Georgina Leonidas

Georgina Leonidas
Leonidas at the 2020 German Comic Con Home Edition
Born	(1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 34)[1] London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Relatives	Dimitri Leonidas (brother) Stephanie Leonidas (sister)

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]

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	Baghdad Express	Maya	Short film	[9]
2009	Driftwood	Girlfriend
	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Katie Bell		[3]
	Nine	Matron's Daughter
2010	The Sky is Everywhere	Lennie
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Katie Bell		[4]
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2			[4]
2012	Papadopoulos & Sons	Doctor		[13]
2013	Untouchable	Simone	Short film	[15]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002–2007	The Basil Brush Show	Molly	62 episodes	[2]
2007	Holby City	Ali Jarvis	Episode: "Stargazer"	[8]
2009	Myths	Andra	Episode: "The Fall of Icarus"	[11]
	New Tricks	Kiraz Yilmaz	Episode: "Fresh Starts"	[10]
2013	Wizards vs Aliens	Gemma Raven	2 episodes	[16][17]
2015	Father Brown	Emily Fletcher	Episode: "The Truth in the Wine"	[24]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Venue	Ref.
1999	Les Misérables	Little Cosette	London		[7]
2010	First Time Voters	Master of Ceremonies	London	The Bush Theatre	[25]
2012	The Real Thing	Debbie	Leeds		[12]
2013	That Face	Izzy	London	The Landor Theatre, Clapham	[18]
2014	Black Coffee	Lucía Amory	London		[19]
2014–2015	Beauty and the Beast	Belle	London	Theatre Royal Windsor	[20][21][22]
2016	Small Hours	Millie	London	Theatre Royal Windsor	[23]
2017–2018	Awful Auntie	Lady Stella Saxby	London	Richmond Theatre

Other

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Katie Bell (voice)	Video game
2011	Participation in the website of Jessie Cave	several characters	pindippy.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. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
9. "Baghdad Express". GingerWink Films. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. 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.

External links

• Georgina Leonidas at IMDb
• Georgina Leonidas on Twitter
• Untouchable – Youtube