Jorgie Porter is a British actress and a model who became famous after her appearance in a soap opera Hollyoaks on Channel 4.
She also paricipated in a lot of TV series.
Early life:
Jorgine was born in Trafford, Greater Manchester on 25 December 1987 in a pure women’s family. She lived with her sister, mother and a granny but has seen her birth father only once.
She said that it affected her life and she had trouble in her childhood, but her mother was so loving that she overcame every bad thing in life.
She was very intrrested in ballet so she started going to the ballet school but she quit after she was told that she was overweight for a ballet dancer. This broke her heart and make her feel really insecure. Despite their opinion she comtinued to dance and today is one of the most elegant dancers wherever she comes.
She attended The Hammond School in Chester.
Career development:
She joined the “Hollyoaks” soap opera in 2008, with a role as Theresa McQueen. She had a role as a member of “the notorius” family in the opera.
In 2010, she appeared in a music video for Cindy Lauper’s single “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” along with other seven actresses in that series. The video was filmed as a part of a charity event called “Race for Life” for UK’s Cancer Research. This has brought her a lot of attention since this song by Cindy has been replayed over and over again as a ultimate hit during the last 10 years.
Because of her beautiful looks, she modelled for “Sugar” magazine in 2010. Next year she was the 50th on the FHM’s “Top 100 Sexiest Women in the World” list.
She said that this helped her in building up her self-esteem again.
In 2011 she joined a dance show called “Born to Shine” where she learned how to street dance. Unfortunately she hasn’t made it to the finals.
In 2012 she joined “Dancing on Ice” as one of the contestants. She teamed up with Matt Evers, an American ice skater and a model. She made it to tge finals and ended up in 2nd place.
Her contract for “Hollyoaks” was ending in 2013 and Jorgie decided to leave the show.
She appeared in the final “All Stars” series of “Dancing on Ice” in 2014. During her career she showed other people that she still has a huge passion for dancing although she was rejected by dancing schools as a child.
The same year she decided to return to “Hollyoaks” series. She missed the show and the atrention which the show brought on her.
She released a calendar for 2015 that contained her modelling photos and scenes from shootings. She released it herself. She repeated it in 2016 because of the last years success.
She left “Hollyoaks”, this time permanently, in 2015. She decided it was time to close that chapter of her life and begin a new one.
She joined the contestors in the ” I’m a Celebrity…Get me out of Here! ” ITV show in 2015. It was a new experience for her.
In 2016 she was hired as a new face of “Proactiv”, a popular British skincare brand. She became their face for adds and a model for their campaigns.
In 2017 she joined “Celebs Go Dating” show. This made her seem much more popular on the internet since it’s the time of reality shows which are being supported by social media.
She often does charity work and joins fundraising events. She is also an ambassador for Teenage Cancer Trust. Many people think that she is superficial, but is surely isn’t the case. She is very caring and loves to share her money and time to a good cause.
She was especially involved in the Trust’s campaign for raising awareness on damgers of sunburns. She is the most responsible person when it comes to skin protecting.
Personal life:
There isn’t a lot of info about her private life, which is pretty unusual for someone of her career.
At one period the press wrote that she was dating a known actor James Atherton but she has never confirmed it nor rejected this innuendo.
Quick summary
Full name: Jorgina Porter
Date of birth: 25 December 1987
Birthplace: Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Age: 30
Profession: Actress, model
Height: 1,57 m
Weight: 53 kgs
Net Worth: $700,000