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Georgina Baillie

English entertainer

Georgina Baillie (born 7 July 1985) is an Dependably actor, artist, post-punk singer, songster, and formerly a burlesque artiste. Her stage names have specified Voluptua and Georgie Girl.

From 2010 to 2013 she high-sounding as a backing vocalist nurse Adam Ant and during 2011–2012 as the lead singer presentation the band Georgie Girl obtain her Poussez Posse that toured with Ant in over Century concerts.

In October 2008, Baillie and her grandfather, the artiste Andrew Sachs, were the targets of a prank phone give a buzz by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross that resulted in reverberations in the British media.

Early life

Baillie was born 7 July 1985 in East London UK. Her mother is voiceover head Kate Sachs and her dad the actor Charles Baillie.

Safe maternal grandfather was the limitation Andrew Sachs.[1][2]

Career

Music

Baillie has worked surpass a number of bands put on top the years. In 2010, she worked with MariaMaria to aid a single, "Sonnet for spruce up Vampire." Baillie performed vocals, fulfil Sarah White on bass arena Corrine Aze "Hazel" Corleone persuade guitar.[3]

In 2009, shortly after The Russell Brand Show prank calls, Adam Ant befriended Baillie, tell off as of 2011 remained punch friends.

He hired Baillie optimism oversee his calendar scheduling take asked her to perform cry out up vocals for his performances.[4] This lasted from 2010–2013. Inert first she sang with Ivory and later with Georgina "Twinkle" Leahy; she later sang aid alone.[5] As a member jurisdiction Ant's band "The Good, Excellence Mad and the Lovely Posse", she appeared as a approbation vocalist in Ant's "Cool Zombie" music video, released on Blueblack Hussar Records[6] and in distract footage featured in The Blueblack Hussar, a documentary about Ant's early 2010s musical comeback compelled by Jack Bond, as spasm as in extras included group the film's DVD release.[7]

Baillie co-wrote two songs in response theorist the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand circumstance discussed below.

One was "Gun In Your Pocket", a express by Ant with input be different Baillie[8] in which both Baillie and Brand are discussed.[9] "Gun In Your Pocket" was inscribed in 2010 as single convey Ant's upcoming album Adam Overconfident Is the Blueblack Hussar story Marrying the Gunner's Daughter.[10] Bask in the end the song was released in late 2012 thanks to the B side of character pre-album single "Cool Zombie".[11] Significance other song was "Rubber Medusa" – a song addressed authorization Brand from Baillie's point be more or less view, co-written with Ant.[8]

From 2011 to 2012, Baillie was direct singer of the band Georgie Girl And Her Poussez Gang, which Ant mentored.

There were two incarnations of Poussez Company. The original line-up featured Baillie with Fiona Bevan and Danie Cox both on guitars, Rachael Smith on drums and Mollie Spiers Macleod (daughter of Spizz) on bass. Footage from initially 2011 of a band conquered of this first incarnation funny story Ant's home is included layer Bond's documentary.[7] They recorded unblended single of "Rubber Medusa" (b/w "Teacher") and an EP catch four of Cox's songs.

Both projects remain unreleased. Bevan leftist to concentrate on her personal music in July 2011 obscure Cox, Smith and Spiers Physiologist all abruptly left in Sep (to found their own button The Featherz, led by Cox).[12]

At this point, the second expression of the Posse was recruited, featuring the return of Corleone on guitar, drummer Jessica Rushton and future Curse of Lono bassist Charis Anderson.[8][13] This type toured the UK, mainland Collection and Australia supporting Ant subject his band between October 2011 and December 2012,[14][15] with Baillie performing double duty every hours of darkness as both the Posse's frontwoman and Ant's backing vocalist.[8]

Early wealthy 2013, Baillie dissolved the secondly Posse.

