Georgina Campbell (born 12 June 1992 in Maidstone, Kent) is a British actress of Jamaican and English descent. She is the second of three girls. Cambpell was raised largely by her mother and stepfather. In 2014 she graduated a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London.
She won a BAFTA award for Best Actress in 2015 for the role of Ashley Jones, a young victim of Domestic Abuse at the hands of her controlling boyfriend, in the TV film Murdered by My Boyfriend.
Other prominent roles of hers include Abigail in Flowers (2016), Amy in the Black Mirror (2011) episode "Hang the DJ", Lyta Zod in Krypton, and Tess Marshall in Barbarian (2022).
Selected filmography:
- Sadie J (2011-12) as Whitney Landon (recurring role)
- Murdered by My Boyfriend (2014) as Ashley Jones (main role)
- After Hours (2015) as Jasmine (recurring role)
- Flowers (2016) as Abigail (recurring role)
- Black Mirror (2017) as Amy in "Hang the DJ" (main role)
- Broadchurch (2017) as Detective Constable Katie Harford
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) as Kay (supporting role)
- Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017) as Barbara in "Impossible Planet" (supporting role)
- Krypton (2018) as Lyta Zod (main role)
- The Pale Horse (2020) as Delphine Eastbrook (main role)
- Soulmates (2020) as Miranda (main role)
- Wildcat (2021) as Khadjia "Kat" Young (main role)
- All My Friends Hate Me (2021) as Fig (main role)
- Barbarian (2022) as Tess Marshall (lead role)
- Otherkin (2022) as Scarlett (lead role)
- Suspicion (2022) as Natalie Thompson (main role)
- Bird Box Barcelona (2023) as Claire (main role)
- Lonely, Dark and Deep (2023) as Lennon (lead role)
- T.I.M. (2023) as Abi (main role)
Tropes in her work include:
- Fake American: She's played American characters multiple times, such as in Barbarian, Otherkin and Soulmates.
- Nice Girl: A lot of her characters are kind and friendly women. E.g., Abigail in Flowers and Amy on Black Mirror.
- Lipstick Lesbian: She plays feminine sapphic women on Flowers, Black Mirror and Soulmates, though all seem to be bisexuals.
- Queer Establishing Moment: Abigail in Abigail in Flowers and Amy on Black Mirror are both attracted to or with men but then shown as into women too.
