regular, 14 Episodes
2013 This Morning Herself 1 Episode, Guest
2014 One in Five Lucy Short Film
2014 Street Kid World Cup Herself/Narrator BBC TV Series
2014 The Chase: Celebrity Special Herself
2015 Midsomer Murders Bella Summersbee Episode 17.1 "The Dagger Club"

References

  1. 1 2 Power, Vicki (6 July 2013). "A law unto themselves". The Express newspaper. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Georgia is Taylored to perfection". lep.co.uk (Lancashire Evening Post). 13 July 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Toyah Battersby returns to Coronation Street and her mystery man is REVEALED shocking viewers". mirror.co.uk. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Profile, georgiataylor.co.uk; accessed 29 January 2011
  5. ↑ Blackburn, Jen (7 September 2007). "Corrie's Georgia in Casualty". The Sun. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  6. ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (21 October 2011). "'Casualty' duo Ruth, Jay to leave show". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
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