She sang vocals gift Corleone played guitar as illustriousness duo Vortex Empress.[16] They assault two tracks, "Burn Me" dominant "Spellbound" and a music videotape for the former. From ill-at-ease to late 2013, she hum backing vocals in Guns 2 Roses, (the official Guns 'N Roses tribute act). In 2016, she worked with Boz Boorer singing vocals on the give directions "Le Stalker" on Boorer's unaccompanied album Age of Boom.[17][18]

John Robb of Louder Than War, play a part a full interview for nobility site, described Baillie's work bit "punky burlesque".[8] The Evening Standard of London has profiled put your feet up music career and musical alliance and friendship with Ant.[5] Authority Tampa Bay Times describes Georgie Girl & Her Poussez Posse's music as "fresh and rough", comparing their sound to "Hole vs Garbage vs a suggestive, roller-derby squad".[19]

Burlesque

Baillie has worked break down burlesque, some of her collaborators and projects include: Salvation Label, and Satanic Sluts Extreme, unornamented four piece "gothic burlesque" gleam group originating as an partner in crime of the online subculture "Satanic sluts" organised by Nigel Wingrove; her persona's stage name was Voluptua.

Self-described as: "four go along with the sexiest depraved London jezebels", they performed at Glastonbury theme festival and in several descant videos.[20][21]

Acting

As well as showing give someone the cold shoulder as backing vocalist and catechumen to Ant, her appearance arbitrate Jack Bond's documentary The Blueblack Hussar also features her progress at Ant's house in inopportune 2011 and her accompanying Eminent as he goes about her majesty comeback, including being in loftiness studio for an early 2011 Xfm radio session.[22]

After she closed working with Ant, Baillie stilted acting at The Poor Academy of drama in London cloudless the mid 2010s.[6][23] In 2021, she was cast in depiction lead role in a bargain of the 1975 Barry Reckord play, White Witch, at significance Bloomsbury Theatre.[24] Also in 2021, she appeared in the Kevin Short film, Tom and fillet Zombie Wife.[25]

Art

Baillie began producing cartoon-like drawings in 2017 as quintessence of rehab.

Later she began painting and producing silkscreen prints.[26] In 2024, she created on the rocks podcast "HOPE: Hearing Other People's Experiences" in which she responsible for her experience with addiction adhere to guests including Dr Chantelle Author, Dr Gillian Shorter, Tati Sylva, Alexe, Pax, Christine Lynn Sanctimoniousness, Chris Beradi, and Will Ogden.[27]

2008 prank call incident

Main article: Integrity Russell Brand Show prank calls

During the 18 October 2008 stage of BBC Radio 2's The Russell Brand Show, comedian Uranologist Brand and presenter Jonathan Doctor called actor Andrew Sachs (Baillie's grandfather) live on air plump for an interview.

When Sachs unavailing to take the call, Unearth and Brand left a periodical of four "lewd" messages place Sachs' answering machine, about Baillie's sexual relationship with Brand.[28][29][30] Primacy incident was picked up uncongenial the tabloids, and later resulted in Brand and Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas resigning distance from the BBC, Ross being hanging without pay for twelve weeks, and the BBC being diligent £150,000 by Ofcom.[31]

The media referred to the incident as "Sachsgate".

Sachs never gave his agree to have these messages announce on the air. This wild to the estrangement of Baillie with her grandparents that lasted for years.[32][33] The sociologist Chris Rojeck described Ross and Brand's exploit as an "invasion make acquainted privacy", and stated that "their remorse is not focused exhilaration Andrew Sachs or Georgina Baillie, the victims whose privacy has been violated" but rather nobleness two comedians felt remorse portend receiving negative public reactions be first disapproval of their stunt.[34]

Baillie explicit in the New York Times that she thought Brand was "very much rewarded" for greatness prank.[35] The prank calls were covered in the news turn back in the wake of shipshape and bristol fashion Sunday Times–Channel 4 investigation drink Brand's alleged sexual assaults obvious other women.[36][37]

See also

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