Florence Angela L. Hoath (born 12 July 1984) is a retired

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actress. The daughter of British actress Tina Martin, Hoath was born in

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and made her film debut in the 1993 screen adaptation of ''Secret Rapture'' at the age of eight. Since then she has starred in a number of film and television productions, including the 2005 '' Doctor Who'' episodes "

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" and "

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". Also in that year, Hoath was cast to play the regular role of George Fitzgerald in Channel 5's daytime

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'', but the show was cancelled weeks after her introduction, the final episode being broadcast in December 2005. Hoath's last screen credit was a role in the 2008 television miniseries ''

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''. In an interview published in Doctor Who Magazine during March 2015, she confirmed she was no longer acting.

Selected filmography

* '' A Pin for the Butterfly'' (1994) * '' Innocent Lies'' (1995) * '' The Haunting of Helen Walker'' (1995) * ''

The Demon Headmaster ''The Demon Headmaster'' is a series of books by Gillian Cross which were later adapted as a television series starring Terrence Hardiman in the title role and Frances Amey as Dinah. The title character is a strange being with the powers of hy ...

'' (1996) * '' FairyTale: A True Story'' (1997) * ''

The Governess ''The Governess'' is a 1998 British period drama film written and directed by Sandra Goldbacher. The screenplay focuses on a young Jewish woman of Sephardic background, who reinvents herself as a gentile governess when she is forced to fi ...

'' (1998) * ''

Tom's Midnight Garden ''Tom's Midnight Garden'' is a children's fantasy novel by Philippa Pearce. It was first published in 1958 by Oxford University Press with illustrations by Susan Einzig. It has been reissued in print many times and also adapted for radio, tele ...

'' (1999) * '' Back to the Secret Garden'' (2001) * ''

The Cazalets ''The Cazalets'' is a 2001 television drama series in six episodes (five episodes when broadcast in the US) about the life of a large privileged family in the years 1937 to 1947. Most of the action takes place in London, and at the family's large ...

'' (2001) * ''

Goodbye, Mr. Chips ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' is a novella about the life of a school teacher, Mr. Chipping, written by English writer James Hilton and first published by Hodder & Stoughton in October 1934. It has been adapted into two feature films and two televi ...

'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Doctor Who'' "

" and "

"(2005) * ''

'' (2005) * ''Bike Squad'' (2008) * '' Doctors'' (2008) * ''

'' (2008)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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