Callie Cooke

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Callie Cooke
Born (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 31)
Alma mater ArtsEd
Years active2015–present

Callie Cooke (born 23 October 1993) is a British actress. She was nominated for an Evening Standard Theatre Award in 2015. On television, she is best known for her role in the BBC Two 2023 comedy Henpocalypse! .

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Career

Cooke made her professional stage debut in Firebird, which ran at Hampstead Theatre and Trafalgar Studios in 2015. [1] [2] For her performance, Cooke was nominated for the Emerging Talent Award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

Cooke made her television debut in a 2016 episode of the BBC medical soap opera Doctors . She returned to the Hampstead Theatre for Filthy Business in 2017 and The Strange Death of John Doe in 2018. [3]

Cooke appeared in the BBC Three series Overshadowed and the BBC One drama Informer , and began playing Islene in the Sky Atlantic series Britannia . Cooke made her feature film debut in the 2020 comedy Blithe Spirit . That same year, she played Kimberley Doyle in the Netflix mystery series The Stranger and played Nadia in the Channel 4 drama Adult Material .

In 2022, Cooke had a number of main television roles in the BBC series Rules of the Game as Tess Jones, [4] Cheaters as Esther, [5] and Peacock as Carly, as well as the Disney+ Star series Wedding Season as Leila. [6] The following year, she starred as Shelly opposite Lucie Shorthouse in the BBC Two comedy series Henpocalypse! . [7] [8] In 2024, she appeared as Lindy Pepper-Bean in the Doctor Who episode "Dot and Bubble" [9] and as Steph in the ITV comedy series Piglets . [10]

Personal life and education

Cooke studied at the Arts Educational Schools, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. [11] She is in a relationship with actor Callum Woodhouse, who also appeared in Filthy Business. [12]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Doctors Belle CurtisEpisode: "What You Don't Know"
2017 Strike CarianneEpisode: "The Cuckoo's Calling: Part 1"
2017OvershadowedSky4 episodes
2018–2021 Britannia Islene5 episodes
2018 Informer Natalie Markham3 episodes
2019HalfbreedBroganWeb [13]
2020 The Stranger Kimberley Doyle6 episodes
2020 Adult Material Nadia4 episodes
2022 Rules of the Game Tess Jones4 episodes
2022 Cheaters Esther17 episodes
2022 Peacock Carly3 episodes
2022 Wedding Season Leila8 episodes
2023 Henpocalypse! Shelly6 episodes
2024 Doctor Who Lindy Pepper-BeanEpisode: "Dot and Bubble"
2024 Piglets Stephanie "Steph" Jackson
TBA Surface MargotSeason 2

Film

YearTitleRole
2020 Blithe Spirit Googie Withers
TBA F1 Jodie

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015FirebirdTia Hampstead Theatre / Trafalgar Studios, London
2017Filthy BusinessBerniceHampstead Theatre, London
2018The Strange Death of John DoeAnna / Rae

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2016 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Emerging Talent AwardFirebirdNominated [14]

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