Actress Emily Carey, known for her role as the younger version of Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon, now stars in Geek Girl, a new British-Canadian TV series on Netflix. The show is based on Holly Smale’s 2013 young adult novel and is now available for streaming.
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Emily Carey’s new show Geek Girl is now out on Netflix
Credits: Alekos Bottiroli
Geek Girl is a ten-part series with a unique spin on the coming-of-age story. It follows Harriet Manners, an awkward teenager who unexpectedly enters the modeling world. As she navigates the challenges and surprises of her new life, she tries to stay true to herself. The series, adapted from Holly Smale’s popular novel, explores growth, self-discovery, and embracing one’s uniqueness.
The trailer for Geek Girl introduces viewers to Emily Carey as Harriet Manners,...
Read More: Emily Carey answers House of The Dragon questions on live Instagram Q&a session
Emily Carey’s new show Geek Girl is now out on Netflix
Credits: Alekos Bottiroli
Geek Girl is a ten-part series with a unique spin on the coming-of-age story. It follows Harriet Manners, an awkward teenager who unexpectedly enters the modeling world. As she navigates the challenges and surprises of her new life, she tries to stay true to herself. The series, adapted from Holly Smale’s popular novel, explores growth, self-discovery, and embracing one’s uniqueness.
The trailer for Geek Girl introduces viewers to Emily Carey as Harriet Manners,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Ved Prabhudesai
- Wiki of Thrones
I don’t generally intertwine my two jobs as a hustling Gen-Zer who is incapable of keeping her life together, but I’m making an exception for Geek Girl because it’s a show that centers on the fashion industry. An industry that is so remarkably unforgiving that I had to immediately leave my brain behind while watching Geek Girl. It’s how some of us felt after watching Emily in Paris. Nobody has it that easy, and nobody is going to be handing things to you on a platter that way. Geek Girl tells the story of Harriet Manners, a high schooler, whose life suddenly changes when she happens to be at London Fashion Week, thanks to her class winning a competition. She’s scouted by one of the industry’s biggest agencies and then taken on a journey into the world of all things fashion. Adapted from the best-selling novels by Holly Smale,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Ruchika Bhat
- DMT
Emily Carey is interviewed for Netflix’s coming of age drama Geek Girl. Carey stars as Harriet. The all-star cast also includes Emmanuel Imani as Wilbur Evans, Sarah Parish as Jude Paignton, Liam Woodrum (Love In Zion National) as Nick Park, Tim Downie as Richard Manners, Zac Looker (A Kind of Spark) as Toby Pilgrim, Jemima Rooper (Flowers in the Attic: The Origin) as Annabel Manners, Sandra Yi Sencindiver as Yuji Lee, Daisy Jelley (London Kills) as Poppy Hepple-Cartwright and introduces Rochelle Harrington as Natalie Grey.
The screen adaptation was co-created for television by Jessica Ruston and Holly Smale, and further episodes were written by Sameera Steward and Sarah Morgan, with additional material by Zoë Rocha and Georgie Armour. The series is directed by Declan O’Dwyer.
Stefan Pape asks the questions, the series will debut on Netflix worldwide (outside of Canada) on May 30th and in Canada on May 30th on streaming platform Stacktv.
The screen adaptation was co-created for television by Jessica Ruston and Holly Smale, and further episodes were written by Sameera Steward and Sarah Morgan, with additional material by Zoë Rocha and Georgie Armour. The series is directed by Declan O’Dwyer.
Stefan Pape asks the questions, the series will debut on Netflix worldwide (outside of Canada) on May 30th and in Canada on May 30th on streaming platform Stacktv.
