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Georgina Alice Campbell
12 June 1992 |
| Alma mater | Royal Holloway, University of London (BA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Georgina Alice Campbell (born 12 June 1992) is an English actress. She won the 2015 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Murdered by My Boyfriend (2014), making her the first non-white actress to win that award. Her other television credits include Flowers (2016), Broadchurch (2017), the Black Mirror episode "Hang the DJ" (2017), and Krypton (2018). She starred in the films Barbarian (2022), Bird Box Barcelona (2023), T.I.M. (2023), Lovely, Dark, and Deep (2023) and The Watchers (2024).
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Early life and education
Campbell was born in 1992 in Maidstone, Kent to a Jamaican father, a police officer, and an English mother, a teacher. She is the second of three daughters. After her parents divorced, she was primarily raised by her mother and stepfather in Dartford.
Campbell graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2014.
Career
2009–2021
At 16, Campbell was scouted in the street for her first role as Lucy in the 2009 web series Freak. She had minor roles in series such as Casualty, Holby City, Doctors, and Death in Paradise. Campbell was 22 when she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Ashley Jones in the BBC Three television film Murdered by My Boyfriend (2014), making her the first non-white Best Actress winner.
In 2015, Campbell starred in the Sky 1 comedy drama After Hours as Jasmine. The first season was directed by Craig Cash and was broadcast in November 2015. She had a lead role in the TV mini-series Tripped (2015), a supporting role in the BBC drama mini-series One of Us (2016), and she appeared in Channel 4 black comedy series Flowers (2016).
In 2017, she made her film debut with a minor role in Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, and appeared in the ITV drama series Broadchurch as DC Katie Harford, and in Black Mirror, series 4 episode 4, "Hang the DJ", as Amy. In 2018, she began playing Lyta-Zod in Syfy drama series Krypton. In 2019, she appeared in one episode of HBO's fantasy drama television series His Dark Materials.
2022–present
In 2022, she starred in the critically acclaimed, commercially successful horror film Barbarian.
In 2023, she co-starred in the post-apocalyptic horror thriller film Bird Box Barcelona, in the sci-fi thriller T.I.M., and in the horror film Lovely, Dark, and Deep.
In 2024, Campbell co-starred in the supernatural horror film The Watchers, directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan.
She will next star in the thriller Cold Storage, directed by Jonny Campbell, and in the horror thriller Psycho Killer, directed by Gavin Polone.
Filmography
Film
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Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2017 | The Ministry of Stories Anthology of Horror | Medusa | Short film |
| King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Kay | ||
| Canned | Georgie | Short film | |
| 2021 | Wildcat | Khadija "Kat" Young | |
| Blank Shores | Emily | Short film | |
| All My Friends Hate Me | Fig | ||
| 2022 | Barbarian | Tess Marshall | |
| 2023 | Bird Box Barcelona | Claire | |
| T.I.M. | Abi | ||
| Lovely, Dark, and Deep | Lennon | ||
| 2024 | The Watchers | Ciara | |
| TBA | Cold Storage |
Post-production | |
| Psycho Killer |
Jane Thorne | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2010 | Casualty | Amy | Episode: "Dark Places" | |
| The Cut | Kelly | 2 episodes | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sadie J | Whitney Landon | Recurring; 6 episodes | |
| 2012 | Doctors | Abby Hellier | Episode: "Crocodile Tears" | |
| One Night | Rochelle | Miniseries | ||
| Holby City | Gabby Greendale | Episode: "Last Day on Earth" | ||
| 2013 | Death in Paradise | Therese | Episode: "An Unholy Death" | |
| The Ice Cream Girls | Young Serena Gorringe | Miniseries | ||
| 2014 | The Dumping Ground | Jen | Episode: "Finding Frank" | |
| Murdered by My Boyfriend | Ashley Jones | Television film | ||
| 2015 | The Ark | Aris | Television film | |
| Brotherhood | Katherine | Episode: "Mating" | ||
| After Hours | Jasmine | 6 episodes | ||
| Tripped | Kate | Miniseries | ||
| 2016 | One of Us | Anna | Miniseries | |
| Flowers | Abigail | 6 episodes | ||
| 2017 | Broadchurch | Detective Constable Katie Harford | 8 episodes | |
| Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Barbara | Episode: "Impossible Planet" | ||
| five by five | Chloe | 2 episodes | ||
| Black Mirror | Amy | Episode: "Hang the DJ" | ||
| 2018 | Krypton | Lyta Zod | Main role | |
| 2019 | His Dark Materials | Adele Starminster | Episode: "The Idea of North" | |
| Cake | Paige | 3 episodes | ||
| 2020 | The Pale Horse | Delphine Easterbrook | Main role; miniseries | |
| Soulmates | Miranda | Episode: "Little Adventures" | ||
| 2022 | Suspicion | Natalie Thompson | Main role |
Web
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | Freak | Lucy | Main role; 16 episodes |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2015 | RTS Programme Awards | Actor – Female | Murdered by My Boyfriend | Nominated | |
| British Academy Television Awards | Best Actress | Won | |||
| 2018 | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series | Black Mirror | Nominated |
See also
In Spanish: Georgina Campbell para niños
