Georgia Tennant has stepped out publicly with her husband David after revealing she had received a string of threats to her life.
As a result of being targeted in the terrifying ordeal, she reached out to the police in hopes they could help.
The 40-year-old actress is best known for playing Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon’s daughter Abigail in The Bill, Jenny in the Doctor Who episode The Doctor’s Daughter, and Lady Vivian in the show Merlin.
She’s also been married to Doctor Who star David since 2011, with the couple first meeting on the set of the long-running BBC series.
Over the years, the pair have also been vocal supporters of the LGBTQ+ community – specifically trans people.
However, their advocacy has seen them come under fire at times, with the actress recently detailing some of the horrific messages she’s been sent by trolls on social media.
Putting on a united front amid the harassment, Georgia and David walked the carpet of the Bafta Scotland Awards.
The spouses coordinated their outfits for the glam event, Georgia wearing a black sparkly gown with lace detailing down the sleeve, and David in a gem-encrusted blazer, complete, of course, with his kilt.
David and Georgia – who wore her blonde locks in loose waves and accessorised with dazzling silver jewellery – were all smiles for cameras, posing with their arms around one another.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, they’ve had a lot to contend with.
Last week, Georgia posted screenshots of messages on her Instagram page. Among the DMs were comments telling her to ‘go back to the street where you belong’, and ‘go die’.
While she didn’t share any additional comment about the vile messages, she did tag the official Instagram account and the Metropolitan Police.
In September, Georgia also called for Facebook and its boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to take action after she was sent a post that read: ‘Whoever kills Georgia Tennant immediately will receive a reward from me.’
Posting a statement, she wrote: ‘Just been sent this by a friend. Out of curiosity, Facebook, what would constitute a breach of community standards?’
She then shared a screenshot of a moderator’s response, who ruled that it did not breach the platform’s rules, so it didn’t need to be taken down.
The same account had also previously written chilling comments, including, ‘Soon there will be an obituary to read of a certain person’, and Georgia Tennant must be killed’.
The user went on to write: ‘David Tennant and I are meant for each other, we both belong together, and I will do everything to make David Tennant and I together.’
Georgia has received plenty of public support after exposing the trolls, with Sophie Ellis-Bextor commenting on her last post: ‘Wow I’m so sorry that’s horrendous. Police matter I’d say? Xx sending love xx’
‘What in the actual hell?!’, added Carrie Hope Fletcher.
David and Georgia share five children, including Wilfred, who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
While they haven’t publicly spoken about having a non-binary child, the couple use they/them pronouns when referring to their middle child.
They have both regularly shown their support for the community, both online and on red carpets, too.
Georgia has shared photos of the whole family wearing rainbow colours for Pride. Meanwhile, in July 2023, David wore a T-shirt that said, ‘Leave trans kids alone, you absolute freaks’, to a promotional photoshoot for Amazon Prime series Good Omens, and he’s regularly seen wearing Pride flag pin badges during interviews.
What’s more, at last year’s Baftas, Georgia, who has the trans flag in her Instagram profile picture, showed off a wrist tattoo that read: ‘Trans rights are human rights.’
Metro has contacted representatives for Georgia Tennant for comment.
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