Georgina Cates

Georgina Cates
Born	Clare Woodgate 14 January 1975 (1975-01-14) (age 36) Colchester, Essex, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991 – present
Spouse	Skeet Ulrich (1997-2005; divorced; 2 children)

Georgina Cates (born 14 January 1975) is an English actress of film and television.

Biography

Born Clare Woodgate in Colchester, Essex, she attended Colchester County High School for Girls and broke into television acting when she was only sixteen years old, playing the role of the original Jenny Porter on the BBC's 2point4 children. After two series she left the show to concentrate on acting in television drama such as Casualty and The Bill and in low budget films.^[1]

In 1995, Cates (then still known as Clare Woodgate) applied for the role of Stella in the film An Awfully Big Adventure but didn't get the role. She returned home, dyed her hair red, and re-invented 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.

Cates went on to co-star 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 the 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.

Personal life

In 1997, Cates married American actor Skeet Ulrich with whom she had twins. The couple separated in 2004, and divorced in 2005, citing irreconcilable differences.^[2]

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

As Georgina Cates

• Sinner (2007) — Lil
• Amongst The Shadows (2007) — Sylvia Parkes
• Big City Blues (1999) — Angela
• The Treat (1998) — Mimi
• Clay Pigeons (1998) — Amanda
• Stiff Upper Lips (1998) — Emily
• A Soldier's Sweetheart (1998) — Marianne
• Illuminata (1998) — Simone
• Frankie Starlight (1995) — Young Emma
• An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) — Stella
• Loving (1995) — Edith

As Clare Woodgate

• Au Pair (1994) — Susan
• Casualty (1993)
• The Debutante (1993) — Amber
• An Exchange of Fire (1993) — Olga Slajek
• An Unwanted Woman (1992) — Sophie Stacey
• 2point4 children (1991–1992) — Jenny Porter

References

1. ^ Rotten Tomatoes site
2. ^ "Scream-Skeet to Divorce". contactmusic.com. http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/skeet%20to%20divorce. Retrieved 2005-06-23. 

External links

• Georgina Cates at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Cates, Georgina
Alternative names	Woodgate, Clare
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	14 January 1975
Place of birth	Colchester, Essex, England, UK
Date of death
Place of death