Each 'Degrassi' Actor Who Confirmed Up in 'Ginny & Georgia'

Nonetheless coming down from the excessive of Season 3 of Ginny & Georgia? Netflix’s ever-bingeable dramedy a couple of younger single mom and her teenage daughter dropped its newest season earlier this month, and followers have plenty of ideas. The excellent news is that Netflix has already renewed it for a fourth season, so any questions that had been left unanswered will likely be addressed subsequent season. No spoilers right here, however everyone knows what that finish beverage might imply, proper?

Ginny & Georgia

Launch Date

February 24, 2021

Community

Netflix

Showrunner

Sarah Lampert

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  Antonia Gentry

  Virginia ‘Ginny’ Miller

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  Brianne Howey

  Georgia Miller

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  Diesel La Torraca

  Austin Miller

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  Jennifer Robertson

  Ellen Baker

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Ginny & Georgia is filmed in Ontario, Canada, primarily in Toronto, so it is smart that most of the actors and actresses within the collection are Canadian. One of the crucial beloved franchises to additionally come out of Canada has been Degrassi and all its iterations. Degrassi has gone farther than simply introducing the world to Aubrey Graham, aka Drake. The teenager drama franchises have spanned a long time, engaging followers with soapy collection set in the course of the youth in highschool. Seeing as that age vary additionally matches up with Ginny & Georgia, this is a listing of the actors who’ve appeared in a Degrassi collection in addition to Ginny & Georgia.

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Raymond Ablack as Joe

Performed Sav Bhandari in ‘Degrassi: The Subsequent Era’

Upon their arrival in New England, Georgia wanted to discover a job. She discovered one working for Joe, an area farm-to-table café proprietor. Joe, performed by Raymond Ablack, is a charismatic and sort boss and buddy, as he helps Georgia kind by way of plenty of her baggage. The 2 had a “will they or will not they?” vibe since Day 1.

Ablack starred on Degrassi: The Subsequent Era from 2007 to 2011 as Sav, Alli’s older brother. He was a principal character for 4 seasons, with loads of storylines involving him, together with a being pregnant scare with Anya, operating for scholar council president, a scandalous relationship with Ms. Oh, and getting caught by police for stealing his dad’s automobile.

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Sara Waisglass as Maxine “Max” Baker

Performed Frankie Hollingsworth in ‘Degrassi: The Subsequent Era’ and ‘Degrassi: Subsequent Class’

The M within the MANG (Max, Abby, Norah, Ginny) buddy group, Maxine “Max” Baker is one in every of Ginny’s finest pals and the sister of Marcus, Ginny’s boyfriend. She is an open lesbian who participates in class performs, exhibiting off her outgoing character. She is overly protecting of Marcus and is emotionally outspoken however caring. She and Ginny hit it off instantly and proceed their relationship all through the collection.

Waisglass, who performs Max, additionally performed Frankie Hollingsworth in Degrassi. Frankie is the daughter of a politician and tries to dwell as much as the proper household tropes whereas nonetheless navigating all of the uncertainties of being a excessive schooler. Because the collection went on, the household’s scandals continued to contain her, regardless of her finest efforts to remain out of them. Frankie is accused of being racist in a serious storyline in Degrassi: Subsequent Class.

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Jennifer Robertson as Ellen Baker

Performed Eli Goldworthy’s Mom, Cece, in ‘Degrassi: The Subsequent Era’

A steadily working comedic actress for over 25 years, Jennifer Robertson has appeared in lots of Canadian collection throughout that point, together with her breakout position in Schitt’s Creek. She has one of many principal roles in Ginny & Georgia as Ellen, Max and Marcus’s mom and one in every of Georgia’s early pals upon their arrival on the town. She is a straight shooter and tells it like it’s, serving to Georgia modify to life in New England. Her no-nonsense parenting could cause her and her kids to not see eye-to-eye, however she is a grounded and reliable character for each particular person on the present.

Robertson additionally performed a mom in Degrassi: The Subsequent Era with a three-episode run as Cece Goldworthy, Eli Goldworthy’s mother. She is a involved mom and the spouse of a person nicknamed Bullfrog. She talks with Eli concerning a few of his points with totally different characters and is readily available throughout one in every of Eli’s performances.

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Chelsea Clark as Norah

Performed Esme in ‘Degrassi: Subsequent Class’

The N in MANG, Norah is performed by Chelsea Clark. Norah would not have as many storylines that contain her particularly, however she is a core member of the buddy group. Her character is visibly modified in Season 3, as she acts otherwise in direction of Ginny due to Georgia’s trial. Max calls her out due to this. She dated Jordan within the earlier seasons of the collection and customarily all the time has Max’s again by way of every thing.

