Georgia Moffett Tennant | |
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Moffett at San Diego Comic Con in 2008.
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Born |
Georgia Elizabeth Moffett 25 December 1984 London, England, UK |
Alma mater | St Edward's School, Oxford |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1999-present |
Spouse(s) | David Tennant (m. 2011) |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) |
Peter Davison Sandra Dickinson |
Georgia Elizabeth Tennant (née Moffett; born 25 December 1984) is an English actress. She played Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon's daughter Abigail in The Bill. She played The Doctor's clone daughter Jenny in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter" and Lady Vivian in the show Merlin.
Moffett was born in London, the daughter of actors Peter Moffett (better known by his stage name, Peter Davison) and Sandra Dickinson. She attended St Edward's School in Oxford. Her maternal grandfather, Harold Searles, was one of the pioneers of psychiatric medicine specialising in psychoanalytic treatments of schizophrenia.
Moffett made her television debut at the age of 15 in Peak Practice (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 ITV drama Where the Heart Is in 2004 and 2005 and has performed alongside her father in Fear, Stress & Anger and The Last Detective.
In 2007, she made her theatrical debut as Mathilde Verlaine in Total Eclipse at London's Menier Chocolate Factory. In May 2008, Moffett starred in the BBC series Doctor Who as the Tenth Doctor's artificially-created daughter, Jenny, in the episode "The Doctor's Daughter", with her future husband David Tennant playing the Doctor (Moffett is the daughter of Peter Davison, who played the Fifth Doctor in the 1980s). In August 2008, Moffett starred in series one of BBC Three's spy spin-off Spooks: Code 9 as Kylie Roman.