Georgia May Foote SLAMS the TV industry for ‘not casting northern actors in northern parts’

Former Coronation Street actress Georgia May Foote has slammed the TV industry for not using northerners in northern roles.

The 29-year-old Bury native said: ‘Why are northern actors not asked to play northern parts? The accent is really difficult if you’re not from here.

‘A neutral accent is something northerners have always had to do to get work. Now our accent is more popular, why are we not getting the jobs when it is required?’

She was agonising over choosing something to watch on TV when she made the remarks on social media – with some believing she was specifically criticising new Netflix series White Lines, starring non-northern actors Laura Haddock and Laurence Fox, who both perform on the series with accents.

‘Trying to watch what should be a good series, but completely put off with an accent. I see and hear this so much!’ she added.

This comes after Georgia opened up about how taking anxiety medication ‘saved her life’. 

The actress, who played Katy Armstrong on Corrie, revealed her struggles during a Q&A on Instagram recently, in which she told her followers that she has been taking Citalopram – an antidepressant which is used to treat depression and panic attacks.

She said: ‘I have been on it for over two years now and it probably saved my life.

‘I am grateful there is medication that can help when you struggle so much to motivate yourself to help yourself. Now I understand what helps I am slowly coming off it.’

While the former soap star admitted that she found the side effects ‘awful at first’ she thinks it was worth it because of how much it changed her life. 

The common side effects of Citalopram during the beginning stages of taking it are: dry mouth, sweating, being unable to sleep, feeling sleepy and feeling tired or weak. 

Georgia gave her followers more tips on what else helped her gain control of her mental health alongside medication.  

She said that while Citalopram cures the symptoms of some mental health problems it doesn’t cure the root causes.  

Georgia said: ‘It doesn’t cure anxiety, it doesn’t cure depression. It’s something that helps you think a little bit clearer so I found it was really useful alongside therapy because I could think a little bit clearer. 

‘I could sleep at night. It gets rid of that fuzzy feeling.

‘But I do still have them days, very badly at times like I don’t get how Chris puts up with me to be honest because I can’t put up with myself half the time.

‘It’s really difficult and I’m coming off them so I do feel like sometimes I’m having more of those days more often but yeah it definitely helped me, it helped me alongside therapy so I would advice it if you can.’  

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