Georgina Cates

Born: 1975-01-14 in Colchester, Essex, UK

Known For: Acting

Biography

Georgina Cates is an English film and television actress and professional photographer based in the US. Born in Colchester in 1975 as Clare Woodgate, she entered the acting profession under that name and first came to fame at the age of sixteen in the role of Jenny Porter in the BBC sitcom 2 Point 4 Children. After two series, she moved on to appear in guest roles in long-running, popular drama series such as The Bill and Casualty. In 1995, she auditioned for the role of Stella in Mike Nicholls' adaptation of the Beryl Bainbridge novel, An Awfully Big Adventure. When her audition proved unsuccessful, she went away and adopted the name Georgina Cates, pretended to be a seventeen year old novice performer from Liverpool and auditioned again. The result was that she won the role and starred opposite Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman and was nominated for Actress of the Year by the London Critics Circle Film Awards. Now known as Georgina Cates, she went on to star in Frankie Starlight, Stiff Upper Lips, Illuminata and Clay Pigeons. She married Skeet Ulrich in 1997, with whom she had twins. The couple divorced in 2005 and Cates returned to acting two years later with an acclaimed, award winning performance in indie film Sinner. Since then, Cates has appeared on TV in The Closer and in the 2013 Johnny Knoxville film, Bad Grandpa. In recent years she has concentrated on her photography.

Filmography

2007

Sinner as Lil

2005

The Closer as Kim Sherman

1998

Clay Pigeons as Amanda
Illuminata as Simone
Stiff Upper Lips as Emily
The Treat as Mimi
A Soldier's Sweetheart as Marianne Bell

1997

Big City Blues as Angela

1996

Loving as Edith

1995

Ghosts as Maureen / Young Margaret
An Awfully Big Adventure as Stella

1994

Au Pair as Susan (as Clare Woodgate)

1993

The Debutante as Amber (as Clare Woodgate)

1991

2Point4 Children as Jenny Porter (as Clare Woodgate)

1986

Casualty as Emily Russell (as Clare Woodgate)