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Georgia King
Georgia King is a Scottish actress. She is best known for her role as Amanda Snodgrass in the HBO series Vice Principals. Early life Born in Edinburgh, King is the daughter of Australian actor Jonathan Hyde and Scottish opera singer Isobel Buchanan. Career Although King grew up dreaming of being a director, she got her break into acting when she was 18 and still working at a cheese shop, making her professional debut as Rosamond Oliver in ''Jane Eyre''. It was her very first audition "and I booked it," she said. "I was like, 'Oh my Lord, this is amazing!'" However, she was nearly unable to play the role. A source stated that "a week before the day she began filming, King felt stomach pains, then had her appendix rupture. Her agent told the producers that she was unlikely to recover from the operation to remove it for at least ten days." Another actress was cast, but King recovered in time and was able to get the required medical clearance to film. She is best known as Goldi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Normal (TV Series)
''The New Normal'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 10, 2012, to April 2, 2013. The series was created and principally written by Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler. The storyline follows wealthy gay couple Bryan (Andrew Rannells) and David ( Justin Bartha), who are living in Los Angeles. Deciding to have a child, they choose a surrogate mother, Goldie Clemmons ( Georgia King), who moves into their home with her 9-year-old daughter Shania ( Bebe Wood). The series aired Tuesdays at 9:30 pm Eastern/8:30 pm Central after the new comedy series '' Go On'', as part of the 2012–13 United States network television schedule. On October 2, 2012, NBC commissioned a full season of ''The New Normal''. On May 11, 2013, NBC cancelled the series after one season. Plot Bryan (Andrew Rannells) and David ( Justin Bartha) are a happy gay couple living in Los Angeles, with successful careers. The only thing missing in their relationship is a baby. They meet Goldie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner Hall (film)
''Tanner Hall'' is a 2009 drama film, drama film about four girls coming-of-age, coming of age in boarding school. It was written and directed by Tatiana von Fürstenberg and Francesca Gregorini. It stars Rooney Mara, Georgia King, Brie Larson, Amy Ferguson, Tom Everett Scott, and Amy Sedaris. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2009, before being released on September 9, 2011, by Anchor Bay Films. Plot As Fernanda enters her senior year at Tanner Hall—a sheltered boarding school in New England, she is faced with unexpected changes in her group of friends when a childhood acquaintance, the charismatic yet manipulative troublemaker Victoria, appears. Shy and studious, Fernanda is usually the voice of reason among her friends—adventurous and sexy Kate and tomboy Lucasta. Jealous of Fernanda's relationship with a married man, Victoria sabotages Fernanda's plans and plots to publicly humiliate her. Cast Release It was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Christie's Poirot
''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', or simply ''Poirot'' (), is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2020. The ITV show is based on many of Agatha Christie's famous crime fiction series, which revolves around the fictional private investigator Hercule Poirot. David Suchet stars as the title character. Initially produced by LWT, the series was later produced by ITV Studios. The series also aired on VisionTV in Canada, and on PBS and A&E in the US. The programme ran for 13 series and 70 episodes in total. Each episode was adapted from a novel or short story by Christie that featured Poirot. In each episode Poirot is both the main detective in charge of the investigation of a crime (usually murder) and the protagonist at the centre of most of the episode's action. At the programme's conclusion, which finished with " Curtain: Poirot's Last Case", based on the 1975 novel of the same name, every major literary work by Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off The Hook (TV Series)
''Off the Hook'' is a British sitcom about a group of freshers at university. It was first broadcast on BBC Three and BBC HD between 10 September and 22 October 2009. The show's cast includes Jonathan Bailey, who plays the protagonist together with Danny Morgan, James Buckley, Joanna Cassidy and Georgia King. Production The series was commissioned as part of the BBC Switch strand which was aimed at teenagers. Its original title was ''Fresh''. It first appeared online in small five-minute episodes in September 2008 before later being developed into a full series. It was filmed on location at the University of Westminster's Harrow campus, which is used as the backdrop for the fictional Bankside University. Premise The series centres on Danny Gordon (Bailey) as he embarks on his first year at Bankside University. Unbeknown to him his "worst best friend" from school, Shane McKay, has been awarded a place at Bankside via the clearing system, and proceeds to gatecrash Danny's unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus One (TV Series)
''Plus One'' is a British sitcom written and created by Tim Allsop and Stewart Williams, originally broadcast in 2007 as part of Channel 4's '' Comedy Showcase'', before a full five episode series was commissioned and began transmitting on 9 January 2009. The program was produced by production company Kudos and directed by Sarah O'Gorman. It centres itself around a "record producer" (of music compilation albums) Rob Black (Daniel Mays), whose girlfriend ( Miranda Raison) has dumped him to marry " Duncan from Blue". Rob's life is turned upside-down when he is invited to the wedding and feels that he must have a 'plus one' who will "blow everyone away." Cast * Daniel Mays as Rob Black * Miranda Raison as Linsey * Ingrid Oliver as Rebecca Black * Nigel Harman as Rich Black * Steve John Shepherd as Paul * Ruth Bradley as Laura * Duncan James as Duncan * Georgia King as Astrid * Susie Amy as Nicola * Sophie Winkleman as Abby * Camilla Beeput as Amy ;Guest appearances * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Dorrit (TV Series)