- 5/30/2024
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“Geek Girl” is a new Brit-Canadian produced TV series based on the semi-autobiographical book by Holly Smale, directed by Declan O'Dwyer, starring Emily Carey as ‘Harriet Manners’, Sarah Parish as ‘Jude Paignton’, Emmanuel Imani as ‘Wilbur Evans’, Liam Woodrum as ‘Nick Park’, Zac Looker as ‘Toby Pilgrim’, Tim Downie as ‘Richard Manners’, Jemima Rooper as ‘Annabel Manners’, Daisy Jelley as ‘Poppy Hepple-Cartwright’, Rochelle Harrington as ‘Natalie Grey’, Sandra Yi Sencindiver as ‘Yugin Lee’, Mia Jenkins as ‘Lexi’, Alana Boden as ‘Miss Lord’ and Madeleine Price as ‘Liv’, streaming May w0, q024 on Netflix:
“…’Harriet Manners’ is a socially awkward teen with a limited circle of friends, but plucked from obscurity to be the face of a high-profile fashion advertising campaign.
“Manners' change of circumstance as a teenage fashion model, results in various conflicts which she must resolve and which in turn lead to revelations about both herself and the world in general…...
“…’Harriet Manners’ is a socially awkward teen with a limited circle of friends, but plucked from obscurity to be the face of a high-profile fashion advertising campaign.
“Manners' change of circumstance as a teenage fashion model, results in various conflicts which she must resolve and which in turn lead to revelations about both herself and the world in general…...
- 5/4/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Netflix has debuted the trailer for the series based on the best-selling book series By Holly Smale, ‘Geek Girl’.
The show tells the story of awkward teenager Harriet Manners whose life is turned upside down when she is spotted to be a model and embarks on a life-affirming journey of self-discovery as she balances high school and high fashion.
The coming-of-age series follows sixteen-year-old Harriet Manners, who has spent her life trying to be invisible, to blend in seamlessly, but there’s no denying, she’s a geek. Her whole world changes after she catches the eye of a modelling agent while on a school trip to London Fashion Week. Tightly wound agents, reclusive designers, impossibly high heels, and a handsome young supermodel with a great smile — socially awkward Harriet has no idea what she’s in for.
Emily Carey stars as Harriet. The all-star cast also includes Emmanuel Imani as Wilbur Evans,...
The show tells the story of awkward teenager Harriet Manners whose life is turned upside down when she is spotted to be a model and embarks on a life-affirming journey of self-discovery as she balances high school and high fashion.
The coming-of-age series follows sixteen-year-old Harriet Manners, who has spent her life trying to be invisible, to blend in seamlessly, but there’s no denying, she’s a geek. Her whole world changes after she catches the eye of a modelling agent while on a school trip to London Fashion Week. Tightly wound agents, reclusive designers, impossibly high heels, and a handsome young supermodel with a great smile — socially awkward Harriet has no idea what she’s in for.
Emily Carey stars as Harriet. The all-star cast also includes Emmanuel Imani as Wilbur Evans,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Canada’s Waterside Studios is developing scripted projects with an array of North American writing and production talent.
The Corus Entertainment-owned studio is currently focusing on procedurals, half-hour comedies and young adult content after launching last year. On the back of its debut teen series Geek Girl going into production for Netflix and Corus, Head of Waterside Jeff Norton revealed a trio of titles developed with the likes of writer-producers Todd Berger and Julie Dicresce, Arnie Zipursky and Jeff Detsky.
On the procedural front is Serve & Protect, a drama series co-produced with Berger and Dicresce’s December Films, which is best known for Syfy horror comedy Reginald the Vampire. Canadian novelist and screenwriter Zoe Whittall is attached to the project, which Norton billed as having “the ensemble cast of NCIS with the quick wit of Private Eyes.”
The series follows a former big city federal officer who...
The Corus Entertainment-owned studio is currently focusing on procedurals, half-hour comedies and young adult content after launching last year. On the back of its debut teen series Geek Girl going into production for Netflix and Corus, Head of Waterside Jeff Norton revealed a trio of titles developed with the likes of writer-producers Todd Berger and Julie Dicresce, Arnie Zipursky and Jeff Detsky.
On the procedural front is Serve & Protect, a drama series co-produced with Berger and Dicresce’s December Films, which is best known for Syfy horror comedy Reginald the Vampire. Canadian novelist and screenwriter Zoe Whittall is attached to the project, which Norton billed as having “the ensemble cast of NCIS with the quick wit of Private Eyes.”
The series follows a former big city federal officer who...
- 6/22/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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