Georgina Leonidas

Georgina Leonidas (born 28 February 1990)[1] is a British actress best known for playing Molly in The Basil Brush Show,[2] and Katie Bell in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,[3] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.[4]

Georgina Leonidas
Leonidas at the 2020 German Comic Con Home Edition
Born (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990[1]
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present
RelativesDimitri Leonidas (brother)
Stephanie Leonidas (sister)

Early life

Leonidas was born in London, the daughter of a Greek Cypriot father and an English mother. She also has Welsh ancestry through her mother. She has an older brother Dimitri and older sister Stephanie, both of whom are also actors.[5][6]

Career

Leonidas's first role was in 1999, when she played Little Cosette in Les Misérables on stage in London.[7] She was then cast as Molly in The Basil Brush Show in 2002, appearing in every episode of series 1–4, then at different times from series 5 onwards.[2]

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,[8] 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,[3] 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,[9] and during 2009, she appeared alongside fellow Harry Potter star Isabella Laughland in the short film Driftwood, in New Tricks on 30 July 2009, as Kiraz Yilmaz in the episode "Fresh Starts",[10] 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.[11]

Leonidas 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,[4] before appearing in the stage play The Real Thing[12] and the film Papadopoulos & Sons in a small role during 2012.[13] She has also appeared in several videos filmed by fellow Harry Potter star Jessie Cave for her website www.pindippy.com.[14] During 2013, she played the lead role of Simone in the short film Untouchable,[15] appeared as Gemma Raven in the CBBC series Wizards vs Aliens episodes 'The Curse Of Crowe' parts 1 and 2,[16][17] and performed as Izzy in the Polly Stenham play That Face at London's Landor Theatre during November and December 2013.[18] During 2014, she appeared as Lucía Amory in the Agatha Christie play Black Coffee,[19] and then as Belle in Beauty and the Beast at the Theatre Royal in Windsor during December 2014,[20][21][22] During 2016, she appeared as Millie in the play Small Hours.[23]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2008Baghdad ExpressMayaShort film[9]
2009 DriftwoodGirlfriend
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceKatie Bell[3]
NineMatron's Daughter
2010The Sky is EverywhereLennie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1Katie Bell[4]
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2[4]
2012Papadopoulos & SonsDoctor[13]
2013UntouchableSimoneShort film[15]

Television
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2002–2007The Basil Brush ShowMolly62 episodes[2]
2007Holby CityAli JarvisEpisode: "Stargazer"[8]
2009 MythsAndraEpisode: "The Fall of Icarus"[11]
New TricksKiraz YilmazEpisode: "Fresh Starts"[10]
2013Wizards vs AliensGemma Raven2 episodes[16][17]
2015Father BrownEmily FletcherEpisode: "The Truth in the Wine"[24]

Theatre
YearTitleRoleNotesVenueRef.
1999Les MisérablesLittle CosetteLondon[7]
2010First Time VotersMaster of CeremoniesLondonThe Bush Theatre[25]
2012The Real ThingDebbieLeeds[12]
2013That FaceIzzyLondonThe Landor Theatre, Clapham[18]
2014Black CoffeeLucía AmoryLondon[19]
2014–2015Beauty and the BeastBelleLondonTheatre Royal Windsor[20][21][22]
2016Small HoursMillieLondonTheatre Royal Windsor[23]
2017–2018Awful AuntieLady Stella SaxbyLondonRichmond Theatre

Other
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2009Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceKatie Bell (voice)Video game
2011Participation in the website of Jessie Caveseveral characterspindippy.com[14]

References
  1. "Thank you for all the lovely Birthday messages last week! Had a great day. I hope you all enjoyed some pancakes! #lemonandsugar". 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. "The Basil Brush Show Credits". BBC. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. "More Potter film casting revealed". CBBC Newsround. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. "Jason Durr to Star as Poirot in BLACK COFFEE Tour". Broadway World. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2017. Georgina Leonidas who shot to international fame playing the cursed Katie Bell in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1&2
  5. "Dimitri Leonidas". IMDb.
  6. "Stephanie Leonidas". IMDb.
  7. "Les Miserables 1999 - 2000 cast". Londonmusicals Online. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  8. "Holby City, S9-E22 Stargazer". RadioTimes. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  9. "Baghdad Express". GingerWink Films. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  10. "New Tricks, Fresh Starts". BBC. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  11. "Myths, The Fall of Icarus". BBC. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  12. "The Real Thing - Review". Exeunt Magazine. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  13. "Papadopoulos & Sons Cast" (in Czech). FDb.cz. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  14. Jones, Alice (1 July 2015). "Jessie Cave interview: Harry Potter's Lavender Brown has published a collection of feminist cartoons". The Independent. Retrieved 8 March 2017. She set up her own website, Pindippy.com, and started posting drawings, selling T-shirts and making videos with Simon Amstell and her old Potter cast-mates, Katie Leung and Georgina Leonidas.
  15. "Eastbourne film". ETCMag. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  16. MCEWAN, CAMERON K (19 November 2013). "'Wizards vs Aliens': 'The Curse of Crowe' review". CultBox. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  17. "Wizards vs Aliens, Series 2 Omnibus, The Curse of Crowe, Credits". BBC. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  18. "The Real Thing – Arts Theatre, Cambridge (Review)". The Reviews Hub. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  19. "HARRY POTTER's Georgina Leonidas to Star in BLACK COFFEE at the Wyvern Theatre This Autumn". Broadway. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  20. "Georgina Leonidas shines in "Beauty and the Beast (Review)"". Mugglenet.com. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  21. Wareham, Stephanie (16 December 2014). "Panto review: Beauty and the Beast at Theatre Royal Windsor". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  22. DIX, BARRY (11 December 2014). "Review: Beauty and the Beast meets Basil Brush at the Theatre Royal, Windsor". GetWestLondon. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  23. "The Small Hours at Theatre Royal Windsor (Review)". Slough Observer. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  24. "Father Brown - The Truth in the Wine Credits". BBC. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  25. "Dan Baker - First Time Voters". dan-baker.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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