Georgia Slowe

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| birth_place = London, England

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1978–present

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Georgia Slowe (born 3 June 1966) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Perdita Hyde-Sinclair on the British soap opera Emmerdale from 2006 to 2008.

Slowe received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her performance as Juliet in a 1989 production of Romeo and Juliet.

Early life

Slowe was born to Jewish parents. Her mother is from Hungary and her father from a Russian family. The family surname was originally Slovedinski, which was anglicized to Slowe. She has one sister, Tania, who is three years older. Her mother, Zsuzsi, left Hungary after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 at the age of 16.{{cite web|url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/2454_georgia_slowe_interv.htm|title=Georgia Slowe interview|website=www.somethingjewish.co.uk|access-date=14 November 2016|archive-date=15 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115132616/http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/2454_georgia_slowe_interv.htm|url-status=dead}}

Career

Slowe began acting when she was a child and in a career that has spanned nearly 30 years, she played young Maggie Tulliver in the 1978 BBC production of The Mill on the Floss, she has worked alongside Denholm Elliott (Marco Polo), Jenny Agutter (Secret Places), Angela Lansbury (The Company of Wolves), Oliver Reed (Black Arrow) and Richard Chamberlain (Wallenberg). As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Georgia has starred in numerous theatre productions, including Romeo & Juliet, where she played the doomed heroine twice, alongside Mark Rylance and David Harewood. She and David had a short relationship during the production. In 1989, Georgia was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in Romeo & Juliet.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

She made a guest appearance on The Family Channel's Zorro as the Native American maiden, Keenona, in its episode "Rites of Passage".{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

In 2006, Slowe appeared in the long-running serial drama Emmerdale as the new lady of the manor, Perdita Hyde-Sinclair. Her final appearance was broadcast on 22 July 2008, an episode which, for the first time in over three months, had higher viewership than the BBC soap EastEnders.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jul/23/tvratings.television|work=The Guardian|accessdate=22 September 2020| title=TV ratings: Audiences plummet for BBC's Eastenders and Bonekickers|first=Leigh|last=Holmwood|date=23 July 2008}}

In 2011, she appeared in the short film Lab Rats.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} She is a writer and co-producer of the 2014 short film Four Tails, in which she also played a leading role.{{cite web|url=http://www.1185films.com/portfolio/four-tails/|title=Four Tails|author=|date=|website=1185films.com|accessdate=4 March 2019}}

Slowe has set up a film production company Slowe Motion Film.{{cite web|url=http://www.slowemotionfilm.com |title=SloweMotionFilm |publisher=SloweMotionFilm |date= |accessdate=2016-11-14}}

In 2022, she provided an interview for the 2022 4K blu-ray release of The Company of Wolves, reminiscing on Angela Carter as well as her experience working on the film. It was released by Shout! Factory.

Personal life

Slowe was married to Ray Kelvin (founder of the Ted Baker clothing chain) from 1993 until they divorced in 2000. They have two sons. Slowe married photographer Stuart McClymont in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/soap-actress-in-a-lather-as-she-loses-fight-over-hot-tub-at-44m-home-a4341061.html|work=Evening Standard|title=Soap actress in a lather as she loses fight over hot tub at £4.4m home|accessdate=22 September 2020|first=Tristan|last=Kirk|date=22 January 2020}}