2Point4 Children actress, Georgina Cates, who played Jenny Porter in the first two series of the BBC show, has sadly passed away
Georgina Cates – who starred in 2Point4 Children has sadly died aged aged 51. The actress, who played Jenny Porter in the first two series of the BBC show, was just 16 when she landed the role.
As news broke of the sad news, the show’s creator, Andrew Marshall, paid tribute to Georgina, who died in May. He wrote on X, formerly Twitter on Saturday: “I’m very sad to report, I have just discovered, that lovely and talented Claire Woodgate aka Georgina Cates, our 1st Jenny in 2p4 died last May.”
Extending his sympathies to Georgina’s family, he added: “I have no other details than on IMDb. Sympathies to her family and children. If anyone has further details to share, please do.”
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Responding to Andrew’s post, fans shared their condolences. Saying they too had no idea Georgina had died, one wrote: “Wow! I know she was living not far from me, but I had no idea she had passed….very sad.”
A second added: “Sorry to hear. Was great in first two series, I knew recently she was living locally running a business but did not know. Thoughts with friends and family.”
The cause of Georgina’s death has not yet been made public.
Created by Marshall, 2Point4Children follows the lives of the Porters, a seemingly normal London family, whose world is often rocked by bad luck and bizarre occurrences.
In her first TV role, Georgina, who was then known as Clare Woodgate, played typical teenage daughter Jenny in the show from 1991 to 1992.
Three years later she auditioned for the role of Stella in the film An Awfully Big Adventure but was not cast. However, on returning home, she dyed her hair red and reinvented herself as a 17-year-old Scouse called Georgina Cates. When she re-applied for the same role, the casting director hired her.
Georgina went on to appear in films including Frankie Starlight (1995), Iluminata (1998), and A Soldier’s Sweetheart (1998). She received critical acclaim for her role as Amanda in Clay Pigeons (1998) with Vince Vaughan and Joaquin Phoenix.
Following a seven year break from the industry, Georgina returned to the spotlight in 2007 with the indie film Sinner, bagging a Best Actress gong at the Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival.
Her final on-screen appearance was in a short called Save Me From The Sound Of The Siren in 2016 where she played Madeleine.
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