Georgia Tennant
Georgia Elizabeth Tennant (Moffett; born 25 December 1984) is an English actress and producer. She played Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon's daughter Abigail in The Bill, Jenny in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter" and Lady Vivian in the show Merlin.
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Georgia Tennant

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- Name
- Georgia Tennant
- Birth Name
- Georgia Elizabeth Moffett
- Born
- 25 December 1984
- Birthplace
- Hammersmith, London, England
- Occupation
- * Actress
- Education
- St Edward's School, Oxford
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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Georgia Elizabeth Tennant (Moffett; born 25 December 1984) is an English actress and producer. She played Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon's daughter Abigail in The Bill, Jenny in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter" and Lady Vivian in the show Merlin.
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Georgia Tennant (born 1984) is a British actor, actress and film actor. The actor was born in London. Georgia Tennant studied at St Edward's School. Languages used include English.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Georgia Tennant • Birth Name — Georgia Elizabeth Moffett • Born — 25 December 1984 • Birthplace — Hammersmith, London, England • Citizenship — * United Kingdom • United States • Occupation — * Actress • producer • Years Active — 1999–present • Education — St Edward's School, Oxford • Children — 5, including Ty • Father — Peter Davison • Mother — Sandra Dickinson • Relatives — * Harold Searles (grandfather) • Sandy McDonald (father-in-law) • Elizabeth Morton (stepmother)
Early life
Early life
Tennant is the daughter of actors Peter Moffett, known by his stage name, Peter Davison, and Sandra Dickinson (Searles), granddaughter of American psychoanalyst Harold Searles. She has two half brothers from her father's third marriage; she is of Guyanese descent through her paternal grandfather and Finnish descent through her maternal grandmother. She attended St Edward's School in Oxford.
Career
Career
Tennant made her television debut at the age of 15 in Peak Practice (1999), playing Nicki Davey. In 2002, she rose to prominence playing Abigail Nixon, the troubled teenage daughter of Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon in ITVs The Bill. Tennant appeared in the recurring role for seven years until her character was written out, just before the show's cancellation. Tennant 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, and has performed alongside her father, Peter Davison, in Fear, Stress & Anger and The Last Detective. In 2007, she made her theatrical debut as Mathilde Verlaine in Total Eclipse at London's Menier Chocolate Factory. In May 2008, Tennant appeared 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. In August 2008, Tennant starred in series one of BBC Three's spy spin-off Spooks: Code 9 as Kylie Roman. Tennant voiced the role of Cassie Rice in Doctor Who: Dreamland in 2009, and portrayed Lady Vivian in the "Sweet Dreams" episode of the BBC drama Merlin. She joined the cast of BBC medical drama Casualty as junior doctor Heather Whitefield, but her character was killed off after just two episodes. 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, and played a cameo role in the television drama Thorne: Sleepyhead as the wife of one of the junior detectives. In March 2011, she landed the role of Emma in the BBC Three sitcom White Van Man, which ran for two series before being cancelled. In May 2012, Tennant made her West End debut in the play What the Butler Saw at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. The play received poor reviews and ticket sales, and on 13 July the production announced via its website that the play had been cancelled and would be ending the following week, a month earlier than scheduled. In November 2013, Tennant appeared in and produced the Doctor Who homage anniversary webcast The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot; as a producer, she was credited under her married name of Georgia Tennant (though her initial acting appearances were credited under Georgia Moffett). It was written and directed by her father, and featured cameo appearances by her husband and her two older children, while she was heavily pregnant with her third; the webcast features a scripted scene of her going into labour. Tennant produced and starred in a short film opposite her husband, David Tennant, called 96 Ways to Say I Love You, which premiered at the London Independent Film Festival in April 2015. In 2017, she returned to acting with a small role in BBC drama miniseries In the Dark, credited as Georgia Tennant. That same year, she produced a comedy film starring her husband called You, Me and Him. In 2018, the first series of the Big Finish audio drama Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter was released, in which Tennant reprised her role from the 2008 Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter" as the protagonist. The second series was released in 2021, and the third series followed in 2024. From 2019, she produced her husband's podcast series David Tennant Does a Podcast with... In 2020, David Tennant and Michael Sheen starred in the six-part comedy Staged, filmed during the COVID-19 lockdown, with Tennant producing the series and also acting in a supporting role. She reprised her role in the second and third series of the show. In the 2022 television series The Horne Section, she played the part of Ash. The second series was released in 2025, with Tennant returning to the show. She lent her voice to dog Kika in the British television series Dog Squad. In 2024, ahead of the release of Rivals, starring her husband, she re-recorded the audiobook of the same title that was released in 1988. In 2025, she narrated the third book in the Rutshire Chronicles, Polo, as well as Asia Mackay's novel A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage.
