Georgia Tennant has reached out to the police after revealing she’s been targeted with a string of threats to her life.
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 Tennant 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 for the LGBTQ+ community – specifically trans people.
However, their advocacy has also seen them come under fire at times, with the actress now detailing some of the horrific messages she’s been sent by trolls on social media.
Posting screenshots of messages on her Instagram page, Georgia was told 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 need breach the platform’s rules, so 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 then 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.’
David and Georgia share five children, including Wilfred, who identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
While they haven’t publicly spoken about having a nonbinary child, the couple use they/them pronouns when referring to their middle child.
They have both regularly showed 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.
Meanwhile at last year’s Baftas, Georgia 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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