Georgia May Foote

 Georgia May Foote  (born 11 February 1991) is an English actress and model. She is best known for playing Alison Simmons in the BBC school drama seriesGrange Hill from 2005 to 2008 and as Katy Armstrong in the ITV soapOPERA Coronation Street from 2010 to 2015.[ 1 ] She will be appearing and participating on the BBC celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing from late 2015.

Career
Foote has been appearing on British television since 2004. She has played two different murder victims: Angela Fairley in the psychological thrillerConviction, and as Charley Witham in Life on Mars.[ 2 ] Other roles are Rosie inSorted, Katy Barnes in Doctors, Jennifer Thurber in the BBC drama Casualty(20 September 2008), Julie Tinniswood in the ITV drama Heartbeat[ 3 ] (3 May 2009), Bryony in Emmerdale (April 2010), Gemma in This Is England 86. She played the role of Lauren in the short film Cotton Stones. She also appeared in a domestic abuse television advert.[ 4 ] She made a guest appearance inCoronation Street as Jess Burrows (18 January 2010). She was introduced as a new character and regular to Coronation Street in July 2010, playing Katy Armstrong.[ 5 ] She left the show in 2015 to pursue other acting roles, interests, projects and her modeling career.[ 6 ]

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.

Foote was signed to a modelling contract with Select Model Management in October 2014.[ 7 ]

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.

On 13 August 2015, it was announced that Foote is to participate on the BBC celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancingfrom late 2015.[ 8 ]

Personal life
She attended Elton High School in Bury and then Bury College. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 9 ] Georgia has an older sister.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mirror-GMFoote_2-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 2 ]