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Georgia Elizabeth Tennant (; born 25 December 1984) is an English actress and producer. She played Detective Inspector
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" and Lady Vivian in the show '' Merlin''.


Early life

Moffett was born on
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, the daughter of actors Peter Moffett (known by his stage name,
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) and
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. She attended St Edward's School in
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.


Career

Moffett made her television debut at the age of 15 in ''
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'' (1999), playing Nicki Davey. Moffett has appeared in television dramas such as ''The Second Quest'' and ''Like Father Like Son''. She played downtrodden Alice Harding in the
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drama '' Where the Heart Is'' in 2004 and 2005 and has performed alongside her father in ''
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'' and ''
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.'' In 2007, she made her theatrical debut as Mathilde Verlaine in ''Total Eclipse'' at London's Menier Chocolate Factory. In May 2008, Moffett appeared in the
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series ''
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'' as
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's artificially-created daughter,
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", with her future husband
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playing the Doctor (her father Peter Davison played the
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in the 1980s). In August 2008, Moffett starred in series one of
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's spy spin-off '' Spooks: Code 9'' as Kylie Roman. Moffett voiced the role of Cassie Rice in '' Doctor Who: Dreamland'' in 2009, and portrayed Lady Vivian in the "Sweet Dreams" episode of the BBC drama '' Merlin''. She joined the cast of BBC medical drama ''
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'' as junior doctor Heather Whitefield, but her character was killed off at the start of her second episode. In June 2010, she performed in the short play ''Hens'', which ran for four performances at the
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and was later broadcast on
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, and played a cameo role in the television drama '' Thorne: Sleepyhead'' as the wife of one of the junior detectives (appearing in one scene in episode two, and one non-speaking scene in episode three). In March 2011, she landed the role of Emma in the BBC Three sitcom ''
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'', which ran for two series before being cancelled. In May 2012, Moffett made her West End debut in the play ''What the Butler Saw'' at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. The play received poor reviews and ticket sales, and on 13 July the production announced via their official website that the play had been cancelled and would be ending the following week, a month earlier than scheduled. In November 2013, Moffett appeared in and produced the ''Doctor Who'' homage anniversary webcast ''
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''; as a producer she was credited under her married name of Georgia Tennant (though her initial acting appearances were credited under Georgia Moffett). It was written and directed by her father, and featured cameo appearances by her husband and her two older children (she was at the time of filming heavily pregnant with her third, and the webcast features a scripted scene of her going into labour). Moffett produced and starred in a short film called ''96 Ways To Say I Love You'', which also co-starred her husband David Tennant. The film premiered at the
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in April 2015. In 2017, she returned to acting, appearing in BBC drama miniseries '' In the Dark'', credited as Georgia Tennant.BBC – ''In the Dark'' pages

(Accessed 5 August 2017) That same year, she produced the comedy film '' You, Me and Him (2017 film), You, Me and Him''. Since 2019, she has produced her husband's podcast series ''David Tennant Does a Podcast With...'' In 2020, Moffett co-starred and produced the six-part comedy '' Staged,'' filmed during the
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with her husband and
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.


Personal life

Moffett became pregnant after a brief relationship with a university student and in 2002, at age 17, had her first child, a son named Ty, who became an actor. She became engaged to actor
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in January 2011. She gave birth to the couple's daughter, Olive in March 2011. They married on 30 December 2011. The couple live in
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and have three daughters and two sons, including Georgia's firstborn son
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, whom David Tennant adopted. Moffett is a patron of ''Straight Talking'', a charity set up to educate young people about teenage pregnancy. In 2018, Moffett was diagnosed with and successfully treated for early stage cervical cancer.


Filmography


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Stage


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tennant, Georgia 1984 births Living people 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London English film actresses English people of American descent English people of Finnish descent English people of Guyanese descent English radio actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English voice actresses People educated at St Edward's School, Oxford People from Hammersmith