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Georgia Laura "Georgie" Henley (born July 9, 1995) is an English author and child actress who played Lucy Pevensie in the 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, for which she won the 2005 Phoenix Film Critics Award for "Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female".

Georgie Henley is scheduled to reprise her character Lucy Pevensie in the sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian due in cinemas Summer 2008.

Henley is growing up in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, where she attends Bradford Grammar School and is part of the Ilkley Upstagers' Theatre Group. Georgie's parents are Mike and Helen Henley and she is the younger sister of Rachael (who plays the older version of Lucy Pevensie in the film) and Laura Henley.

Since the release of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe she has appeared in the stage play "Babes in the Wood" at her local theatre group, which ran from January 27 – February 4 2006.

Henley also appeared as the young Jane Eyre in the 2006 BBC adaptation of the classic novel.

Trivia

• Georgie wrote two books while filming The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: "The Snow Stag" and "The Pillar of Secrets".Perry Moore. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion. (New York: Harper Collins, 2005) p.79

• As a thank you gift for being in his movie, Andrew Adamson gave each of the children an iPod. When Georgie got hers she thanked him whole-heartedly, but once he was out of earshot she turned to her mother and said, "What is it?"

• At first she thought that director Andrew Adamson was a woman because of his light hair and fair skin.Ibid. p.78

• Anna Popplewell got Georgie to cry by saying "You would cry for your own sister, but why not for me?" Which continued on with "I hate you! I hate you!" And Georgie bawled for the Aslan-death scene.

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