Georgia May Foote (born 11 February 1991) is an English actress and model. She is best known for playing Alison Simmons in the

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school drama series ''

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'' from 2005 to 2008 and

Katy Armstrong Katy Armstrong is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Georgia May Foote. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 30 July 2010. Foote had previously appeared in the soap in ...

in the

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soap opera ''

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'' from 2010 to 2015. In 2015 she was runner-up on the

celebrity talent show ''

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''. She came 98th in FHM's Sexiest Women of 2015.

Early life

Foote attended

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in Bury and then Bury College. She has an older sister named Katie.

Career

Foote has been appearing on British television since 2004. She has played two different murder victims: Angela Fairley in the psychological thriller '' Conviction'', and as Charley Witham in '' Life on Mars''. Other roles are Rosie in '' Sorted'', Katy Barnes in ''

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'', Jennifer Thurber in the BBC drama ''

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'' (20 September 2008), Julie Tinniswood in the ITV drama ''

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'' (3 May 2009), Bryony in '' Emmerdale'' (April 2010), and Gemma in ''

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''. She played the role of Lauren in the short film ''Cotton Stones''. She also appeared in two domestic abuse television adverts. She made a guest appearance in ''

'' as Jess Burrows (18 January 2010), but was re-introduced as a new, regular character in July 2010, playing

. She left the show in 2015 to pursue other acting roles, interests, projects, and her modelling career. In 2013, Foote was nominated for the Sexiest Female Award at the British Soap Awards, but lost out to fellow ''Coronation Street'' actress Michelle Keegan. In 2014, she was nominated for the same award but again lost out to Michelle Keegan who portrayed

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in the show. In 2015 she came 98th on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women, she featured alongside Keegan who came 1st, the first time two stars from the same British soap had been in the Top 100 public poll. Foote was signed to a modelling contract with

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in October 2014. Foote has appeared as a guest and contestant on shows such as ''

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'', '' All Star Family Fortunes'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

''Strictly Come Dancing''

On 13 August 2015, it was announced that Foote would be participating in the thirteenth series of the

celebrity talent show ''

'' from September 2015. She was partnered with professional dancer

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. The couple eventually reached the final where they received the maximum 40 points for their

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. They ended as joint runners-up along with

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and

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, losing out to Jay McGuiness and

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who won the competition.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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