Jodie Comer

Jodie Comer

English actress (born 1993)
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Jodie Marie Comer (born 11 March 1993) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as psychopathic Russian assassin Oksana Astankova / Villanelle in the BBC America thriller series Killing Eve (2018–present), for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, as well as her role as Chloe Gemell in the E4 comedy-drama series My Mad Fat Diary (2013) and Elizabeth of York in the Starz miniseries The White Princess (2017).

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Jodie Comer was born on Thursday, 11 March 1993 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. Her full name at birth was Jodie Marie Comer. She is best known as an actress. Comer's country of citizenship (nationality) is British. Jodie attended high school at St Julie's Catholic High School. She is 5' 8¼" (173 cm) tall and weighs 127 lbs (58 kg) with a slim build. She has green eyes and dyed blonde hair (color). Jodie Comer is 32 years old and her zodiac star sign is Pisces.

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Full name at birth
Jodie Marie Comer
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Claim to fame
My Mad Fat Diary
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Date of birth
11 March 1993
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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Actress
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5' 8¼" (173 cm)
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127 lbs (58 kg)
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Liverpool
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St Julie's Catholic High School
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Partner: James Burke (Dating)
May 2019-
Jodie Comer and James Burke
(on Killing Eve's pasta scene) For one scene I had to eat pasta all day for nine hours and I literally didn't go to the toilet for two weeks
Within everyday sexism, it's hard - there's the obvious things where you go into an audition room and it's not very welcoming or you're met with a certain attitude
(on sexism in the industry) It's crazy to think that it is still going on. It plays on my mind when I'm on set and I think, 'Wow, there are only two women in this room'-as in the crew. You usually get a lot of women on makeup and costumes, but as for crew, sometimes you only get two women, and you're like, 'This is a real thing.'
  • She is a supporter of Tyred, a Liverpool-based road safety charity that campaigns for outlawing old coach tyres
  • Attended St Julie's Catholic High School in Liverpool with British track & field athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Is a huge Bruce Springsteen fan
  • She turned down the chance to appear in Strictly Come Dancing (2004). Instead, she went with her mother and her grandmother to the studio to watch it live
  • On several occasions in her career, she had auditioned for a number of theatre projects. Even though the directors liked her performances, she was still rejected, because she had no acting or theatre training. Eventually, she landed the leading role in National Theatre Live: Prima Facie (2022), much to critical acclaim. It would earn her a Laurence Olivier Award

Jodie Comer is known for her role in the TV series Killing Eve (2018) as performer - 2 episodes.

She is also known for her role in the film Free Guy (2021) as performer: "Fantasy".

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