Florence Angela L. Hoath (born 12 July 1984) is a retired British actress. The daughter of British actress Tina Martin, Hoath was born in

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and made her film debut in the 1993 screen adaptation of ''Secret Rapture'' at the age of eight. Since then she has starred in a number of film and television productions, including the 2005 '' Doctor Who'' episodes " The Empty Child" and " The Doctor Dances". Also in that year, Hoath was cast to play the regular role of George Fitzgerald in Channel 5's daytime

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'', but the show was cancelled weeks after her introduction, the final episode being broadcast in December 2005. Hoath's last screen credit was a role in the 2008 television miniseries '' Lost in Austen''. In an interview published in

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during March 2015, she confirmed she was no longer acting.

Selected filmography

* '' A Pin for the Butterfly'' (1994) * '' Innocent Lies'' (1995) * ''

The Haunting of Helen Walker ''The Haunting of Helen Walker'' is a 1995 TV film based on 1898 novella '' The Turn of the Screw'' by Henry James. Cast *Valerie Bertinelli as Helen Walker * Diana Rigg as Mrs Grose *Florence Hoath as Flora Goffe *Aled Roberts as Miles Goffe *Mi ...

'' (1995) * '' The Demon Headmaster'' (1996) * '' FairyTale: A True Story'' (1997) * '' The Governess'' (1998) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Back to the Secret Garden'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Doctor Who'' " The Empty Child" and " The Doctor Dances"(2005) * ''

'' (2005) * ''Bike Squad'' (2008) * '' Doctors'' (2008) * '' Lost in Austen'' (2008)

Awards and nominations

References

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