Georgina Campbell

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Georgina Campbell (born 12 June 1992) is an English actress. She won the 2015 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Murdered by My Boyfriend (2014), making her the first black and first non-white actress to win that award. Her other television credits include Flowers (2016), Broadchurch (2017), the Black Mirror episode "Hang the DJ" (2017), Krypton (2018), and The Pale Horse (2020). She made her film debut with a minor role in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) and has starred in the horror films Barbarian (2022), Bird Box Barcelona (2023), T.I.M. (2023), Lovely, Dark, and Deep (2023), The Watchers (2024), Influencers (2025), and Cold Storage (2026). In 2019, Campbell was featured on Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list. Campbell has been dubbed a "scream queen" for her starring roles in horror films.

Born (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 33)
OccupationActress
Yearsactive2009–present
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Georgina Campbell
Campbell in 2022
Born (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 33)
Alma materRoyal Holloway, University of London (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
PartnerDawson Taylor (2019–present)
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Early life and education

Georgina Campbell was born on 12 June 1992[1][2][3] in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, to a white English mother[4] and a Jamaican father.[5] Her mother is a retired teacher and her father is a police officer.[4] She is the second of three daughters. After her parents divorced, she was primarily raised by her mother and stepfather in Dartford, Kent.[6] She spent her younger years in Wilmington.[4][7]

Campbell graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2014.[7][2][8]

Career

2009–2021

At 16, Campbell was scouted in the street for her first role as Lucy in the 2009 web series Freak.[6] She had minor roles in series such as Casualty, Holby City, Doctors, and Death in Paradise. Campbell was 22 when she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Ashley Jones in the BBC Three television film Murdered by My Boyfriend (2014),[6] making her the first black[2][9] and first non-white Best Actress winner.[10]

In 2015, Campbell starred in the Sky 1 comedy drama After Hours as Jasmine. The first season was directed by Craig Cash and was broadcast in November 2015. She had a lead role in the TV mini-series Tripped (2015), a supporting role in the BBC drama mini-series One of Us (2016), and she appeared in Channel 4 black comedy series Flowers (2016).[6]

In 2017, she made her film debut with a minor role in Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,[11] and appeared in the ITV drama series Broadchurch as DC Katie Harford, and in Black Mirror, series 4 episode 4, "Hang the DJ", as Amy.[10] In 2018, she began playing Lyta-Zod in Syfy drama series Krypton.[10] In 2019, she appeared in one episode of HBO's fantasy drama television series His Dark Materials.[12]

In February 2019, Campbell was featured on Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list.[9]

2022–present

In 2022, she starred in the critically acclaimed, commercially successful horror film Barbarian.[13][14]

In 2023, she co-starred in the post-apocalyptic horror thriller film Bird Box Barcelona,[15] in the sci-fi thriller T.I.M.,[16] and in the horror film Lovely, Dark, and Deep.[17][18]

In 2024, Campbell co-starred in the supernatural horror film The Watchers, directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan.[19] In 2025, she starred in the horror thriller Influencers, directed by Kurtis David Harder.[20]

In 2026, she will star in the horror thrillers Psycho Killer, directed by Gavin Polone;[21] Cold Storage, directed by Jonny Campbell;[22] The Shepherd, directed by John Hyams;[23] and in an untitled four-part detective series for Netflix created by Charlie Brooker.[24]

Campbell has been dubbed a "scream queen" by various media publications due to her frequent starring roles in horror films.[13][25][17][26][27]

Personal life

Since 2019, Campbell has been in a relationship with American filmmaker Dawson Taylor,[28][29][30] who directed her in the horror short film Otherkin (2022).[31]

Filmography

Film

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2017 The Ministry of Stories Anthology of Horror Medusa Short film
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Kay
Canned Georgie Short film
2021 Wildcat Khadija "Kat" Young
Blank Shores Emily Short film
All My Friends Hate Me Fig
2022 Barbarian Tess Marshall
Otherkin Scarlet Short film
2023 Bird Box Barcelona Claire
T.I.M. Abi
Lovely, Dark, and Deep Lennon
2024 The Watchers Ciara
2025 Influencers Charlotte
2026 Cold Storage Naomi Williams
Psycho Killer Officer Jane Archer
The Shepherd Filming
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Television

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2010 Casualty Amy Episode: "Dark Places"
The Cut Kelly 2 episodes
2011–2012 Sadie J Whitney Landon Recurring; 6 episodes
2012 Doctors Abby Hellier Episode: "Crocodile Tears"
One Night Rochelle Miniseries
Holby City Gabby Greendale Episode: "Last Day on Earth"
2013 Death in Paradise Therese Episode: "An Unholy Death"
The Ice Cream Girls Young Serena Gorringe Miniseries
2014 The Dumping Ground Jen Episode: "Finding Frank"
Murdered by My Boyfriend Ashley Jones Television film
2015 The Ark Aris Television film
Brotherhood Katherine Episode: "Mating"
After Hours Jasmine 6 episodes
Tripped Kate Miniseries
2016 One of Us Anna Miniseries
Flowers Abigail 6 episodes
2017 Broadchurch Detective Constable Katie Harford 8 episodes
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Barbara Episode: "Impossible Planet"
five by five Chloe 2 episodes
Black Mirror Amy Episode: "Hang the DJ" [32]
2018 Krypton Lyta Zod Main role
2019 His Dark Materials Adele Starminster Episode: "The Idea of North"
Cake Paige 3 episodes
2020 The Pale Horse Delphine Easterbrook Main role; miniseries
Soulmates Miranda Episode: "Little Adventures"
2022 Suspicion Natalie Thompson Main role
TBA Untitled Charlie Brooker series In production
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Web

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2009 Freak Lucy Main role; 16 episodes
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Awards and nominations

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