Jorgie Porter

Jorgie Porter
Porter in September 2011
Born	Jorgina Porter 25 December 1987 (1987-12-25) (age 29) Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2008–present

Jorgina "Jorgie" Porter (born 25 December 1987) is an English actress and model. She is best known for portraying Theresa McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, a role she played from 2008 until her departure in 2016. In January 2012, she participated in Dancing on Ice and again in the final series in January 2014. In November 2015, she participated in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and finished in fifth place. She made a one-off appearance as Miss Croft in the Are You Being Served? special in August 2016. In 2017, she appeared as a contestant on the E4 reality dating show Celebs Go Dating.

Porter was born in Trafford, Greater Manchester on Christmas Day 1987. She grew up with her mother, grandmother, and sister, and has only met her father once. A former ballet dancer, she was told by the ballet school she attended that she was overweight for a dancer. She later attended The Hammond School in Chester.

In November 2008, it was announced that Porter had joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, playing the role of Theresa McQueen. Porter said that she was "thrilled" to join the cast and be a part of one of soap opera's "most notorious families". In 2010, Porter appeared with eight other soap opera actresses in a music video and cover of the Cyndi Lauper single "Girls Just Want To Have Fun". The song was released in aid of charity, Cancer Research UK's campaign "Race for Life".

Porter appeared in the November 2010 issue of Sugar magazine. In FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2011, Porter was ranked 50th. In August 2011, Porter took part in the ITV dance show Born to Shine. She learned to street dance on the show, but failed to make it to the final.