Cora Kirk

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Cora Kirk
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Notable work Your Christmas or Mine?

Cora Kirk is a British stage and film actress. She starred in the film Your Christmas or Mine? (2022) and its sequel (2023).

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Early life

From Moorside in Oldham, Greater Manchester, Kirk attended the Waterhead Academy in her home town. [1] [2] She attended the Oldham Theatre Workshop, [3] before she trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. [4]

Career

Stage

In 2017, Kirk played Lucy in a Sally Cookson stage adaptation of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe in Leeds. [5] She worked with Cookson again in 2020 on her adaptation of A Monster Calls , cast as Lily for a UK tour. [6] She also played Wendy in an adaptation of Peter Pan at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London. [7] [8] She also appeared in Peter Pan when Sally Cookson took an adaptation to the National Theatre. [9]

In March 2023, she played Aalyah in Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba in Manchester. [10]

Film

In 2022, Kirk could be seen in the Daniel Stamm directed film Prey for the Devil . [11] Kirk had a lead role playing Hayley, alongside Asa Butterfield, in the Tom Parry penned 2022 Christmas comedy film Your Christmas or Mine? , [12] and the 2023 sequel Your Christmas or Mine 2 . [13]

Filmography

Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018Wishin' and Hopin'VeronicaShort film
2020Don't Water the VineHelenShort film
2021TonyMalayaShort film
2022 Prey for the Devil Emilia
2022 Your Christmas or Mine? Hayley Taylor
2023 After Everything Freya
2023 Your Christmas or Mine 2 Hayley Taylor

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Grantchester Anita Carson1 episode
2018 Doctors Holly PlummerEpisode: "Out There"
2020Bard from the BarnJulietEpisode: "Juliet"
2021 Doctors Morgan ScottEpisode: "One Point Six Percent"
2022 Midsomer Murders Etta DerbyEpisode: "The Blacktrees Prophecy"
2023 Father Brown Lila TateEpisode: "The Hidden Man"
2023 Vera Eliza WilmoreEpisode: "The Rising Tide"
2024 Grantchester FeathersEpisode: "Series 9, Episode 1"
Daddy Issues TamikaEpisode: "Normal Men"

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