Jodie Comer

Jodie Marie Comer ( ; born 11 March 1993) is an English actress who rose to global prominence for her role as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle in the BBC America spy thriller ''Killing Eve'' (2018–2022).
She has received various accolades including two British Academy Television Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics Choice Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Born and raised in Liverpool, Comer began her career in an episode of ''The Royal Today'' in 2008. Following appearances in several television series, she landed the roles of Chloe Gemell in the E4 comedy-drama series ''My Mad Fat Diary'' (2013–2015) and Kate Parks in the BBC One drama series '' Doctor Foster'' (2015–2017). In between the series, Comer received critical acclaim for her portrayal as Ivy Moxam in the BBC Three drama miniseries ''Thirteen''. Her other major television roles include Elizabeth of York in the Starz historical miniseries ''The White Princess'' (2017), and Sarah in the Channel 4 television film ''Help'' (2021).

Comer rose to global prominence for her role as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle in the BBC America spy thriller ''Killing Eve'' (2018–2022) for which she received critical acclaim and won a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Her major film roles include Millie Rusk / Molotov Girl in ''Free Guy'' (2021), and Marguerite de Carrouges in '' The Last Duel'' (2021). Comer made her West End debut in Suzie Miller's play ''Prima Facie'' at the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2022.

Early life

Jodie Marie Comer was born in Liverpool on 11 March 1993, the daughter of Merseyrail employee Donna Comer and Everton FC physiotherapist James Comer. She grew up in Liverpool's Childwall suburb. She has a younger brother named Charlie (born in 1995). She attended St Julie's Catholic High School in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton, where she became close friends with future Olympic athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson. She started acting at a local weekend drama school called CALS in the Belle Vale area of Liverpool when she was 11 years old, and it was through this school that she entered the Liverpool Performing Arts Festival in 2006 at St George's Hall and came first in her category after performing a monologue about the Hillsborough Disaster.Town & Country Magazine
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After being expelled from a dance group by her friends in high school because she was unable to attend rehearsals for the school talent show due to being on holiday with her family, Comer decided to perform her monologue for the show; this brought her to the attention of her drama teacher, who sent her to audition for a BBC Radio 4 play, which became her first acting job. Her co-stars in the play told her that she could make a career out of acting and advised her to get an agent.

Career

Career beginnings (2008–2017)

Comer's career began in 2008 with a guest role on an episode of ''The Royal Today'', a spin-off series of the medical drama series ''The Royal''. She then made appearances in series such as '' Waterloo Road'', ''Holby City'', ''Doctors'', ''Silent Witness'', ''Casualty'', '' Law & Order: UK'', '' Vera'', and ''Inspector George Gently''. She was cast in leading roles in the five-episode drama series ''Justice'', the supernatural miniseries '' Remember Me'', and as Chloe Gemell in the E4 comedy-drama series ''My Mad Fat Diary''. Comer appeared in the 2015 adaptation of ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'', a television film broadcast on BBC One. In the same year, Comer appeared as Kate Parks in the BBC One drama series '' Doctor Foster''.

Comer was cast in her first starring role as Ivy Moxam in the BBC Three miniseries ''Thirteen'', which premiered in February 2016 and earned her a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. In December 2016, she appeared in the BBC miniseries ''Rillington Place'' as Beryl Evans, one of serial killer John Christie’s victims. In 2016, Comer was listed as one of Screen International's "Stars of Tomorrow" in association with the BFI London Film Festival. In 2017, she starred as a young Elizabeth of York in ''The White Princess'' on Starz, a sequel to the BBC miniseries '' The White Queen''. In 2017, she also made her feature film debut, as Christine in the Morrissey biopic '' England Is Mine''.

''Killing Eve'' and worldwide recognition (2018–present)

In April 2018, Comer began starring in the BBC
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