| Georgia Tennant | |
| Birth Name: | Georgia Elizabeth Moffett |
| Birth Place: | Hammersmith, London, England |
| Occupation: | Actress, producer |
| Yearsactive: | 1999–present |
| Education: | St Edward's School, Oxford |
| Children: | 5, including Ty |
| Father: | Peter Davison |
| Mother: | Sandra Dickinson |
Georgia Elizabeth Tennant is an English actress and producer. She played Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon's daughter Abigail in The Bill,[1] Jenny in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter" and Lady Vivian in the show Merlin.
Georgia was born on Christmas Day at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith, west London, the daughter of actors Peter Moffett (known by his stage name, Peter Davison) and Sandra Dickinson.[2] She has two half brothers from her father's third marriage; she is of Guyanese descent through her paternal grandfather[3] and Finnish descent through her maternal grandmother.[4] [5] She attended St Edward's School in Oxford.[6]
Tennant made her television debut at the age of 15 in Peak Practice (1999), playing Nicki Davey.[7] 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[8] and has performed alongside her father in Fear, Stress & Anger[9] and The Last Detective.[10]
In 2007, she made her theatrical debut as Mathilde Verlaine in Total Eclipse at London's Menier Chocolate Factory.[11] 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[12] (her father Peter Davison played the Fifth Doctor in the 1980s). In August 2008, Tennant starred in series one of BBC Three's spy spin-off as Kylie Roman.[13] [14]
Tennant voiced the role of Cassie Rice in Doctor Who: Dreamland in 2009,[15] and portrayed Lady Vivian in the "Sweet Dreams" episode of the BBC drama Merlin.[16] She joined the cast of BBC medical drama Casualty as junior doctor Heather Whitefield, but her character was killed off at the start of her second episode.
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,[17] and played a cameo role in the television 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,[18] 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.[19] The play received poor reviews and ticket sales, and on 13 July the production announced via their official website that the play had been cancelled and would be ending the following week, a month earlier than scheduled.[20] [21] [22]
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 (she was at the time of filming heavily pregnant with her third, and 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.[23] In 2017, she returned to acting with a small role in BBC drama miniseries In the Dark, credited as Georgia Tennant.[24] That same year, she produced a comedy film starring her husband called You, Me and Him. From 2019, she produced her husband's podcast series David Tennant Does a Podcast With...[25] In 2020, David Tennant and Michael Sheen.[26] starred in the six-part comedy Staged, filmed during the COVID-19 lockdown, with Georgia Tennant producing and in a supporting role
Tennant became pregnant after a brief relationship with a university student and in 2002, at age 17, had her first child, a son named Ty, who became an actor.[27]
She became engaged to actor David Tennant in January 2011. She gave birth to the couple's daughter in March 2011.[28] [29] They married on 30 December 2011.[30] The couple live in Chiswick[31] and have five children, Ty, Olive, Wilfred “Fred”, Doris, and Birdie. Georgia's firstborn son Ty was adopted by David Tennant.[32]
Tennant is a patron of Straight Talking, a charity set up to educate young people about teenage pregnancy.[33]
In 2018, Tennant was diagnosed with and successfully treated for early stage cervical cancer.[34]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 96 Ways to Say I Love You | Olive | Short film; also producer | |
| 2017 | You, Me and Him | Alison | Feature film; also producer | |
| 2020 | Screening | Prime Minister | Short film |
| 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[35] | |
| Holby City | Emma Lenton | Episode: "A Good Day to Bury Bad News"[36] | ||
| 2004–2005 | Where the Heart Is | Alice Harding | 9 episodes[37] | |
| 2005 | Like Father Like Son | Morag Tait | 2 episodes[38] | |
| Tom Brown's Schooldays | Sally | Television film | ||
| 2007 | Fear, Stress and Anger | Chloe Chadwick | 6 episodes | |
| Bonkers | Debbie Hooper | 4 episodes[39] | ||
| Casualty | Elaine Walker | Episode: "Lost in the Rough"[40] | ||
| The Last Detective | Tanya | Episode: "Once Upon a Time on the Westway" | ||
| 2008 | My Family | Penny Bishop | Episode: "Let's Not Be Heisty"[41] | |
| Doctor Who | Jenny | Episode: "The Doctor's Daughter"[42] | ||
| Kylie Roman | All 6 episodes[43] | |||
| 2009 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Lady Frances "Frankie" Derwent | Episode: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"[44] | |
| Doctor Who: Dreamland | Cassie Rice | Voice; all 6 episodes | ||
| Casualty | Heather Whitefield | 2 episodes[45] | ||
| Merlin | Lady Vivian | Episode: "Sweet Dreams" | ||
| 2010 | Playhouse Live | Leila | Episode: "Hens" | |
| Thorne: Sleepyhead | Sophie Holland | 2 episodes[46] | ||
| 2011 | White Van Man | Emma | 13 episodes[47] | |
| 2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Georgia Moffett | Television film; also producer | |
| 2014 | Casualty | Briony Whitman | Episode: "Entrenched"[48] | |
| Holby City | Briony Whitman | 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 | Georgia Tennant | 20 episodes | |
| 2022 | Meet the Richardsons | Georgia Tennant | Episode: #3.1[49] | |
| The Sandman | Laura Lynn | Voice; episode: "Dream of a Thousand Cats" | ||
| The Horne Section | Ash | All 6 episodes | ||
| Dog Squad | Kika | Voice; 3 episodes | ||
| 2024 | The Way | Millie | 1 episode |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Doctor Who: Red Dawn[50] | Tanya Webster | Big Finish Productions |
| 2008 | Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7[51] | Narrator | BBC Audio |
| 2010 | City of Spires[52] | Alice | Big Finish Productions |
| 2013 | Bernice Summerfield: New Frontiers[53] | Avril Fenman | |
| 2014 | Osiris: Osirian Enemy | Jessica | Everybodyelse Productions |
| Frankenstein[54] | Elizabeth | Big Finish Productions | |
| Doctor Who: Rule of the Eminence[55] | Engineer Tallow | ||
| 2018 | Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter | Jenny | |
| 2019 | Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time | ||
| 2021 | Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter – Still Running | ||
| 2023 | Doctor Who: Once and Future: The Artist at the End of Time |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Eclipse of the Heart | Mathilde Verlaine | Menier Chocolate Factory | |
| 2010 | Hens | Leila | Riverside Studios | |
| 2012 | What the Butler Saw | Geraldine Barclay | The Vaudeville Theatre |