Biography

Former professional athlete Genevieve Chenneour was born in England and brought up in a military family. She had an active childhood starting with Ballet at the age of three and then Horse Riding, Dance, Swimming, Gymnastics and attended music school therefor finding her passion for discipline and performance at a young age. Her career as a performer kicked off when she was selected to join the Great Britain Artistic Swimming team at the age of 15, moving away from home and traveling the world competing on the world stage as a soloist, member of the duet and Team. Her highlight was being awarded an Olympic scholarship ahead of the Rio Olympics and competing at the European Olympics representing TeamGB.

Her career as a professional athlete ended abruptly after an injury to her hip which after an operation and period of intense rehabilitation created an opportunity to redirect her talents and drive to succeed.

Due to her vast experience in water, free diving and scuba diving Genevieve was asked to body double and stand in on underwater film scenes, working with safety divers and taking on air. At this time Genevieve relocated to London and was also signed to a modeling agency; she worked for clients such as Harrods, Etam, M&S, Adidas and many others... The physicality and performance elements of this work giving her a stepping stone into acting and film, with her first job being a Music Video for a band called the Magic Gang.

After dropping out of studying physiotherapy at University In 2018 Genevieve began attending acting classes.

After lock-down Genevieve succeeded in securing a role in the famous show 'Bridgerton' and an epic period drama 'Gateway To the West' which will both be released In 2024.
- IMDb mini biography by: Genevieve Chenneour

Genevieve Manon Florence Chenneour is a British actor based in London. In 2023, she starred in an epic period feature named Gateway to the West, and completed work on her first television series, season three of a Netflix Regency drama. Genevieve was born in Yorkshire into a military family. She later moved to Oxfordshire where she developed a love of outdoor activities, in particular ballet, horse-riding, dance and gymnastics. But her first great love was swimming. At age fourteen, she was selected for TeamGB's Olympic artistic swimming team. She left home to become a professional athlete and traveled the world as one of the country's foremost young soloists, as well as competing as part of a duet and larger team. She was awarded an Olympic scholarship ahead of the Rio Olympics, and competed at the Kazan World Aquatic Championships and the European Olympics. In 2019, after retiring as an athlete Genevieve moved to London after being signed to a modeling agency, W Model Management. She worked with brands such as M&S, Harrods, Lulu Lemon, Adidas and Etam, among others. The experience of working with these brands gave her a confidence in a front of camera. In 2020, Genevieve embarked on her career as an actress, which is now her principle vocation. Using her experience in water - artistic swimming, free diving and scuba diving - Genevieve found work as a stunt double on films with aquatic sequences. She took acting classes and studied the craft, working with accent and voice coaches. Genevieve also became a British stunt register trainee with a particular aptitude for motorcycles. Genevieve is now signed commercially to The Artists Partnership after booking a series of commercials for brands such as Royal Enfield, TLC, Arri Alexa, Ebay x Love Island.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous