Georgia Slowe

Georgia Slowe is an actress. Born in 1966, Georgia began acting when she was a child and in a career that has spanned nearly 30 years, she has worked alongside Harvey Keitel (L'Inchiesta), Oliver Reed (Black Arrow), Angela Lansbury (The Company of Wolves) Francesca Annis (I'll Take Manhattan) and Richard Chamberlain (Wallenberg).

As a member of the RSC, Georgia has starred in numerous theatre productions over the years, including Romeo and Juliet, where she played the doomed heroine twice, alongside Mark Rylance and David Harewood, who told The Mirror, during an interview in 2002, that he had fallen madly in love with her while performing the show. The two had a short relationship.

Being Jewish led to Georgia bringing some authenticity to the roles she got in two productions which were based on the Holocaust. The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank with Mary Steenburgen and Wallenberg with Richard Chamberlain

In 2006, Georgia landed a role in long running serial drama Emmerdale as the new lady of the manor, Perdita Hyde-Sinclair.

Personal life

Georgia married fashion designer, Ray Kelvin the founder of the Ted Baker clothing chain, in May, 1993. The following year she gave birth to their first son, Benjamin Soloman in late 1994, followed 18 months later by their second son, Joshua Abraham, in 1996. Despite a flourishing career, Georgia took 10 years off to dedicate herself to her husband and children and after she and Kelvin divorced in 2000, totally devoted herself to her sons until she joined Emmerdale in 2006, which is her first acting job in 12 years.

Tabloid speculation

In November of 2006, the Emmerdale Press Office rushed to defend a tabloid newspaper story about Georgia and co-star Christopher Villiers, who plays her screen husband. The two, like many of their co-stars, share a base flat when filming away from their respective homes in London. The Sun newspaper ran a story on them accusing them of having an affair and disturbing the peace with late night parties. An affair between them was denied with Georgia calling it "absolute nonsence".