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Olivia Kate Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is an English actress. In television, she has starred as Emma Decody in the thriller '' Bates Motel'' (2013–2017),
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in the period drama '' Vanity Fair'' (2018), and Alicent Hightower in the fantasy drama ''
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'' (2022–present). In film, Cooke has starred in the horror film ''
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'' (2014), the comedy-drama film ''
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ''Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'' is a 2012 debut novel written by Jesse Andrews. The novel was released in hardcover by Amulet Books on March 1, 2012, and in paperback on May 7, 2013. Plot Greg Gaines is a senior at Benson High School i ...
'' (2015), the thriller ''
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'' (2017), the science fiction film ''
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'' (2018), and the drama ''
Sound of Metal ''Sound of Metal'' is a 2019 American drama film directed and co-written by Darius Marder. It stars Riz Ahmed as a metal drummer who loses his hearing, and also features Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, and Mathieu Amalric. ''Sound ...
'' (2020).


Early life

Olivia Kate Cooke was born on 27 December 1993 in
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,
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, to sales representative Lindsay Wilde and retired police officer John Cooke. Her parents divorced when she was a child, and she and her sister lived with their mother. She started acting when she was eight years old at the
Oldham Theatre Workshop The Oldham Theatre and Music Workshop is a youth theatre group based in the north west of England. Outline Founded by David Johnson in , the Oldham Theatre Workshop has a purpose-built studio located in its own building off Oldham's Union Street, ...
, an after-school drama programme in her hometown. She attended Royton and Crompton Academy and studied drama at
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, leaving before the end of her
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to appear in the drama series '' Blackout''. She starred as
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in a college production of ''
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'', and soon landed her first and last leading role for the Oldham Theatre Workshop in ''Prom: The Musical'', a remake of ''
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''. When she was 14, she secured her first local agent, who gained her commercial roles. In 2012, she appeared in
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's "Autumn Term" tour video as a student getting a piggyback ride from
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. Although her agent discouraged her from enrolling in drama school because she was already getting acting work, she was keen on applying to the
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(RADA) and made it to the final round of auditions, but was not accepted. As of 2020, she lives in London.


Career


2012–2014: Beginnings

After Cooke performed at the Oldham Theatre Workshop, Beverley Keogh, a casting director next door to her agency, secured her roles in television. Cooke starred in all three
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mini-series productions in 2012: '' Blackout'', as the daughter of
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's character, and ''
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'', as a young teacher at a tyrannical orphanage in the 1940s. Cooke stated that she felt better suited for television than theatre, as she was embarrassed by the exaggerated gestures sometimes required for stage acting. Despite being a novice, Cooke distinguished herself among European actresses in the gruelling casting process for '' The Quiet Ones'', which opened in April 2014, two years after filming took place. In 2012, following ''The Quiet Ones'', Cooke acquired an agent in
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. After reading the character descriptions for A&E's contemporary '' Psycho'' prequel '' Bates Motel'', she sent an audition tape for the role of Emma Decody. Three weeks later, Cooke earned the part of Emma, her first American role. She was originally disappointed when the producers made Emma Mancunian, believing it was a fail-safe measure regarding her accent. However, aided by fellow English actor
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, who has previous experience with an American accent, Cooke has since been mistaken to be American. Cooke also contributed short videos for Emma's fictitious
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. Cooke's second feature film '' The Signal'', with
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and
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, opened at the
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. Cooke starred as Haley Peterson, an American
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student transferring to
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, who encounters strange occurrences as she, her boyfriend, and her best friend are lured into the desert by a hacker. In October 2014, Cooke led the cast of ''
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'', a horror film based on
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's board game. The role of the protagonist, Laine Morris, was a major undertaking for Cooke, who appeared in almost every scene. The story centred around a group of friends who use the Ouija board to contact a deceased friend, but end up awakening a dark presence. Despite being panned by critics, ''Ouija'' was a box office success, grossing approximately $102.5 million worldwide.


2015–present: Progression

Cooke next appeared in the comedy-drama film ''
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ''Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'' is a 2012 debut novel written by Jesse Andrews. The novel was released in hardcover by Amulet Books on March 1, 2012, and in paperback on May 7, 2013. Plot Greg Gaines is a senior at Benson High School i ...
''. For the coming-of-age tale by
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, who adapted the original novel for the film, Cooke shaved off her hair to play the female lead who battles
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. The film premiered at the
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, where it was awarded both the Grand Jury and Audience Awards. Also in 2015, Cooke voiced the
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for an episode of ''
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'', which was co-written by her ''Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'' co-star Nick Offerman. Cooke played the titular character in the independent drama film '' Katie Says Goodbye'', alongside
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,
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,
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, and Mary Steenburgen. The film revolves around Katie, a 17-year-old waitress attempting to overcome poverty and start a new life in
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by resorting to prostitution. She next starred in the
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of ''
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'', a gothic murder mystery, opposite
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and
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. Both films premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Cooke then starred in the thriller film ''
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'', alongside Anya Taylor-Joy and Anton Yelchin, which premiered at the
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. Cooke starred as Art3mis in
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's science fiction adventure ''
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'', which was released in March 2018. Later that year, she appeared alongside
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,
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and
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in
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's relationship drama film '' Life Itself'', and played the lead character,
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in the
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production of '' Vanity Fair''. Cooke starred in the drama film ''
Sound of Metal ''Sound of Metal'' is a 2019 American drama film directed and co-written by Darius Marder. It stars Riz Ahmed as a metal drummer who loses his hearing, and also features Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, and Mathieu Amalric. ''Sound ...
'', alongside
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. The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2019. Also in 2019, she appeared as Karla, pregnant homeless woman giving her baby up for adoption, in the
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romantic comedy anthology series '' Modern Love''. Since 2022, Cooke has played the role of Alicent Hightower, the "Green Queen," in
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's ''
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''. In the
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series ''
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'', Cooke appears as MI5 agent Sidonie "Sid" Baker.


Filmography


Film


Television


Music videos


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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