Georgia May Foote

She also came 98th in FHM's Sexiest Women of 2015.

• Name — Georgia May Foote • Born — 11 February 1991 • Birthplace — Bury, Greater Manchester, England • Occupation — * Actress • model • Television — * Grange Hill • Coronation Street • Strictly Come Dancing • Trollied • Years Active — 2004–present

Foote attended Elton High School in Bury and then Bury College. She has an older sister named Katie.

Foote has been appearing on British television since 2004. She has played two different murder victims: Angela Fairley in the psychological thriller Conviction, and as Charley Witham in Life on Mars. Other roles are Rosie in Sorted, Katy Barnes in Doctors, Jennifer Thurber in the BBC drama Casualty (20 September 2008), Julie Tinniswood in the ITV drama Heartbeat (3 May 2009), Bryony in Emmerdale (April 2010), and Gemma in This Is England 86. She played the role of Lauren in the short film Cotton Stones. She also appeared in two domestic abuse television adverts. She made a guest appearance in Coronation Street as Jess Burrows (18 January 2010), but was re-introduced as a new, regular character in July 2010, playing Katy Armstrong. She left the show in 2015 to pursue other acting roles, interests, projects, and her modelling career. The character was killed off off-screen in early-2017, reported to have died in a car accident in Portugal, where she was living in the script. In 2013, Foote was nominated for the Sexiest Female Award at the British Soap Awards, but lost out to fellow Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan. In 2014, she was nominated for the same award but again lost out to Michelle Keegan who portrayed Tina McIntyre in the show. In 2015 she came 98th on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women, she featured alongside Keegan who came first, the first time two stars from the same British soap had been in the Top 100 public poll. Foote was signed to a modelling contract with Select Model Management in October 2014. Foote has appeared as a guest and contestant on shows such as Fake Reaction, All Star Family Fortunes, BBC Breakfast, Celebrity Juice and Loose Women. She has been a self-employed nail technician since 2021.

On 13 August 2015, it was announced that Foote would be participating in the thirteenth series of the BBC celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing from September 2015. She was partnered with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice. The couple eventually reached the final where they received the maximum 40 points for their Charleston. They ended as joint runners-up along with Kellie Bright and Kevin Clifton, losing out to Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani who won the competition. • Week # — Dance / Song — Judges' scores — Result • Horwood — Bussell — Goodman — Tonioli — Total • 1 — Jive / "Dear Future Husband" — 6 — 7 — 7 — 7 — 27 — No elimination • |2 — |Waltz / "Georgia on My Mind" — |6 — |6 — |6 — |7 — |25 — Safe • 3 — Rumba / "Writing's on the Wall" — 7 — 7 — 6 — 7 — 27 — Safe • 4 — Quickstep / "Reach" — 7 — 7 — 8 — 8 — 30 — Safe • 5 — Salsa / "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" — 7 — 8 — 8 — 8 — 31 — Safe • 6 — Tango / "Ghostbusters" — 8 — 9 — 9 — 9 — Safe • 7 — Samba / "Volare" — 8 — 9 — 9 — 9 — 35 — Safe • 8 — Charleston / "Hot Honey Rag" — 9 — 10 — 10 — 10 — Safe • |9 — |American Smooth Viennese waltz / "I Have Nothing" — |9 — |9 — |10 — |10 — | — Safe • 10 — Paso doble / "The Final Countdown" — 8 — 8 — 8 — 9 — 33 — Safe • 11 — Foxtrot / "Beauty and the Beast" — 9 — 9 — 9 — 9 — 36 — Bottom two • 12 — Cha-cha-cha / "I Will Survive" Viennese waltz / "Runaway" — 8 9 — 8 10 — 8 10 — 9 10 — 33 — Safe • 13 — Rumba / "Writing's on the Wall" Freestyle / "Fix You" Charleston / "Hot Honey Rag" — 9 9 10 — 9 9 10 — 9 9 10 — 9 9 10 — 36 36 ' — Runner-up

• Year — TV series — Role — Notes • 2004 — Conviction — Angela Fairley — 3 episodes • 2006 — Sorted — Rosie • 2007 — Life on Mars — Charley Witham — 1 episode • Doctors — Katy Barnes • 2005–2008 — Grange Hill — Alison Simmons — Series regular • 2008 — Casualty — Jennifer Thurber — 1 episode • 2009 — Cotton Stones — Lauren — Short film • Heartbeat — Julie Tinniswood — 1 episode • 2010 — Emmerdale — Bryony Gregson — 1 episode • This Is England '86 — Gemma — 2 episodes • Coronation Street — Jess Burrows — 1 episode • 2010–2015 — Katy Armstrong — Series regular 391 episodes • 2012, 2013 — Loose Women — Herself — Guest panellist: 2 episodes • 2013 — All Star Family Fortunes — Contestant/panelist • 2013, 2016 — Celebrity Juice • 2014 — Fake Reaction • 2015 — Strictly Come Dancing • Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two • 2016 — Saturday Kitchen — 1 episode • 2016 — Trollied — Holly — 4 episodes • 2019 — Queen of Diamonds — Kitty — Short Film • 2020 — Doctors — Gracie Bradshaw — Episode: "A Day in the Life..." • 2020–2021 — The — Falista — 14 Episodes • 2022 — We Are Not Alone — Elodie