4 years previous to touchdown the position in Ginny & Georgia, Clark performed Esme Music in Degrassi: Subsequent Class. Her position as Esme could not be farther from Norah as Esme is manipulative and attention-seeking. She has erratic and self-destructive habits, particularly in her relationship with Zig. She by no means fairly offers together with her traumas and carries them together with her in each motion she does.

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Jonathan Potts as Mr. Gitten

Performed Mr. Ok for 2 episodes in ‘Degrassi: The Subsequent Era’

Mr. Gitten is Ginny and Max’s English trainer and seems in 14 episodes all through the primary three seasons of the collection. Portrayed by Jonathan Potts, he and Ginny by no means obtained off on the suitable foot, as she believes he’s racist. He speaks with an elitist tone and often makes references to Ginny being a Black scholar. He would not welcome pushback on the interpretations some college students have of the literature, as he’s extra of a conventional thinker.

Potts, who has been an actor for over 40 years with many credit and voice roles to his identify. He appeared as Mr. Ok in two episodes of Degrassi: The Subsequent Era.

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John Ralston as Whit Randolph

Performed Miles Hollingsworth II in ‘Degrassi: The Subsequent Era’ and ‘Degrassi: Subsequent Class’

John Ralston appeared in three episodes of Season 2 of Ginny & Georgia as Whit Randolph, Paul’s father. Paul is the mayor of Wellsbury in addition to Georgia’s husband. Probably the most memorable interactions between Whit and Georgia come at gatherings for Christmas and Paul and Georgia’s wedding ceremony. He’s a no-nonsense man who’s rich and acts prefer it.

Ralston’s position in Degrassi was comparable as he performed Frankie Hollingsworth’s father, Miles Hollingsworth II. He’s a profitable businessman who finally runs for mayor of Toronto and wins. His household’s scandals might probably take every thing down, however Ralston performs the position of somebody in a political household properly.

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Jonas Chernick as John Littman

Performed Mr. Betenkamp in ‘Degrassi’

In Season 3 of Ginny & Georgia, Jonas Chernick performs John Littman, Abby’s father. Abby is probably the most self-conscious member of MANG and struggles with physique picture points. She is hit together with her mother and father’ divorce in Season 1 and the toll of it’s one thing the character offers with all through the collection. Within the newest season, Ginny and Abby have dinner with Abby’s dad and his new girlfriend.

Chernick performed Mr. Betenkamp in Degrassi: The Subsequent Era. Betenkamp was a science trainer who coached the Science Crew. In Season 11, his nephew Wesley enrolls within the college and is in command of educating Wesley drive, a lot to the chagrin of Wesley.

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Annie Clark as Anna

Performed Fiona Coyne in ‘Degrassi: The Subsequent Era’

The opposite aspect of that dinner scene in Season 3 was Annie Clark enjoying Anna, Mr. Littman’s new girlfriend. There was a mini Degrassi reunion within the episode as they’re all at Joe’s.

Ablack and Clark overlapped on Degrassi as Clark performed Fiona Coyne, the valedictorian and one of many principal stars in seasons 9-13. She is the daughter of a international diplomat, and he or she has an eclectic wardrobe, which she makes use of to boost the uniforms at the highschool. She has many relationships all through her run, together with ones with Riley, Adam, Imogen, and Bobby.

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Devyn Nekoda as Riley

Performed Arlene in ‘Degrassi: The Subsequent Era’

Devyn Nekoda performed Riley in Season 1 of Ginny & Georgia. She was one in every of Max’s early love pursuits, because the present wished to point out Max as a out-and-proud queer character. Riley is a fellow theater actress and, sadly for Max, is straight.

Nekoda was in six episodes of Season 1, starring alongside Waisglass, whom she additionally starred alongside in Degrassi. She performed Arlene, one in every of Hunter Hollingsworth’s pals. Hunter was Frankie’s twin brother. Arlene appeared in 4 episodes.

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George Buza as Marty

Performed Atilla in ‘Degrassi: The Subsequent Era’

Marty is talked about within the pilot episode of Ginny & Georgia, and it’s finally revealed that, whereas being somebody from Georgia’s previous, he’s additionally her lawyer. He seems in three episodes, one per season, and he helps her handle her late husband, Kenny’s, property. He is part of the identical biker gang that Georgia is affiliated with, and it’s alluded that he may also help her with discreet issues.

George Buza, who performs Marty, had a one-episode stint as Atilla, an worker at an area tattoo parlor, in Degrassi: The Subsequent Era in 2002.