''Little Dorrit'' is a 2008 British miniseries based on Charles Dickens's serial novel of the same title, originally published between 1855 and 1857. The screenplay is by Andrew Davies and the episodes were directed by Adam Smith, Dearbhla Walsh, and Diarmuid Lawrence. The series was a joint production of the BBC and the American PBS member station WGBH Boston. It originally was broadcast by BBC One and BBC HD, beginning on 26 October 2008 with a 60-minute opening episode, followed by 12 half-hour episodes and a 60-minute finale. In the United States, it aired in five episodes as part of PBS's ''Masterpiece'' series between 29 March and 26 April 2009. In Australia, episodes were combined into seven-parts on ABC1 each Sunday at 8:30pm from 27 June 2010 and has since been repeated on UKTV. The series won seven Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Miniseries. Plot Since her birth in 1805, for twenty-one years, Amy Dorrit has lived in the Marshalsea Prison for Debt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Eyre (2006 TV Series)
''Jane Eyre'' is a 2006 television adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name. The story, which has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations, is based on the life of the orphaned title character. This four-part BBC television drama serial adaptation was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One. The drama is generally considered a successful adaptation, garnering critical acclaim and a number of nominations from various award bodies. Plot In this version of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre (Georgie Henley) is raised as a poor relation in the household of her aunt, Mrs. Reed (Tara Fitzgerald). As a young woman (Ruth Wilson), Jane is hired by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax, to be a governess for young Adèle (Cosima Littlewood). The owner of the estate is Mr. Rochester (Toby Stephens), who is courting the beautiful Blanche Ingram ( Christina Cole). Episode One After the death of her maternal uncle, the orphaned ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parallel (2018 Film)
''Parallel'' is a 2018 Canadian science fiction thriller film. The film stars Aml Ameen, Martin Wallström, Georgia King, Mark O'Brien and Alyssa Diaz. Plot The film opens with an elderly couple in bed. Upon hearing her dog crying, the wife leaves her bedroom and goes to investigate. She finds her dog fine but when she goes to feed him she is killed by a masked intruder. The intruder removes her mask to reveal she is an exact duplicate of the wife. The intruder then redresses and (re)joins the husband in bed. Next four friends (Aml Ameen as Devin, Martin Wallström as Noel, Georgia King as Leena and Mark O'Brien as Josh) are running a software startup. Devin and Noel are pitching to investors when they are given an impossible deadline. Their investors have met with a similar company which they like. The guys realise they have been betrayed by a programmer who they recently considered hiring called Seth (Chad Krowchuk). Devin and Noel return and give Leena and Josh the bad news. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill Your Friends (film)
''Kill Your Friends'' is a 2015 British satirical black comedy crime-thriller film directed by Owen Harris and written by John Niven based on his 2008 novel of the same name. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, Tom Riley, and Georgia King. It was selected to be shown in the city to City section of the 2015 Toronto Film Festival. The film was released by StudioCanal on 6 November 2015. Plot London, 1997; the British music industry is on a winning streak. Britpop bands Blur, Oasis, Supergrass, and The Verve rule the airwaves and Cool Britannia is in full swing. Psychopathic twenty-seven-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult) is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where 'no one knows anything' and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record. But as the hits dry up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austenland (film)
''Austenland'' is a 2013 romantic comedy film directed by Jared and Jerusha Hess, Jerusha Hess. It stars Keri Russell as a single thirty-something obsessed with Jane Austen's 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice'', who travels to a British resort called Austenland, in which the Austen era is recreated. JJ Feild, Jane Seymour (actress), Jane Seymour, Bret McKenzie, and Jennifer Coolidge co-star. Plot Jane Hayes, an American woman obsessed with Jane Austen – especially Colin Firth's portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series), 1995 BBC adaptation of ''Pride and Prejudice'' – spends her entire savings on a trip to a Jane Austen-themed resort in England. At "Austenland", guests receive pseudonyms and period costumes, living as ladies of the Regency era. The highlight of the resort is guaranteed romance with the male actors, though no touching is allowed. While Jane can only afford the cheapest "copper" package, the other guests have purchased the most expensiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockneys Vs Zombies
''Cockneys vs Zombies'' is a 2012 British zombie action comedy film directed by Matthias Hoene and written by James Moran and Lucas Roche. The plot centres on a group of Cockneys who arm themselves to rescue their grandfather and his friends from their retirement home as a zombie apocalypse takes place in the East End of London. Plot In a building site being developed by Hartman Construction in the East End of London, two builders discover a catacomb from the year 1666, sealed by order of Charles II. Instead of alerting the construction crew or the authorities, they enter into the catacomb to search for treasure, but inadvertently awaken two zombies, which causes them to get attacked and bit, becoming zombies themselves and starting a zombie outbreak in the area starting with the rest of the construction crew outside. Elsewhere, Terry MacGuire and his younger brother Andy have planned a bank robbery so they can save their grandfather Ray's retirement home from being demolishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
