Callie Cooke

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Callie Cooke
Born (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 30)
Alma mater ArtsEd
Years active2015–present

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

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Early life

Cooke is from Leicestershire. She studied at the Arts Educational School (ArtsEd), graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. [1]

Career

After graduating from ArtsEd, Cooke made her professional stage debut in Firebird, which had runs at Hampstead Theatre and Trafalgar Studios in 2015. [2] [3] 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. [4]

Cooke also 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, [5] Cheaters as Esther, [6] and Peacock as Carly, as well as the Disney+ Star series Wedding Season as Leila. [7] The following year, she starred as Shelly opposite Lucie Shorthouse in the BBC Two comedy Henpocalypse! . [8] [9] In 2024, she appeared as Lindy Pepper-Bean in the Doctor Who episode "Dot and Bubble". [10]

Personal life

Cooke is in a relationship with fellow actor Callum Woodhouse, who also appeared in Filthy Business. [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Doctors Belle CurtisEpisode: "What You Don't Know"
2017 Strike CarianneEpisode: "The Cuckoo's Calling: Part 1"
OvershadowedSky4 episodes
2018–2021 Britannia Islene5 episodes
2018 Informer Natalie Markham3 episodes
2019HalfbreedBroganWeb [12]
2020 The Stranger Kimberley DoyleRecurring role (6 episodes)
Adult Material NadiaMiniseries (4 episodes)
Blithe Spirit Googie Withers
2022 Rules of the Game Tess JonesMain role (4 episodes)
Cheaters EstherMain role (17 episodes)
Peacock CarlyMain role (3 episodes)
Wedding Season LeilaMain role (8 episodes)
2023 Henpocalypse! ShellyMain role (6 episodes)
2024 Doctor Who Lindy Pepper-BeanEpisode: "Dot and Bubble"
Piglets StephMain role [13]
TBA Surface MargotSeason 2

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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  2. ↑ Galton, Bridget (16 March 2017). "Actor Callie Cooke: 'I had to distance myself or I'd get emotionally drained'". Ham & High. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Callie Cooke, Tahirah Sharif and Phaldut Sharma to Reprise Roles in FIREBIRD at Trafalgar Studios". BroadwayWorld. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "In the rehearsal room with Filthy Business' Callie Cooke and Callum Woodhouse". Hampstead Theatre. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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