Geek Girl (TV series)

Harriet Manners is a teenage girl who is both physically and socially awkward; unsure of herself, she is an easy target for the group of school bullies led by Alexa. She finds support in her best friend Nat, her neighbor and fellow eccentric Toby, her father Richard and stepmother Annabel.

When her class wins a contest to attend London Fashion Week, Harriet accidentally draws the attention of modeling agents Wilbur and Betty. Wilbur offers Harriet a chance at working with Infinity Models, though she refuses unless Nat, who has dreamed of becoming a model, also gets a shot. They skip school and defy Harriet's parents to go to London for the trial.

After coaching and encouragement from supermodel Nick, his aunt, fashion designer Yuji, decides that Harriet has what she is looking for and places her in the top spot in her new show, earning Harriet some unpleasant attention from Poppy, Nick's fake girlfriend and the former headliner. Harriet does her best to keep all this a secret from Nat, who is not selected for modeling work.

Harriet and Richard sneak off to the first show in Ottawa, Canada without Annabel's knowledge. They hit some snags and Richard loses his job in the chaos, but Harriet pulls through and becomes a success, though Nat and Annabel are both upset when they learn what has been kept from them. Outside of that, things seem to be going smoothly, and Nick and Harriet begin dating. This draws further attacks from Poppy, whose interference leads to things going so wrong during and after a perfume shoot that Harriet decides to quit modeling.

The CEO of Infinity Models, Jude, quickly moves Poppy into Harriet's place for the next event. Wilbur does his best to smooth things over with his coworkers, but eventually resigns from the agency in protest. Back at school, Harriet is again harassed and bullied by the bullies, but with support from Toby and Nat she finally stands up for herself. Thanks to the efforts of Nick and Wilbur, Yuji is convinced to rehire Harriet, who, with the full support of her friends and family now behind her, decides to give modeling another try. The show is a great success, despite some hiccups, and Harriet at last learns to be comfortable in herself as both a fashion model and a girl geek.

In January 2023, it was announced Netflix had picked up a ten-part adaptation of Holly Smale's Geek Girl from Corus Entertainment's Waterside Studios in association with Nelvana with Corus handling Canadian TV and streaming rights. The project would be a British-Canadian co-production made by RubyRock Pictures and Aircraft Pictures, with producers including Zoë Rocha of RubyRock and Anthony Leo and Andrew Rosen of Aircraft.^[2][3] It was confirmed Emily Carey would lead the series as Harriet Manners in June 2023, with Sarah Parish, Emmanuel Imani, Liam Woodrum, Zac Looker, Tim Downie, Jemima Rooper, Daisy Jelley, and Rochelle Harrington also joining the cast.^[4]

Principal photography began in early June 2023 in England before later moving to Canada. In July, filming took place in Ottawa. The Canadian capital was also the setting for the episodes that were filmed there.^[5] The show features pieces from John Rocha's past collections as well as designs by Simone Rocha.^[2]

On April 30, 2025, the series was renewed for a second season with Boat Rocker Media taking over production from Corus Entertainment. As part of the renewal, Boat Rocker acquired the distribution rights to season 1 from Corus.^[1]

All ten episodes of the first series were simultaneously released on Netflix internationally on May 30, 2024.^[6] The series also debuted in Canada on StackTV that same day.^[7]