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In September 2014, it was announced that [[Lacey Turner]], who played protagonist [[Molly Dawes]] in the [[Our Girl series 1|first series]], had left the show to return to her role on ''EastEnders''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/eastenders/a597556/lacey-turner-i-took-a-risk-going-back-to-eastenders/ |title=Lacey Turner: 'I took a risk going back to EastEnders' |first=Morgan |last=Jeffrey |date=18 September 2014 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=Digital Spy |language=English |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/6Bx10 |archive-date=20 June 2024 }}</ref> In June 2015, it was announced that, as a result, [[Michelle Keegan]] had been cast as [[Georgie Lane]], an army medic and the show's new protagonist for its second series.<ref name="Replacing">{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a654106/michelle-keegan-replacing-lacey-turner-as-lead-in-bbc-ones-our-girl/ |title=Michelle Keegan replacing Lacey Turner as lead in BBC One's Our Girl |first=Bea |last=Mitchell |date=20 June 2015 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Digital Spy |language=English |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331212301/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a654106/michelle-keegan-replacing-lacey-turner-as-lead-in-bbc-ones-our-girl/ |archive-date=31 March 2022 }}</ref> As a "massive fan" of the series, Keegan expressed excitement to play Georgie.<ref name="Replacing" /> Billed by the BBC as "gutsy, passionate and unstoppable", Georgie is an army medic like Molly who is fiercely dedicated to her job and "relishes the adrenaline and adventure that working with the army brings".<ref name="Our 2" /> Keegan commented that wearing the uniform for the first time felt "quite surreal", but it immediately gave her a "sense of duty", as if she were a member of the army.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/michelle-keegan-commando-our-girl--11059243 |title=Michelle Keegan goes commando on set of BBC drama Our Girl |first=Denise |last=Evans |date=18 March 2016 |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=English |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/CpeE6 |archive-date=12 July 2024 }}</ref> Keegan described her character as follows: "Georgie is an experienced army medic. She is good at her job, very professional and she knows what she wants in her life. Georgie puts her work first and not afraid to get stuck in, especially with the lads as well. I wouldn't say she is the alpha, but she doesn't take anything lying down".<ref name="Michelle">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/our-girl-2/keegan/ |title=Michelle Keegan (Lance Corporal Georgie Lane) |first= |last= |date=28 August 2016 |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=BBC Media Centre |language=English |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127091424/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/our-girl-2/keegan |archive-date=27 November 2020 }}</ref>
[[Luke Pasqualino]] was announced to portray a new character, Georgie's ex-fiance Elvis Harte, a Special Forces commander of the SAS group.<ref name="Skins">{{cite web|url=https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/luke-pasqualino-in-our-girl-season-2 |title='Skins' star joins cast of 'Our Girl' |first= |last= |date=20 March 2016 |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=Cultbox |language=English |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710180715/https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/luke-pasqualino-in-our-girl-season-2 |archive-date=10 July 2024 }}</ref><ref name="Luke" /> He was billed as as "cheeky", "fearless", "impulsive", and "cool under pressure".<ref name="Our 2" /> Pasqualino noted that Elvis "knows how good he is" at his job and aspires to "make the world a better place", adding that his character has "a lot of bravado, a lot of cheekiness and a lot of cockiness about him but at the end of the day, he gets his end goal finished and he gets you the result".<ref name="Luke">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/our-girl-2/pasqualino/ |title=Luke Pasqualino (Elvis Harte) |first= |last= |date=28 August 2016 |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=BBC Media Centre |language=English |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127091428/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/our-girl-2/pasqualino |archive-date=27 November 2020 }}</ref>
Other new cast announcements included [[Royce Pierreson]] as Dr Jamie Cole, a "warm and sensible" doctor in love with Georgie,<ref name="Our 2" /> [[Rolan Bell]] as Sergeant King, [[Sean Sagar]] as Monk, [[Anthony Oseyemi]] as the Kenyan forces' Captain Osman,<ref name="Skins" /> Anna Tenta as Kicki, a Swiss woman who "fell in love with a career in humanitarian relief work",<ref name="Meet" /> Yusra Warsama as Nafula, Kicki's "passionate and hard-working" co-worker,<ref name="Meet" /> and Michael James as Jason Raynott, "a lonely chid growing up" who became interested in Islam in later life.<ref name="Meet">{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/meet-the-cast-of-our-girl-series-two/ |title=Meet the cast of Our Girl series two |author=Radio Times Staff |date=5 October 2016 |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=Radio Times |language=English |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705070033/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/meet-the-cast-of-our-girl-series-two/ |archive-date=5 July 2022 }}</ref>
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