Personal life
Personal life
Tennant began dating Scottish actor David Tennant in 2008, having met on set filming the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor‘s Daughter". They married in 2011 and have five children, including Ty. The eldest three have acted. Tennant is a patron of Straight Talking, a charity set up to educate young people about teenage pregnancy. In 2018, Tennant received a diagnosis of, and was successfully treated for, early stage cervical cancer.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1999 — Peak Practice — Nicki Davey — 4 episodes • 2002–2009 — The Bill — Abigail Nixon — 26 episodes • 2004 — The Second Quest — Sandra Biggs — Television film • Holby City — Emma Lenton — Episode: "A Good Day to Bury Bad News" • 2004–2005 — Where the Heart Is — Alice Harding — 17 episodes • 2005 — Like Father Like Son — Morag Tait — 2 episodes • Tom Brown's Schooldays — Sally — Television film • 2007 — Fear, Stress and Anger — Chloe Chadwick — 6 episodes • Bonkers — Debbie Hooper — 4 episodes • Casualty — Elaine Walker — Episode: "Lost in the Rough" • The Last Detective — Tanya — Episode: "Once Upon a Time on the Westway" • 2008 — My Family — Penny Bishop — Episode: "Let's Not Be Heisty" • Doctor Who — Jenny — Episode: "The Doctor's Daughter" • Spooks: Code 9 — Kylie Roman — All 6 episodes • 2009 — Agatha Christie's Marple — Lady Frances "Frankie" Derwent — Episode: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" • Doctor Who: Dreamland — Cassie Rice (voice) — All 6 episodes • Casualty — Heather Whitefield — 2 episodes • Merlin — Lady Vivian — Episode: "Sweet Dreams" • 2010 — Playhouse Live — Leila — Episode: "Hens" • Thorne: Sleepyhead — Sophie Holland — 2 episodes • 2011 — White Van Man — Emma — 13 episodes • 2013 — The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot — Georgia Moffett — Television film; also producer • 2014 — Casualty — Briony Whitman — Episode: "Entrenched" • Holby City — Episode: "Chaos in Her Wings" • 2015 — Joan of Arc: God's Warrior — Joan of Arc — Television film • 2017 — In the Dark — Jenny — All 4 episodes • 2020–2022 — Staged — herself — 20 episodes; also producer • 2022 — Meet the Richardsons — 2 episodes • The Sandman — Laura Lynn (voice) — Episode: "Dream of a Thousand Cats" • 2022–2024 — Dog Squad — Kika (voice) — 12 episodes • 2022-2025 — The Horne Section — Ash — All 12 episodes • 2024 — The Way — Millie — 1 episode
Audio
Audio
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — Doctor Who: Red Dawn — Tanya Webster — Big Finish Productions • 2008 — Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7 — Narrator — BBC Audio • 2010 — Doctor Who: Autonomy • 2010 — City of Spires — Alice — Big Finish Productions • 2013 — Bernice Summerfield: New Frontiers — Avril Fenman • 2014 — Osiris: Osirian Enemy — Jessica — Everybodyelse Productions • Frankenstein — Elizabeth — Big Finish Productions • Doctor Who: Rule of the Eminence — Engineer Tallow • 2018 — Jenny-The Doctor’s Daughter — Jenny • 2019 — Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time • 2021 — Jenny-The Doctor’s Daughter – Still Running • 2022 — Doctor Who: The Eighth of March - Protectors of Time • 2023 — Doctor Who: Once and Future: The Artist at the End of Time • 2023-25 — Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen — Lucy (from series 2) — BBC Radio 4 • 2024 — Jenny - The Doctor’s Daughter - Saving Time — Jenny — Big Finish Productions • Rivals — Narrator — Audible • 2025 — A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage — Hazel • Polo — Narrator • 2026 — Not Like the Other Parents — Hazel • Riders — Narrator
Stage
Stage
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2007 — Total Eclipse — Mathilde Verlaine — Menier Chocolate Factory • 2010 — Hens — Leila — Riverside Studios • 2012 — What the Butler Saw — Geraldine Barclay — The Vaudeville Theatre
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Georgia Elizabeth Tennant, Georgia Elizabeth Moffett and Georgia Moffett. Her recorded language was English. She was the child of Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson. She married David Tennant. 3 children are recorded: Ty Tennant, Olive Tennant and Red Tennant.

Georgia Moffet at a Science Fiction convention (modified from original flickr - cropped and color/lighting adjusted)
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Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2015 — 96 Ways to Say I Love You — Olive — Short film; also producer • 2016 — The Exit — Short film; producer • 2017 — You, Me and Him — Alison — Feature film; also producer • 2020 — Screening — Prime Minister — Short film • 2025 — The Birds and the Bees — Short film; executive producer
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- 1.@georgiaETennant. Twitter.
- 2.@georgiaEtennant. Twitter.
- 3.Ford, Tom. Who is 'Doctor Who' David Tennant's Wife - Georgia Tennant?. The Biography. 2024-06-28.
- 4.BBC. The Stars are Coming Out. Radio Times. 5–11 April 2008. 14–24. April 2008.
