Geek Girl
Genre	Teen drama
Based on	Geek Girl byHolly Smale
Directed by	Declan O'Dwyer
Starring	Emily Carey (title role)
Composer	Nikhil Seetharam
Country of origin	Canada United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producers	Zoë Rocha Anthony Leo Andrew Rosen
Running time	28–37 minutes
Production companies	RubyRock Pictures Aircraft Pictures Nelvana
Original release
Network	Netflix (international) StackTV (Canada, season 1)
Release	30 May 2024 (2024-05-30) – present

Geek Girl is ateen drama television series directed by Declan O'Dwyer, based on the 2013young adultnovel of the same name byHolly Smale. The series is produced byNelvana, RubyRock Pictures, and Aircraft Pictures forNetflix; with producers being Zoë Rocha, Anthony Leo and Andrew Rosen.Geek Girl is about an awkward teenager who unexpectedly becomes a model.

The first season was released on 30 May 2024 onNetflix internationally and onStackTV in Canada, to positive reviews from critics. In April 2025, it was renewed for a second season.^[1]

Harriet Manners is a teenage girl who is both physically and socially awkward; unsure of herself, she is an easy target for the group of school bullies led by Alexa. She finds support in her best friend Nat, her neighbor and fellow eccentric Toby, her father Richard and stepmother Annabel.

When her class wins a contest to attend London Fashion Week, Harriet accidentally draws the attention of modeling agents Wilbur and Betty. Wilbur offers Harriet a chance at working with Infinity Models, though she refuses unless Nat, who has dreamed of becoming a model, also gets a shot. They skip school and defy Harriet's parents to go to London for the trial.

After coaching and encouragement from supermodel Nick, his aunt, fashion designer Yuji, decides that Harriet has what she is looking for and places her in the top spot in her new show, earning Harriet some unpleasant attention from Poppy, Nick's fake girlfriend and the former headliner. Harriet does her best to keep all this a secret from Nat, who is not selected for modeling work.

Harriet and Richard sneak off to the first show inOttawa, Canada without Annabel's knowledge. They hit some snags and Richard loses his job in the chaos, but Harriet pulls through and becomes a success, though Nat and Annabel are both upset when they learn what has been kept from them. Outside of that, things seem to be going smoothly, and Nick and Harriet begin dating. This draws further attacks from Poppy, whose interference leads to things going so wrong during and after a perfume shoot that Harriet decides to quit modeling.

The CEO of Infinity Models, Jude, quickly moves Poppy into Harriet's place for the next event. Wilbur does his best to smooth things over with his coworkers, but eventually resigns from the agency in protest. Back at school, Harriet is again harassed and bullied by the bullies, but with support from Toby and Nat she finally stands up for herself. Thanks to the efforts of Nick and Wilbur, Yuji is convinced to rehire Harriet, who, with the full support of her friends and family now behind her, decides to give modeling another try. The show is a great success, despite some hiccups, and Harriet at last learns to be comfortable in herself as both a fashion model and a girl geek.

In January 2023, it was announcedNetflix had picked up a ten-part adaptation ofHolly Smale'sGeek Girl fromCorus Entertainment's Waterside Studios in association withNelvana with Corus handling Canadian TV and streaming rights. The project would be a British-Canadian co-production made by RubyRock Pictures and Aircraft Pictures, with producers including Zoë Rocha of RubyRock and Anthony Leo and Andrew Rosen of Aircraft.^[2][3] It was confirmedEmily Carey would lead the series as Harriet Manners in June 2023, withSarah Parish, Emmanuel Imani, Liam Woodrum, Zac Looker,Tim Downie,Jemima Rooper,Daisy Jelley, and Rochelle Harrington also joining the cast.^[4]

Principal photography began in early June 2023 in England before later moving to Canada. In July, filming took place inOttawa. The Canadian capital was also the setting for the episodes that were filmed there.^[5] The show features pieces fromJohn Rocha's past collections as well as designs bySimone Rocha.^[2]

On April 30, 2025, the series was renewed for a second season withBoat Rocker Media taking over production from Corus Entertainment. As part of the renewal, Boat Rocker acquired the distribution rights to season 1 from Corus.^[1]

All ten episodes of the first series were simultaneously released onNetflix internationally on May 30, 2024.^[6] The series also debuted in Canada onStackTV that same day.^[7]

Geek Girl debuted at number seven on Netflix's Global Top 10 TV English titles for the tracking week of 27 May–2 June 2024, with 18.9 million hours viewed.^[8] On the following week, it rose to number two, garnering 41 million viewing hours.^[9]Variety listed it as number three most-watched among streaming original television series for 31 May–6 June 2024,^[10] whileDeadline Hollywood placed it in the second spot among television shows for the week of June 3, citing 7.3 million views.^[11] It remained among Netflix's global top 10 English TV series for four weeks.^[12]

OnMetacritic, the series has aweighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[13] TheRotten Tomatoes approval rating is 100% based on seven critic reviews.^[14]The Guardian's Lucy Mangan, who described herself as a fan of the novels, considered it a good adaptation and said it was "fresh, lively and funny".^[15]Radio Times gave the series three out of five stars, citing a "run-of-the-mill" format and some problems with suspension of disbelief; reviewer Tilly Pearce said the heart of the series lies in the characters' relationships, and also praised the soundtrack, in the end calling it "a feel-good, cosy watch" that should please book lovers.^[16]

Daniel Fienberg ofThe Hollywood Reporter said it was "a likably wholesome, generally low-stakes YA fairy tale" and especially enjoyed Carey's performance, though he pointed out some over-reliance on safe, familiar tropes and repetitive visuals. He said that Harriet Manners is clearly coded asneurodivergent, but that the show resists applying any such labels to her;^[17] the BBC review from Annabel Rackham noted that both Carey and Smale areautistic and called neurodivergent representation an "important aspect" of the show.^[18] Smale wrote, in response to critics calling the series' representation of autism "inauthentic", "It's based on books written by me (autistic), about me as a teen (autistic). I wrote all of Harriet for the show (still autistic) and the lead actor is autistic. It's the DEFINITION of authentic. I think people are so used to seeing inauthentic representation they don't recognise it when it's in front of them."^[19]

In its year-end review of Canadian television production for 2024, trade magazinePlayback named it Scripted Series of the Year.^[20]

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