Amelia Gething (born 24 January 1999) is an English actress and writer. She began her career as a content-creator and wrote the

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show ''The Amelia Gething Complex'' (2019–2021). She has since appeared in the film ''

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'' (2022) and the

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historical drama ''

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'' (2020).

Early life

Gething was born in the East

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and grew up in

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. She participated in school productions from a young age. She planned to study psychology at university, but made the decision to leave her sixth-form college early before completing her

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when her career began to take off.

Career

Gething first began performing as a comedy artist and content-creator on social media in 2016, writing and performing sketches to over 7 million followers across

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and

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(later

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). She was approached by the

in mid-2018 and invited to create a female-led comedy sketch show, which eventually became ''The Amelia Gething Complex''. The first season of ''The Amelia Gething Complex'' was released in October 2019, with a second season commissioned by the

released in March 2021. In total, there have been 18 episodes over the course of two seasons. In 2020, Gething played Ursula Pole in the second installment of the

historical drama ''

''. It was announced in 2021 that Gething had been cast as

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's biographical film ''

'' alongside

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and

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, directed by

. The cast were jointly nominated for Best Ensemble Performance at the 2022

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. In 2023, it was revealed Gething had voiced the female player character in the video game ''

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''. She has upcoming roles in the

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historical drama ''

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'', the

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war drama ''

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'', the Belgian series ''The Phoebus Files'', and the vampire film ''Blood & Ink'' with

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and

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Filmography

References

External links

Amelia Gething's channel
on

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