Georgina Sherrington


Georgina Sherrington is an English actress. Sherrington portrayed Mildred Hubble in two series beginning with The Worst Witch and concluding with Weirdsister College. She made a guest appearance in a spin-off The New Worst Witch. She has appeared in several short films.

Career

''The Worst Witch''

Sherrington is best known for her portrayal of the character of Mildred Hubble in the children's series The Worst Witch, as well as the spin-off series Weirdsister College - The Further Adventures of The Worst Witch, a British/Canadian co-production between ITV and TV Ontario, screened on HBO in North America, ABC in Australia, and on various other networks worldwide. In 2000 she won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Leading Young Actress for her work in The Worst Witch.
Sherrington reprised her role in the first episode of The New Worst Witch. Her character is seen dropping off her cousin Henrietta Hubble, the titular protagonist at Cackle's Academy for Witches. Sherrington and Clare Coulter were the only cast members to reprise their roles from The Worst Witch.
She shared her memories about The Worst Witch in an interview while working on the short Stop/Eject.

Short films

Sherrington has appeared in several short films including Talk, Steamboat and Stop/Eject.

Other work

Sherrington relocated back to London in 2010 after spending time in the Los Angeles area. She worked at the BBC in the Drama Commissioning team and several production companies. She is currently working as a development consultant at See-Saw Films.

Personal life

She was a student at Wimbledon High School, London, and graduated from Princeton University in 2008, where she was a member of Princeton Tower Club. At Princeton, she directed Love's Labours Lost in April 2006 and a Shakespeare Festival in 2007, and served as director, assistant director, and actress in various productions in 2007, including The Winter's Tale.
In October 2020, Sherrington announced on her Instagram, she was pregnant with her first child, a boy who was born in February 2021 with her long term partner Jeremy Boote.
She has three younger brothers.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998–2001The Worst WitchMildred Hubble38 Episodes
2001Weirdsister CollegeSeries 1 -
2005The New Worst WitchEpisode: Give a Witch a Bad Name -
2010TalkGirlShort
2011The White BoxThe AdvisorShort
2011SteamboatJulianaShort, Writer, Editor and Producer
2012All in the MethodGeorginaEpisode: The Acting Guru
2013Stop/EjectKateShort
2014TagMiss Locklee
2015Welcome to PurgatorySkinny ShaitanRenamed Dark Ascension
2016Welcome to Purgatory II: The Journey to HellSkinny ShaitanAlso known as Dark Ascension II: The Journey to Hell