Georgia Taylor

Georgia Taylor (born Claire Marie Jackson; 26 February 1980) is an English actress. Her TV roles include Toyah Battersby in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (1997–2003, 2016–present), Ruth Winters in the BBC One medical drama series Casualty (2007–2011), and Kate Barker in the ITV crime series Law & Order: UK (2013–2014). Early life Taylor was born Claire Marie Jackson, on 26 February 1980 in Wigan, Greater Manchester. She attended the Willpower Youth Theatre in Wigan as a teenager. Career In 1997, Taylor began playing Toyah Battersby in Coronation Street. In 2001, she won the Best Dramatic Performance British Soap Award for playing Toyah. She quit the show in 2003 and has since appeared in episodes of Where the Heart Is, New Street Law, Lilies, Red Cap, the BBC's The Afternoon Play series and Life on Mars. In September 2016 it was announced that Taylor would return to Coronation Street as Toyah Battersby. She resumed her role in the episode aired on Christmas Day 2016.