Georgia Nathalie Lock (born 25 October 1996) is an English actress and

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. She starred in the children's series ''

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'', '' The Evermoor Chronicles'', and presented the CBBC magazine show ''

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''.

Early life and education

Lock was born in

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and grew up in rural Buckinghamshire. She attended

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. Her mother began taking her to drama classes in

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when she was eight.

Career

In 2010, Lock was cast as the main character in the

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television show ''

'', which ran for three series from 2011 to 2013. In addition to playing the lead, she recorded the theme song, "In A Boy's World". The theme tune was officially released by

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, in association with the BBC. A shortened version of the song is used for the Sadie J title sequence. In 2011 she began presenting the CBBC entertainment programme ''

'' alongside

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and

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. She presented for 4 series from 2011 to 2012 before leaving the show. In April 2014 it was announced that Lock had been cast as Bella in the Disney miniseries '' Evermoor'' alongside

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, Jordan Loughran, George Sear and

Georgie Farmer Georgie Bleu Farmer (born 26 May 2002) is a British actor. He is known for his roles in the Disney Channel series ''The Evermoor Chronicles'' (2014–2017) and the Netflix series ''Wednesday (TV series), Wednesday'' (2022–). Early life Farmer ...

. In March 2015 it was announced that the miniseries had been given a full series order under the working title of ''The Evermoor Chronicles'', with Lock set to reprise her role as Bella. In April 2015 it was announced that Lock would co-present

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's upcoming Disney reality children's cooking competition '' First Class Chefs'' alongside ''Evermoor'' co-star Finney Cassidy. In October 2020, Lock published a poetry book titled, ''With Every Wave.''

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Sadie J on the BBC website
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