Georgia Taylor

Georgia Taylor
Born	Claire Jackson (1980-02-26) 26 February 1980 Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–
Television	Coronation Street (1997–2003) Casualty (2007–2011) Law & Order: UK (2013–2014)

Georgia Taylor (born Claire Jackson; 26 February 1980) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Toyah Battersby in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 1997 to 2003, as Ruth Winters in the BBC show Casualty from 2007 to 2011 and as Kate Barker in Law & Order: UK from 2013 to 2014.

Personal life

Taylor was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester. She attended Willpower Youth Theatre in Wigan as a teenager and with that, she got her first audition for Coronation Street as Toyah Battersby.

Career

In 2001, Taylor won the Best Dramatic Performance British Soap Award for playing Toyah. Since leaving Coronation Street, she has appeared in episodes of Where the Heart Is, New Street Law, Lilies, Red Cap, the BBC's The Afternoon Play series and Life on Mars. In 2003, she appeared with Duncan Bannatyne in the Tyne Tees Television comedy pilot Girls' Club. In 2004 and 2006, Taylor played a recurring role in the Golden Globe award nominated series Blackpool and its follow up Viva Blackpool for BBC One.

In May 2005, Taylor appeared in The Woman Before at the Royal Court opposite Helen Baxendale. In the same year, she received rave reviews for her role in Christmas is Miles Away at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester and the Bush Theatre in London. In 2006, Taylor played Fiona in the film version of the transatlantic stage hit The History Boys. She appeared in an independent short film Soul Shutter in 2008 and also had a small role in the 2008 feature film The Bank Job. Her radio credits include Dakota of the White Flats by Phillip Ridley on BBC Radio 7.

Taylor joined the cast of the BBC One medical drama Casualty as series regular Ruth Winters in September 2007, in which she briefly worked with school friend Lucy Gaskell. She left Casualty in December 2011, along with co-star Ben Turner, who played her main love interest in the show.

Since 2013, Taylor has played Junior Crown Prosecutor Kate Barker on Law & Order: UK.

Filmography

Year	Title	Type	Role	Notes
1997–2003	Coronation Street	TV	Toyah Battersby	Series Regular, 612 Episodes
2003	Where the Heart Is	TV	Jodie Walters	1 Episode
2004	The Royal	TV	Ellen	1 Episode
2004	Blackpool	TV'	Shyanne Holden	Series Regular, 6 Episodes
2006	The History Boys	Film	Fiona	Film Role
2006	Lilies	TV	Phyllis Cook	1 Episode
2007	Life on Mars	TV	Denise Williams	2 Episodes
2007	New Street Law	TV	Lorraine Granger	1 Episode
2007	Loose Women	TV	Herself	1 Episode, Guest
2007–2011	Casualty	TV	Ruth Winters	Series Regular, 176 Episodes
2008	The Bank Job	Film	Ingrid Burton	Film Role
2012	Lewis	TV	Honey Addams	1 Episode
2012	Love in the Afternoon	Short Film	Audrey	Short Film Role
2013–2014	Law & Order: UK	TV	Kate Barker	Series Regular, 14 Episodes
2013	This Morning	TV	Herself	1 Episode, Guest
2014	One in Five	Short Film	Lucy	Short Film Role
2014	Street Kid World Cup	TV	Herself/Narrator	BBC TV Series
2014	The Chase: Celebrity Special	TV	Herself	Participant
2015	Midsomer Murders	TV	Bella Summersbee	Episode 17.1 "The Dagger Club"

External links

• Georgia Taylor at the Internet Movie Database