Georgina Leonidas
Georgina Leonidas | |
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Born | Georgina Leonidas 28 February 1990 London, England, UK |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1999–present |
Georgina Leonidas (born 28 February 1990) is an English actress best known for playing Molly in The Basil Brush Show, and Katie Bell in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
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Early life
Georgina was born in London, the youngest of four siblings to a Greek Cypriot father and a British mother with both English and Welsh ancestry. Her older brother Shane (now known as Dimitri) and older sister Stephanie are also actors; she has another sister Helena who works as a teacher.[citation needed].
In her earlier years, Georgina attended Preston Park Primary School in Wembley, London. Later she attended St. Gregory's Catholic Science College in Kenton[citation needed]
Career
Georgina's first role was in 1999, when she played Little Cosette in Les Misérables on stage in London. She was then cast as Molly in The Basil Brush Show in 2002, appearing in every episode of series 1–4, then at different times from series 5 onwards.
After the Basil Brush show ended, she guest starred in the BBC TV series Holby City as Ali Jarvis in the episode "Stargazer" in early 2007, before being cast for the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as Katie Bell, Harry's fellow Gryffindor Quidditch player, on 19 December 2007,[1] as well as voicing Katie in the associated video game. She then starred in the leading role of Maya in the short film Baghdad Express in 2008, and during 2009, she appeared alongside fellow Harry Potter star Isabella Laughland in the short film Driftwood,[2] in New Tricks on 30 July 2009, as Kiraz Yilmaz in the episode "Fresh Starts"[citation needed], then as the Matron's Daughter in the film Nine, and as Andra in a BBC Switch adaptation of the Greek Myth The Fall Of Icarus.
Georgina then reprised her role of Katie Bell in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2010 and 2011, before appearing in the stage play The Real Thing and the film Papadopoulos & Sons in a small role during 2012. She has also appeared in several videos filmed by fellow Harry Potter star Jessie Cave for her website www.pindippy.com. During 2013, she played the lead role of Simone in the short film Untouchable, appeared as Gemma Raven in the CBBC series Wizards vs Aliens episodes 'The Curse Of Crowe' parts 1 and 2, and performed as Izzy in the Polly Stenham play That Face at London's Landor Theatre during November and December 2013. During 2014, she appeared as Lucía Amory in the Agatha Christie play Black Coffee, and then as Belle in Beauty and the Beast at the Theatre Royal in Windsor during December 2014.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Baghdad Express | Maya | short film |
2009 | Driftwood | Girlfriend | YouTube video |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Katie Bell | ||
Nine | Matron's Daughter | ||
2010 | The Sky is Everywhere | Lennie | Trailer book |
2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Katie Bell | |
2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | ||
2012 | Papadopoulos & Sons | Doctor | |
2013 | Untouchable | Simone | short film |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002–2007 | The Basil Brush Show | Molly | 61 episodes |
2007 | Holby City | Ali Jarvis | Episode: "Stargazer" |
2009 | Myths | Andra | Episode: "The Fall of Icarus" |
New Tricks | Kiraz Yilmaz | Episode: "Fresh Starts" | |
2013 | Wizards vs Aliens | Gemma Raven | Episodes: "The Curse of Crowe" Parts 1 and 2 |
2015 | Father Brown | Emily Fletcher | Episode 3.9 "The Truth in the Wine" |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Place | Notes |
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1999 | Les Misérables | Little Cosette | London | |
2010 | First Time Voters | Master of Ceremonies | London | The Bush Theatre |
2012 | The Real Thing | Debbie | Leeds | |
2013 | That Face | Izzy | London | The Landor Theatre, Clapham |
2014 | Black Coffee | Lucía Amory | London | |
2014–2015 | Beauty and the Beast | Belle | London | Theatre Royal Windsor |
2016 | Small Hours | Millie | London | Theatre Royal Windsor |
Others
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Katie Bell (voice) | Video game |
2011 | Participation in the website of Jessie Cave | several characters | pindippy.com |
References
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- ↑ Driftwood Film
External links
- Georgina Leonidas at the Internet Movie Database
- Georgina Leonidas on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Untouchable – Youtube
- EngvarB from November 2013
- Use dmy dates from November 2013
- Articles with hCards
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- Articles with unsourced statements from March 2011
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Actresses from London
- English film actresses
- English stage actresses
- English television actresses
- 20th-century English actresses
- 21st-century English actresses
- English child actresses
- English people of Greek Cypriot descent
- English people of Welsh descent
- Actresses of Greek descent