Georgina Cates

Georgina Cates
Born	Clare Elaine Woodgate (1975-04-04) 4 April 1975 Colchester, Essex, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Skeet Ulrich ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2005)​
Children	2

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.

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 movie 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.

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

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991–1992	2point4 Children	Jenny Porter	TV series
1992	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Sophie Stacey	Episode: "An Unwanted Woman: Part 2"
1993	Casualty	Emily Russell	Episode: "Life in the Fast Lane"
1993	An Exchange of Fire	Olga Slajek	TV movie
1993	The Debutante	Amber	Short film
1993	The Bill	Susie Harper	Episode: "The Price of Fame"
1994	The Bill	Lorraine Lee	Episode: "House Arrest"
1994	Au Pair	Susan
1994	Chris Cross	Annette Morton	Episode: "Politics"
1995	Loving	Edith	TV movie
1995	Ghosts	Maureen / Young Margaret	Episode:The Shadowy Third
1995	An Awfully Big Adventure	Stella
1995	Frankie Starlight	Young Emma
1997	Big City Blues	Angela
1998	Illuminata	Simone
1998	A Soldier's Sweetheart	Marianne Bell
1998	Stiff Upper Lips	Emily
1998	The Treat	Mimi
1998	Clay Pigeons	Amanda
2007	Sinner	Lil
2008	The Upshot	Samantha	TV movie
2009	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

External links

• Georgina Cates at IMDb