Georgia King

Georgia May King (born 14 November 1986) is a Scottish actress.

Early life

King was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the daughter of actor Jonathan Hyde and opera singer Isobel Buchanan. She went to Exeter School.

Career

Although King grew up dreaming of being a director, she got her break into acting when she was eighteen and still working at a cheese shop, making her professional debut as Rosamond Oliver in Jane Eyre. She was nearly unable to play the role, however, "A week before the day she began filming, King felt stomach pains, then had her appendix rupture. Her agent told the producers that she was unlikely to recover from the operation to remove it for at least ten days." Another actress was cast, but King recovered in time and was able to get the required medical clearance to film.

She is best known as Goldie, a surrogate mother in the American sitcom, The New Normal. Formerly, she was well known for her acclaimed performance as the tyrannical head-girl Harriet Bentley in 2008's Wild Child, and as cruel, conniving Sophie in the 2009 slasher film, Tormented. Also in 2009 King received critical acclaim for her performance as the manipulative Victoria in the film Tanner Hall. She also performed in One Night in November at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, from October to November 2010, as well as being featured in the 2011 film Chalet Girl. She appeared as Princess Elena in the episode "The Changeling" of the third series of the BBC's Merlin. She starred in the comedy horror film Cockneys vs Zombies as a bank robbery hostage trying to escape from a zombie-infested London. The film also stars Michelle Ryan, Rasmus Hardiker, and Jack Doolan, and was released in 2012.

George M. King

George Millard "Georgie" King (June 21, 1896 – 1963) was a college football player. He was president of King Brothers Shoe Co. in Bristol, Tennessee until his death in 1963. He was a member of the Davidson College Board of Trustees and was once President of the Davidson College Alumni Association in 1954-55.

Davidson

King was a prominent end for the Davidson Wildcats of Davidson University.

1917

He was captain of the team in 1917, a year in which he was selected All-Southern. Of the Georgia Tech team, the first national champion from the South and for many years considered the greatest football team the South ever produced, whose closest game was a 32 to 10 victory over Davidson, King said “I consider Georgia Tech the best football team I have ever played against or ever expect to play against.” One description reads "King's catch of a pass in the Georgia Tech game, with a gallop for a touchdown, was almost miraculous". King participated in one of the great upsets in Southern football history as the Wildcats bested the Auburn Tigers 21–7. King scored one touchdown off a muffed punt, and would've had another on a pass reception had he not fumbled the ball out of the endzone. As Auburn was considered second best in the south at the time, some would call Davidson the second best southern team that year.H. M. Grey and a young Buck Flowers were Davidson teammates.