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Privacy NoticeGeorgia Taylor has been a star of Coronation Street since 1997 playing troubled Toyah Battersby. But it’s a little known fact that Georgia Taylor is not her real name – she was actually born as Claire Marie Jackson. Georgia is her stage name which she happened to pick just before her cobbles debut 26 years ago. Georgia took her last name ‘Taylor’ from her grandfather and explained she changed her first name because there were a lot of Claires in the business already. Talking to the Mirror, Georgia explained: “It was a few weeks into the job before I was able to change my name so to everyone there at the time I was Claire Jackson, although I was Georgia Taylor in the credits. Then when I left in 2003 I went out into the world as a jobbing actress, and everyone called me Georgia. “That was the case for years and years, and some of my very best friends call me Georgia.”
Georgia has been playing Toyah Battersby for over a decade
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Georgia joined the Northern soap in the late 90s with her fellow Battersby family including her on-screen dad Les Battersby (Bruce Jones) who joined in 1997 and left 10 years later. Jane Danson continues to play her step-sister Leanne Battersby, the character is currently embroiled in a cult storyline. And Toyah has been having an affair with Leanne’s husband Nick Tilsley (Ben Price). Georgia has had time off from the show, she took a break from 2003 to 2016 to pursue new opportunities. In that time, she appeared in Life on Mars, Law & Order and Midsomer Murders. She also played Ruth Jones in Casualty for four years between 2007 and 2011.
Nick and Toyah have been having an affair behind Leanne’s back
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While on the set of the BBC medical drama, she met her previous partner, actor Mark Letheren. He played recurring character Ben Harding between 2008 and 2015. Mark and Georgia started dating in 2008, but 14-years later, the pair shockingly split. Later, Georgia confirmed she was seeing her Coronation Street co-star Charlie de Melo. Charlie played Georgia’s on-screen love interest Imran Habeeb – but he left and was killed-off the show in June 2022.
Charlie De Melo and Georgia Taylor are dating
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The pair fuelled romance rumours in February 2023 and have since gone Instagram official with their relationship. In October 2023, Georgia posted a variety of snaps from her holiday in Northern Ireland with Charlie, with the pictures including the couple at the Titanic Belfast visitor experience, enjoying pints of Guinness and good craic, and taking in the beautiful Northern Irish landscape.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnCasualtyCoronation StreetDramaJane DansonLeanne Battersby
