Florence Hoath
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Florence Hoath | |
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| Born | Florence Angela L. Hoath 12 July 1984 |
| Spouse | Neil Toon |
| Website | https://youtube.com/@zinnipops |
Florence Angela L. Hoath[1] (born 12 July 1984) is a retired British actress.
Career
[edit]The daughter of actress Tina Martin (1948-2024),[2] Hoath was born in London and made her film debut in the 1993 screen adaptation of Secret Rapture at the age of eight. Since then she has appeared in a number of film and television productions, including the 2005 Doctor Who episodes "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances". Also in that year, Hoath was cast to play the regular role of George Fitzgerald in Channel 5's daytime soap Family Affairs, but the show was cancelled weeks after her introduction, the final episode being broadcast in December 2005.
Hoath's last screen credit was a role in the 2008 television miniseries Lost in Austen. In an interview published in Doctor Who Magazine during March 2015, she confirmed she was no longer acting.[3]
In September 2022 Florence and her husband Neil Toon created a children's entertainment YouTube channel, ZinniPops.[4] In March 2024 Florence announced the death of her mother on her Instagram account.[5][6]
Selected filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1994 | A Pin for the Butterfly | Marushka | |
| 1995 | Innocent Lies | Angela Cross | |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Elsie Wright | |
| 1998 | The Governess | Clementina Cavendish | |
| 1999 | Tom's Midnight Garden | Hatty (12/13 years) | |
| 2001 | Back to the Secret Garden | Geraldine | TV movie |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Haunting of Helen Walker | Flora | TV movie |
| 1996 | The Demon Headmaster | Bess | 3 episodes |
| 2001 | The Cazalets | Clary Cazalet | 6 episodes |
| 2002 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Alice Johnson | TV movie |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Pamela Reeves | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Nancy | 2 episodes: The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances |
| Family Affairs | George Fritzgerald | 50 episodes | |
| 2008 | Bike Squad | Sheena West | TV movie |
| Doctors | Emily Fenton | 5 episodes | |
| Lost in Austen | Kitty Bennet | 4 episodes |
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Title of work | Result |
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| 1998 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress | FairyTale: A True Story | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ Ancestry.co.uk Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine — birth registration details
- ^ "Instagram".
- ^ "Florence Hoath". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "ZinniPops". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Florence Hoath announces death of her mother Tina Martin".
- ^ "IMDB - Tina Martin".
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