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This is news that likely few were expecting by now — Netflix has picked up a second season of British-Canadian coming-of-age series Geek Girl, starring Emily Carey. That is because the renewal comes exactly 11 months after the show’s May 30, 2024 debut. Shooting will begin in the UK this summer for a 2026 debut.

The half-hour series, based on the popular YA novels by Holly Smale, had made a strong case for renewal by spending four weeks in Netflix’s Global Top 10 for English-language series, peaking at #2, reaching the Top 10 in 89 countries and amassing 28.1M views in its first seven months of release. The solid performance, coupled with a pretty modest budget and positive reviews from critics should’ve translated into a quick renewal.

So why the unusually long delay then?

A change in the series’ production credits may provide a clue. Season 1 was produced and distributed by Canada’s troubled Corus Entertainment through subsidiaries.

Who Is Emmanuel Imani from Geek Girl? Learn More about the Actor Who Plays Wilbur - Main Image

While the main character of the story is Emily Carey's Harriet Manners navigating the fashion industry, fans also happened to be most captivated by her Agent, Wilbur, played by Emmanuel Imani on Netflix's Geek Girl.

So, who is the actor and where have you seen him before? Well, get to know more about him here!

Geek Girl's Agent Draws the Most Attention From Fans

Harriet Manners wouldn't have moved forward in her career, had she not met her fairy godmothers/agents who recruited her in fashion, Wilbur Evans (played by Emmanuel Imani) and Betty (Hebe Beardsall).

From the very beginning, Wilbur and Betty have been keeping an eye out for anyone who could stand out from the rest of the common crowds on their shows, and by the premiere of Geek Girl,...

Geek Girl on Netflix follows Harriet as she transforms from a geek to a teen model, facing challenges and exciting opportunities. Emily Carey shines as Harriet Manners, capturing the essence of a self-professed geek navigating the world of fashion and modeling. With a cast including Emmanuel Imani and Liam Woodrum, Geek Girl promises 10 episodes of glamorous, surprising fun.

Netflix's Geek Girl brings Holly Smale's best-selling book to the small screen with an exciting cast to make it all happen. The teen series, directed by Declan O'Dwyer and created by Jessica Ruston, sees a 16-year-old's life change as she goes from geeky high school student to modeling star. With stars like Emily Carey, Emmanuel Imani, Liam Woodrum, and more, Geek Girl is 10 episodes of surprising, glamourous fun.

Netflix's series follows Harriet Manners, a student at Hollybridge Secondary School who is constantly bullied for her social awkwardness and geeky tendencies. However,...

Kate Moss got discovered while she and her father were stuck in an airport courtesy of a delayed flight. A photographer spotted Cindy Crawford in the stands of a local football game. Modern family sensation Sofia Vergara was discovered on a beach. There are countless stories of people getting discovered and their whole lives taking a turn. So Netflix’s latest 10-episode series, Geek Girl, follows a similar premise. Harriet Manners, a 16-year-old introvert who gets bullied by pretty much everybody, gets a chance to change her life when a celebrity scout spots her. The show revolves around Harriet trying to find her feet in the modeling world and coming to terms with who she really is.

Spoilers Ahead

How does Harriet get a modeling gig over Nat?

Harriet is the classic example of a ‘Geek,’ and the show shoves it down your throat by literally showing the meaning of geek in a dictionary.

Who Is Hebe Beardsall from Geek Girl? Harry Potter Actress Stars in New Netflix Teen Drama - Main Image

Who is Hebe Beardsall in Geek Girl on Netflix? The blonde recruiter is part of the duo who turned Harriet Manners into a bona fide model for their runway show, but where else have we seen the actress before the teen drama series?

As a worker on Wilbur's side, Beardsall's character, Betty, plays a bigger part in the series than you realize.

Getting to Know Betty in Geek Girl

Hebe Beardsall is Betty in the eight-episode Netflix series Geek Girl. She's the short-haired blonde girl who always tags alongside Wilbur Evans (played by Emmanuel Imani) aka Harriet's agent and mentor in the fashion world.

Betty is Wilbur's meek assistant, righthand woman, and friend who helped him look for the 'perfect' model to add to their roster for the show.

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,...

From a geek girl to a fashion model, Harriet Manners’ life changed all of a sudden when she was spotted by a modeling agent at London Fashion Week. Geek Girl pretty much follows the Princess Diaries character arc—from being bullied at school to being celebrated by the world. Harriet, a neurodivergent teenager, struggled with her social life, but thankfully she had Nat, her best friend, by her side to support her. The school bully, Lexi, and her minions had crushed Harriet’s self-esteem, and as a result, she preferred hiding away from any form of attention. One wrong move and Harriet always ended up becoming the joke of the school. Harriet was not expecting her life to change after the London Fashion Week because making it big in the fashion industry was Nat’s dream and not hers. But life had other plans for Harriet, and soon it turned into a journey of self-discovery.

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.

One of the trickiest aspects of HBO’s House of the Dragon was the way viewers spent roughly half of the drama’s first season with “younger” versions of our two heroines — Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower — before a time jump brought longer-term stars Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke to the screen.

That put a lot of pressure on Milly Alcock and Emily Carey to anchor those initial episodes, which they did extremely well. Alcock had the greater visibility, quickly becoming a red carpet favorite and setting herself up for the opportunity to play Supergirl. Carey’s first major House of the Dragon follow-up, Netflix’s adaptation of Holly Smale’s coming-of-age Geek Girl series, isn’t as high profile as joining DC’s House of Zor-El, but it’s a solid showcase for its 21-year-old star.

Geek Girl is a likably wholesome, generally low-stakes YA fairy tale — references to...

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,...

Susanna Foster, who starred opposite Claude Rains as "Christine" in the 1943 version of "Phantom of the Opera," has passed away. She was 84. Foster died Saturday at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, N.J., publicist Dale Olson said. Foster made only a dozen movies but she was extremely popular in the early 1940s. A child prodigy, she got a contract with MGM at age 12 on the strength of her singing, then moved to Paramount, where at the age of 14 she made her movie debut in 1939's "The Great Victor Herbert." She moved to Universal, where she was 19 when she played the leading lady in "Phantom" but she abruptly quit the film business in 1945 and a few years later married baritone Wilbur Evans. They divorced in 1956.