Georgia Moffett

Georgia Moffet
Georgia Moffett at a Sci-fi convention in 2008.
Born	Georgia Elizabeth Moffett (1984-12-25) 25 December 1984 London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	David Tennant (2011–present)
Children	3
Parents	Peter Davison Sandra Dickinson

Georgia Elizabeth Tennant (née Moffett; born 25 December 1984) is an English actress. She played Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon's daughter Abigail in The Bill,^[1] and the Doctor's daughter Jenny in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter".

Early life

Moffett was born in London, the daughter of actors Peter Moffett (better known by his stage name, Peter Davison) and Sandra Dickinson.^[2] She attended St Edward's School in Oxford.^[3]

Career

Moffett made her television debut at the age of 15 in Peak Practice (1999), playing Nicki Davey.^[4] Moffett has appeared in television dramas such as The Second Quest and Like Father Like Son. She played downtrodden Alice Harding in the ITV drama Where the Heart Is in 2004 and 2005^[5] and has performed alongside her father in Fear, Stress & Anger^[6] and The Last Detective.^[7]

In 2007, she made her theatrical debut as Mathilde Verlaine in Total Eclipse at London's Menier Chocolate Factory.^[8] In May 2008, Moffett starred in the BBC series Doctor Who as the Tenth Doctor's artificially-created daughter, Jenny, in the episode "The Doctor's Daughter", with her future husband David Tennant playing the Doctor^[9] (Moffett is the daughter of Peter Davison, who played the Fifth Doctor in the 1980s). In August 2008, Moffett starred in series one of BBC Three's spy spin-off Spooks: Code 9 as Kylie Roman.^[10][11]

In 2009 she voiced the role of Cassie Rice in Doctor Who: Dreamland,^[12] and portrayed Lady Vivian in the "Sweet Dreams" episode of the BBC drama Merlin.^[13] She joined the cast of BBC medical drama Casualty as junior doctor Heather Whitefield, but her character was killed off in her second episode. As she was credited as a regular (with a character profile on the official website and an appearance in the opening title sequence), this makes Moffett the shortest-serving Casualty regular to date.

In June 2010, she performed in the short play Hens, which ran for four performances at the Riverside Studios and was later broadcast on Sky Arts 2,^[14] and played a cameo role in the TV drama Thorne: Sleepyhead as the wife of one of the junior detectives (appearing in one scene in episode two, and one non-speaking scene in episode three). In March 2011, she landed the role of Emma in the BBC Three sitcom White Van Man,^[15] which ran for two series before being cancelled. In May 2012, Moffett made her West End debut in the play What the Butler Saw at the Vaudeville Theatre in London.^[16] The play was not a critical or commercial success and was cancelled in July, closing a month before its scheduled end.

In November 2013, she appeared in and produced the Doctor Who homage webcast The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, using her married name of Georgia Tennant. It was written and directed by her father, and featured a cameo appearance by her husband.

Personal life

Moffett had her first child, a son, Ty Peter Moffett, on 27 March 2002.^[17][18] Moffett and her son have appeared together on the British reality series Four Weddings,^[19] and on an episode of Doctor Who Confidential. He interviewed her for a video for the BBC website.^[20] Ty attends a drama school in London owned by his grandmother, Sandra Dickinson, and made his acting debut in May 2010 in a TV commercial for The Great British Teddy Bear Company.

In January 2011, several newspapers in Britain reported that Moffett was engaged to actor David Tennant. Moffett gave birth to the couple's daughter, Olive, two months later, on 29 March 2011.^[21][22] Moffett and Tennant married on 30 December 2011.^[23] In 2011, Tennant adopted Moffett's son, Ty.^[24] On 5 January 2013, Jonathan Ross announced, during a TV interview with Tennant, that Moffett was pregnant for the third time.^[25] On 2 May 2013, Georgia gave birth to the couple's son, Wilfred.

The couple avoid talking about each other or their relationship in the press, and ask interviewers not to mention the subject.^{[26][27][28][29][30]} They have never posed for press photographers or walked a red carpet together, though numerous paparazzi photos of the pair exist.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Radio

References

External links

• Georgia Moffett at the Internet Movie Database