Georgia May Foote
Georgia May Foote is an English actress and model. She is known for playing Alison Simmons in the BBC school drama series Grange Hill from 2005 to 2008 and Katy Armstrong in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2010 to 2015. In 2015, she was a runner-up on the BBC celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing. She also came 98th in FHM's Sexiest Women of 2015.
Early life
Foote attended Elton High School in Bury and then Bury College. She has an older sister named Katie.Career
Foote has been appearing on British television since 2004. She has played two different murder victims: Angela Fairley in the psychological thriller Conviction, and as Charley Witham in Life on Mars. Other roles are Rosie in Sorted, Katy Barnes in Doctors, Jennifer Thurber in the BBC drama Casualty, Julie Tinniswood in the ITV drama Heartbeat, Bryony in Emmerdale, and Gemma in This Is England 86. She played the role of Lauren in the short film Cotton Stones. She also appeared in two domestic abuse television adverts. She made a guest appearance in Coronation Street as Jess Burrows, but was re-introduced as a new, regular character in July 2010, playing Katy Armstrong. She left the show in 2015 to pursue other acting roles, interests, projects, and her modelling career. The character was killed off off-screen in early-2017, reported to have died in a car accident in Portugal, where she was living in the script.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. In 2015 she came 98th on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women, she featured alongside Keegan who came first, the first time two stars from the same British soap had been in the Top 100 public poll.
Foote was signed to a modelling contract with Select Model Management in October 2014. 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. She has been a self-employed nail technician since 2021.