| Georgina Kimberley Hagen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 June 1991 |
| Origin | London (SW) |
| Genres | Musical Theatre |
| Occupations | Actress / Musical Theatre performer |
Georgina "Georgie" Kimberley Hagen (born 21 June 1991) is an English actress and singer, most famous for her appearance as Lauren in ITV's Britannia High.[1] She also featured in The Story of Tracy Beaker as Rebecca in 2005. She studied at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London.
As a child, Hagen has starred in a number of West end musicals, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium and as the voice of Control in the 2004-2008 UK tour of Starlight Express - The 3rd Dimension, on which her father was musical director. She was heard alongside actors such as Oliver Thornton and Tim Driesen.
Hagen has recently starred as "Meat" in the 2009/2010 UK tour of Queen musical 'We Will Rock You', and is currently playing the lead role of "Pearl" in Starlight Express in Bochum, Germany.
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Georgie Hagen starred in Britannia High as Lauren Walters alongside Mitch Hewer, Sapphire Elia, Matthew James Thomas, Rana Roy, Marcquelle Ward, Sophie Powles and Adam Garcia. She went through a year long audition process which involved, dance, drama and singing workshops. Gary Barlow heard Georgina Hagen singing for the first time when she was singing "without you" in the singing workshop. He is alleged to have commented "That sounded amazing". Georgina was in for a tough competition for a role in the drama as she was up against now famous singer Pixie Lott
Hagen's mother Susie Fenwick appeared in The Sound of Music as Sister Margaretta at the London Palladium.[2] Hagen's parents have known Arlene Phillips, a director of Britannia High, for some time through their careers in the West End. Georgina is also a friend of one of Phillips' daughters. She is also the second cousin of Perry Fenwick, who plays Billy Mitchell in EastEnders, and first cousin of film director Toby Hagen.
Georgina admitted to GMTV that she had been bullied at primary school and the first year of upper school, further adding that she would constantly get phone calls from 3am- 4am. She agreed that girls were almost twice more likely to get bullied than boys.