She was born Jodie Marie Comer on March 11, 1993, in London, England, and is an actress in the United Kingdom. Known for her role as Oksana Astankova/Villanelle in the hit British spy drama Killing Eve (2018–present), she has garnered critical praise and awards, including the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress (2019).
Comer’s other credits include Chloe Gemell in the E4 comedy-drama series My Mad Fat Diary (2013–2015), Kate Parks in the BBC One drama series Doctor Foster (2015–2017), Ivy Moxam in the BBC Three drama miniseries Thirteen (2016), Elizabeth of York in the Starz historical miniseries The White Princess (2017) and Sarah in the Channel 4 television film Help (2021).
Millie Rusk / Molotov Girl in Free Guy and Marguerite de Carrouges in The Last Duel are among her most notable cinematic appearances (2021).
Jodie Comer Childhood
Jodie Marie Comer was born on March 11, 1993, in Liverpool and grew up in the Childwall neighborhood of that city. Two years younger than her is her younger brother Charlie. At St Julie’s Catholic High School in Woolton, where she met future Olympian Katarina Johnson-Thompson, she became fast friends.
In Belle Vale, California, Comer attended a local weekend drama school called CALS when she was just 11 years old. She did an hour of singing, dancing, and acting every Saturday. When she joined the 2006 Liverpool Performing Arts Festival, she performed a monologue about the Hillsborough disaster at St George’s Hall, Liverpool, and won first place in her category.
After she was kicked out of a dance club at her secondary school for missing rehearsals for the school talent show, she decided to perform her monologue for the event, which caught the attention of her theatre instructor at St Julie’s and led to her first acting gig on BBC Radio 4.
In the play, her co-stars recommended her to get an agent since she could make a career out of acting.
Jodie for Harper’s Bazaar UK! 🧡 pic.twitter.com/ZnaQEbIdtr
— Jodie Comer (@JodieComerDaily) November 3, 2021
Jodie Comer Career
It was in an episode of the medical drama series The Royal Today that Comer made his professional debut in 2008 as a guest star. For the rest of her career, she appeared in a variety of television shows, including Waterloo Road and Holby City. Justice, the eerie miniseries Remember Me, and My Mad Fat Diary all cast her as a prominent actress in their respective programs. Comer starred in BBC One’s 2015 television film adaption of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
As Ivy Moxam, she was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress in the BBC Three miniseries Thirteen, which premiered in February 2016, and won her first leading role as Kate Parks in the BBC One drama series Doctor Foster. For her role as Beryl Evans in the BBC drama Rillington Place, she received critical acclaim.
In collaboration with the BFI London Film Festival’s “Stars of Tomorrow” list for 2016, Comer was named one of them. When she appeared on Starz in 2017 as a young Elizabeth of York in the follow-up to the BBC miniseries The White Queen, she played a young Elizabeth of York.
She made her acting debut in the 2017 biopic England Is Mine, in which she played Christine, a Morrissey character.
Jodie Comer Public Image
According to British Vogue’s list of “The Most Influential Girls of 2018” and Forbes’ annual “30 Under 30” list, Comer is among Europe’s 30 most influential young actors, musicians, and actresses under 30.
It was revealed in September 2019 that Comer would star in a short film for the Loewe spring/summer 2020 fashion campaign, which saw her repeat the brand’s name with distinct emotional states. As of March 31, 2020, Comer has been named the face of Noble Panacea, a skin-care company.
In 2020, Comer spoke on the class discrimination she faced as a working-class woman in the entertainment industry.
Jodie on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar UK! pic.twitter.com/iZSs5jTTzR
— Jodie Comer (@JodieComerDaily) November 3, 2021
The Most Frequently Asked Questions
Jodie is in a relationship?
As far as British actress Jodie Comer is concerned, her boyfriend James Burke is still “very much” in love with her despite the uproar surrounding his political views and apparent support for her.
Did Jodie go to school for the acting profession?
When Jodie Comer started taking acting classes at St. Julie’s, she earned a part in a radio play for which she was told to find an agent, which she did. On The Royal Today, a spin-off series of the original series, Jodie made her acting debut in 2008.
I’d like to know where Jodie Comer is currently living.
Actress Jodie Comer, 28, says she loves living with her parents in Liverpool even though she’s in her late twenties. At the moment, the Killing Eve actor is living with her family in Childwall.
