Georgia Taylor
| Georgia Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Claire Jackson 26 February 1980 Wigan, Greater Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1997– |
| Television |
Coronation Street (1997–2003, 2016–) 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. On 20 September 2016, it was announced that Taylor would return to Coronation Street after a 13-year absence.
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. She lives in Bristol with her longtime partner, actor Mark Letheren, whom she met when they both worked on Casualty.
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.
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