{{Short description|English actress (born 1975)}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Georgina Cates | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|4|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Colchester, Essex, England | birth_name = Clare Elaine Woodgate<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=254777331:1523&d=bmd_1653949805 | title=FreeBMD Entry Info }}</ref> | spouse = {{marriage|Skeet Ulrich|1997|2005|end=div}} | children = 2 | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1991–present }} '''Georgina Elaine Cates''' (born '''Clare Elaine Woodgate'''; 4 April 1975) is an English film and television actress.
==Life and career== Born Clare Elaine Woodgate in Colchester, Cates attended Colchester County High School for Girls and broke into television acting when she was 16 years old, playing the role of Jenny Porter on the BBC's ''2point4 Children''.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0blnfqt</ref>
In 1995, Cates (then still known as Clare Woodgate) auditioned for the role of Stella in the film ''An Awfully Big Adventure'' but was not cast. On returning home, she dyed her hair red and reinvented herself as a 17-year-old Liverpudlian girl called Georgina Cates who had no previous acting experience. When she re-applied for the same role, the casting director hired her. She went on to appear in such films as ''Frankie Starlight'' (1995), ''Illuminata'' (1998), and ''A Soldier's Sweetheart'' (1998). She received critical acclaim for her role as Amanda in ''Clay Pigeons'' (1998) with Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix. After a seven-year break from the film industry, Cates returned to the independent film genre to co-star in ''Sinner'', for which she won a Best Actress award at the Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
==Awards== *'''Best Actress in a Leading Role''', ''Sinner'', 41st Annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival *'''Actress of the Year (Nominee)''', ''An Awfully Big Adventure'', 1996 London Critics Circle Film Awards
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Film and television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1991–1992 |''2point4 Children'' |Jenny Porter |TV series |- |1992 |''{{sortname|The|Ruth Rendell Mysteries}}'' |Sophie Stacey |Episode: "An Unwanted Woman: Part 2" |- |1993 |''Casualty'' |Emily Russell |Episode: "Life in the Fast Lane" |- |1993 |''{{sortname|An|Exchange of Fire|nolink=1}}'' |Olga Slajek |TV film |- |1993 |''{{sortname|The|Debutante|nolink=1}}'' |Amber |Short film |- |1993 |''{{sortname|The|Bill}}'' |Susie Harper |Episode: "The Price of Fame" |- |1994 |''{{sortname|The|Bill}}'' |Lorraine Lee |Episode: "House Arrest" |- |1994 |''Au Pair'' |Susan | |- |1994 |''Chris Cross'' |Annette Morton |Episode: "Politics" |- |1995 |''Loving'' |Edith |TV film |- |1995 |''Ghosts'' |Maureen / Young Margaret |Episode: "The Shadowy Third" |- |1995 |''{{sortname|An|Awfully Big Adventure}}'' |Stella | |- |1995 |''Frankie Starlight'' |Young Emma | |- |1997 |''Big City Blues'' |Angela | |- |1998 |''Illuminata'' |Simone | |- |1998 |''{{sortname|A|Soldier's Sweetheart}}'' |Marianne Bell | |- |1998 |''Stiff Upper Lips'' |Emily | |- |1998 |''{{sortname|The|Treat|nolink=1}}'' |Mimi | |- |1998 |''Clay Pigeons'' |Amanda | |- |2007 |''Sinner'' |Lil | |- |2008 |''{{sortname|The|Upshot|nolink=1}}'' |Samantha |TV film |- |2009 |''{{sortname|The|Closer}}'' |Kim Sherman |Episode: "Elysian Fields" |- |2013 |''Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa'' |Kimmie | |- |2014 |''Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.5'' |Kimmie |Direct-to-video |- |2014 |''Everlasting'' |Elaine Insane | |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0146061}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cates, Georgina}} Category:1975 births Category:English film actresses Category:English television actresses Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Colchester Category:People educated at Colchester County High School