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Actress Georgina Cates has died at the age of 51, with tributes flooding in for the BBC star.
Georgina was best known for her role on 2point4 Children, winning the part of Jenny Porter when she was just 16 and starring on the show for its first two series.
The actress passed away in May but 2point4 Children creator Andrew Marshall made the news public 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,' Marshall wrote on X.
'I have no other details than on IMDb. Sympathies to her family and children. If anyone has further details to share, please do.'
It is unclear why Georgina's death has only been made public now when she died on May 6.
Actress Georgina Cates has died at the age of 51, with tributes flooding in for the BBC star (pictured in 2013)
Georgina was best known for her role on BBC show 2point4 Children, winning the part of Jenny Porter when she was just 16 (pictured far left on the BBC show)
The actress started her TV career at 16, starring in 2point4 Children.
Born Claire Elaine Woodgate, the actress, who grew up in Essex, created a fictional persona named Georgina Cates, dyeing her hair red and adopting a Liverpudlian accent to land the role after initially being rejected under her birth name.
After the BBC sitcom she gained widespread attention for her breakthrough film role in 1995's An Awfully Big Adventure, before landing role in films such as Frankie Starlight (1995) and Illuminata (1998).
She received critical acclaim for her performance in the 1998 film Clay Pigeons alongside Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix.
She followed this with a seven year break from the industry before returning in 2007 with the indie film Sinner, winning a Best Actress award 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.
After the BBC sitcom she gained widespread attention for her breakthrough film role in 1995's An Awfully Big Adventure with Alan Rickman
Fans shared tributes online with one writing: '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 her death has not yet been made public.
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