Georgia Isobel Groome (born 11 February 1992) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in the films ''

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'' (2006) and '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'' (2008).

Early life

Groome was born on 11 February 1992 in

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, the daughter of Paul Groome (1963-2009), a

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and

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, and Fiona (née Tulloch) Watson, a drama and vocal coach. She resided in

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. She has two sisters, Alexandra, a dance teacher and Eden, a dancer. Groome, at the age of nine, auditioned for a role in the touring stage version of the musical '' Annie Get Your Gun'' and got the part. She trained at her mother’s performing arts school, at Nottingham Television Workshop, Derby Youth Theatre, and

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Career

Groome made her acting debut in the 2001 TV film, ''A Fish Out of Water.'' She subsequently played an orphan in an episode of the short-lived TV series, ''Dangerville.'' When Groome was just 14 years old, she landed her first feature film role in the well-received British independent film ''

'' in 2006, playing an 11-year-old runaway. That year, she was also one of the eight young adventurers on '' Serious Amazon'' for

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'' (9 July 2005) In 2007, Groome had a role in Elaine Wickham's short, ''My Mother''. In 2008, Groome had a minor role in the comedy-horror '' The Cottage''. Her breakthrough role was as 14-year-old, boyfriend-searching Georgia Nicolson alongside Aaron Johnson in the 2008 film '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'', for which she won the award for Best Child Actor at the Buster International Children's Film Festival.Georgia Groome
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'' She also had a minor role in horror film '' The Disappeared''. In 2009, she made her stage debut in ''Tusk Tusk'', a new play by

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at the

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in London. The same year, she appeared in the short ''Leaving Eva'' and an episode of ''

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''. In 2010, Groome appeared in an episode of

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detective drama ''

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'', as well as the short ''Silent Things''. In 2011, Groome starred in two shorts, ''The True Meaning of Love'' and ''Six Degrees''. She also appeared in Susan Jacobson's '' The Holding'' and had a lead role in '' The Great Ghost Rescue'', a film adaptation of

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's book of the same name. She appeared alongside

Stephen Dillane Stephen John Dillane (; born 27 March 1957) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Leonard Woolf in the 2002 film '' The Hours'', Stannis Baratheon in ''Game of Thrones'', and Thomas Jefferson in the 2008 HBO miniseries ''John Ada ...

in ''

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'', in which she played snobby fashion victim Katie. The film was released in the UK through Cineworld on 5 April 2013.

Personal life

Groome has been in a relationship with actor

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since 2011. They have a daughter, Wednesday, born in May 2020.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

Theatre

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Groome, Georgia Living people Alumni of King's College London 21st-century English actresses English child actresses English film actresses People from Nottingham English television actresses English radio actresses People educated at Trent College Actresses from Nottinghamshire People from Chellaston 1992 births