- 5.Palmer, Camilla. Peter Davison: 'Britain wasn't as welcoming as it should have been for my father'. theguardian.com. 11 August 2017.
- 6.Burrows, Raymond Earl. Robert Burrows and descendants, 1630-1974. Internet Archive. 978. 1975.
- 7.Sandra Dickinson. My first trip to Finland with my baby bro. the homeland of our mother and my hair. 28 February 2021.
- 8.Tv.com. Georgia Moffett Summary.
- 9.Movietome. Georgia Moffett Trivia.
- 10.BBC Press Office. Doctor Who: The Doctor's Daughter. 10 May 2008.
- 11.BBC Press Office. Spooks: Code 9. 16 July 2008.
- 12.McLean, Gareth. Spooks: Code 9. The Guardian. 8 August 2008.
- 13.Sky Arts. Playhouse Live.
- 14.Webb, Claire. Q&A with White Van Man star Georgia Moffett. Radio Times. 22 March 2011.
- 15.McInnerny, Bond & Moffett join Djalili in What the Butler Saw.
- 16.Billington, Michael. What the Butler Saw – review. The Guardian. 17 May 2012.
- 17.What the Butler Saw.
- 18.Spencer, Charles. Joe Orton's 1967 comic masterpiece is given a sadistically unfunny adaptation. The Telegraph. 17 May 2012.
- 19.Hewitt, Susan. REVIEW: 96 Ways To Say I Love You – An Entertaining & Funny Short. www.david-tennant-news.com.
- 20.BBC – In the Dark pages: [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ysx09 [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09052h3 (Accessed 5 August 2017)
- 21.Doctor Who's Jenny returns to meet an "old enemy" in spin-off Radio Times. www.radiotimes.com.
- 22.Georgia Tennant to be Joined by Her Staged Co-Star For Big Finish's Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter. The Doctor Who Companion. 2024-08-22.
- 23.David Tennant Does A Podcast With. Is Officially Great Britain's Top Podcast. 31 January 2019.
- 24.Wright, Minnie. Staged actor David Tennant reveals challenges of filming lockdown comedy. Radio Times. 10 June 2020.
- 25.David Tennant and Michael Sheen return for Staged season 2 on BBC Radio Times. www.radiotimes.com.
- 26.Staged series 3 is coming to the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk.
- 27.Greg Davies and Georgia Tennant join Alex Horne's new show Radio Times. www.radiotimes.com.
- 28.Guide, British Comedy. The Horne Section TV Show Series 2 launches Thursday 22nd May. British Comedy Guide. 2025-05-08.
- 29.Rivals by Jilly Cooper. The official website of Dame Jilly Cooper.
- 30.Actors Georgia Tennant and Kyle Soller to narrate Asia Mackay's latest novel. The Bookseller.
- 31.London, Luxury. Georgia Tennant: “In youth, you think anything is possible”. Luxury London. 2025-05-21.
- 32.Novak, Kim. David Tennant's 10-year-old daughter Olive bosses the red carpet for Belfast. Metro. 13 October 2021.
- 33.Kelly, Darcy. Teenager lands role in Disney+ drama Rivals. BBC News. 4 January 2026.
- 34.Anderson, Hayley. David Tennant's child Red Tennant makes unexpected cameo in Netflix Ladies First. Mirror. 26 May 2026.
- 35.Our Patrons.
- 36.Georgia Moffett urges followers to 'never miss a smear test' in cervical screening week awareness post. The Standard. 16 June 2020.
- 37.Bbc.com. BBC Doctor Who The Doctor's Daughter Episode Guide.
- 38.BBC Press Office. BBC ONE Unplaced Casualty.
- 39.Thorne: Sleepyhead. TV.com.
- 40.White Van Man. British Comedy Guide.
- 41.Susanna Lazarus. Blue's Anthony Costa in Casualty – first-look pictures. RadioTimes.
- 42.Sarrubba, Stefania. Doctor Who stars David and Georgia Tennant join Jon Richardson comedy. Digital Spy. 22 February 2022.
- 43.Bigfinish.com. Doctor Who Red Dawn (2000).
- 44.Bbcshop.com. Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7 (2008).
- 45.Autonomy (novel). Tardis Wiki. 2023-12-31.
- 46.Bigfinish.com. Doctor Who City of Spires (2010).
- 47.04. New Frontiers – Bernice Summerfield – Box Sets – Big Finish. www.bigfinish.com.
- 48.4. Frankenstein – Big Finish Classics – Big Finish. www.bigfinish.com.
- 49.3. Dark Eyes 3 – Doctor Who – Dark Eyes – Big Finish. www.bigfinish.com.
- 50.BBC Radio 4 - Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen?, Series 2, 1. Mummy Dearest. BBC.
- 51.Actors Georgia Tennant and Kyle Soller to narrate Asia Mackay's latest novel. The Bookseller.
- 52.Polo. 2024-07-12. 978-1-6686-4899-5.
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