Georgina Leonidas

Georgina Leonidas (born 28 February 1990) is an English actress well known for playing Molly in The Basil Brush Show, and Katie Bell in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.

Early life

Georgina was born in London, the youngest of four siblings to a Greek Cypriot father and a British mother. Her older brother Shane (now known as Dimitri) and older sister Stephanie are also actors; she has another sister Helen who works as a teacher.^{[citation needed]}.

In her earlier years, Georgina attended Preston Park Primary School in Wembley, London. Later she attended St. Gregory's Catholic Science College in Kenton^{[citation needed]}

Career

Georgina's first role was in 1999, when she played Little Cosette in Les Misérables on stage in London. She was then cast as Miss Molly in The Basil Brush Show in 2002, appearing in every episode of series 1–4, then at different times from series 5 onwards.

After the Basil Brush show ended, she guest starred in the BBC TV series Holby City as Ali Jarvis in the episode "Stargazer" in early 2007, before being cast for the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as Katie Bell, Harry's fellow Gryffindor Quidditch player, on 19 December 2007,^[1] as well as voicing Katie in the associated video game. She then starred in the leading role of Maya in the short film Baghdad Express in 2008, and during 2009, she appeared alongside fellow Harry Potter star Isabella Laughland in the short film Driftwood,^[2] in New Tricks on 30 July 2009, as Kiraz Yilmaz in the episode "Fresh Starts".^{[citation needed]}, then as the Matron's Daughter in the film Nine, and as Andra in a BBC Switch adaptation of the Greek Myth The Fall Of Icarus.

Georgina then reprised her role of Katie Bell in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2010 and 2011, before appearing in the stage play The Real Thing, the film Papadopoulos & Sons in a small role, and the short film Untouchable in 2012. She has also appeared in several videos filmed by fellow Harry Potter star Jessie Cave for her website www.pindippy.com. During autumn 2013, she appeared as Gemma Raven in the CBBC series Wizards vs Aliens episodes 'The Curse Of Crowe' parts 1 and 2, and as Izzy in the Polly Stenham play That Face at London's Landor Theatre during November 2013.

Filmography

Television

Theatre

Others

References

External links

• TV.com
• Georgina Leonidas at the Internet Movie Database