Georgina McKee (born 14 April 1964) is an English actress. She won the
1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Our Friends in the North
(1996), and earned subsequent nominations for The Lost Prince (2003)
and The Street (2007). She also starred on television in The Forsyte
Saga (2002) and as Caterina Sforza in The Borgias (2011). Her film
appearances include Notting Hill (1999), In the Loop (2009) and
Phantom Thread (2017).McKee was born in Peterlee, County Durham, the
daughter of a coal miner, and grew up there and in nearby Easington
and Sunderland. Her first experience of acting occurred in her final
year at primary school where her teacher finished the school week off
with improvisations. Seeing a poster in a shoeshop window for a new
youth drama group, McKee and her friends decided to attend, initially
not seriously but later becoming enthusiastic. It led to McKee's first
professional appearance, working on Tyne Tees children's series, Quest
of Eagles.From the age of 15, McKee spent three summers in London with
the National Youth Theatre. After completing her A-Levels at East
Durham College, she decided, with her parents' blessing, to apply to
drama schools rather than art colleges. However, she was rejected by
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, London Academy of Music and Dramatic
Art and the Central School of Speech and Drama.
1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Our Friends in the North
(1996), and earned subsequent nominations for The Lost Prince (2003)
and The Street (2007). She also starred on television in The Forsyte
Saga (2002) and as Caterina Sforza in The Borgias (2011). Her film
appearances include Notting Hill (1999), In the Loop (2009) and
Phantom Thread (2017).McKee was born in Peterlee, County Durham, the
daughter of a coal miner, and grew up there and in nearby Easington
and Sunderland. Her first experience of acting occurred in her final
year at primary school where her teacher finished the school week off
with improvisations. Seeing a poster in a shoeshop window for a new
youth drama group, McKee and her friends decided to attend, initially
not seriously but later becoming enthusiastic. It led to McKee's first
professional appearance, working on Tyne Tees children's series, Quest
of Eagles.From the age of 15, McKee spent three summers in London with
the National Youth Theatre. After completing her A-Levels at East
Durham College, she decided, with her parents' blessing, to apply to
drama schools rather than art colleges. However, she was rejected by
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, London Academy of Music and Dramatic
Art and the Central School of Speech and Drama.
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