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Georgina Cates

Acting
Known For

50 Years Old

Georgina Cates is an English film and television actress and professional photographer based in the US. Born in Colchester in 1975 as Clare Woodgate, she entered the acting profession under that name and first came to fame at the age of sixteen in the role of Jenny Porter in the BBC sitcom 2 Point 4 Children. After two series, she moved on to appear in guest roles in long-running, popular drama series such as The Bill and Casualty. In 1995, she auditioned for the role of Stella in Mike Nicholls' adaptation of the Beryl Bainbridge novel, An Awfully Big Adventure. When her audition proved unsuccessful, she went away and adopted the name Georgina Cates, pretended to be a seventeen year old novice performer from Liverpool and auditioned again. The result was that she won the role and starred opposite Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman and was nominated for Actress of the Year by the London Critics Circle Film Awards. Now known as Georgina Cates, she went on to star in Frankie Starlight, Stiff Upper Lips, Illuminata and Clay Pigeons. She married Skeet Ulrich in 1997, with whom she had twins. The couple divorced in 2005 and Cates returned to acting two years later with an acclaimed, award winning performance in indie film Sinner. Since then, Cates has appeared on TV in The Closer and in the 2013 Johnny Knoxville film, Bad Grandpa. In recent years she has concentrated on her photography.

Born

Colchester, Essex, UK on 14th January 1975

All Credits

Casualty Image
Casualty
Emily Russell (as Clare Woodgate)
The Closer Image
The Closer
Kim Sherman
2Point4 Children Image
2Point4 Children
Jenny Porter
2Point4 Children Image
2Point4 Children
Jenny Porter (as Clare Woodgate)
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Image
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Kimmie Zisman
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 Image
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
Kimmie
Everlasting Image
Everlasting
Elaine Insane
Clay Pigeons Image
Clay Pigeons
Amanda
Stiff Upper Lips Image
Stiff Upper Lips
Emily
Big City Blues Image
Big City Blues
Angela
An Awfully Big Adventure Image
An Awfully Big Adventure
Stella
Illuminata Image
Illuminata
Simone
The Treat Image
The Treat
Mimi
Loving Image
Loving
Edith
A Soldier's Sweetheart Image
A Soldier's Sweetheart
Marianne Bell
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Sinner
Lil
Save Me from the Sound of the Siren Image
Save Me from the Sound of the Siren
Madeleine
Au Pair Image
Au Pair
Susan (as Clare Woodgate)
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The Debutante
Amber (as Clare Woodgate)