Georgia Taylor (born Claire Jackson; 26 February 1980) is an English actress, known for her role as Toyah Battersby in Coronation Street and currently for playing Ruth Winters on Casualty. She was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
In 2001, Taylor won the Best Dramatic Performance British Soap Award for the role. Since leaving Coronation Street, she has appeared in episodes of Where the Heart Is, New Street Law, Lilies, Red Cap, the BBC's Afternoon Play series and Life on Mars. In 2004 and 2006, Taylor played a recurring role in the Golden Globe award nominated series Blackpool and its follow up Viva Blackpool for BBC1. In 2003, she appeared alongside Duncan Bannatyne in the Tyne Tees Television comedy pilot Girl's Club, where she demonstrated her ability to perform with a Geordie accent.
In May 2005, Taylor appeared in a run of The Woman Before at the Royal Court opposite Helen Baxendale. In the same year, she received rave reviews for her role in Christmas Is Miles Away at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester and the Bush Theatre in London.
In 2006, Taylor played Fiona in the motion picture version of the transatlantic stage hit The History Boys. She appeared in an independent short film Soul Shutter in 2008, and also had a small role in the 2008 feature film The Bank Job.
Her radio credits include Dakota of the White Flats by Phillip Ridley on BBC Radio 7.
Taylor joined the cast of the long running BBC1 medical drama Casualty as series regular Ruth Winters in September 2007, in which she works with school friend Lucy Gaskell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Taylor
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http://www.georgiataylor.co.uk/
Here are 3 high resolution images of Georgia Taylor who played Toyah Battersby in Coronation Street.
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