Callie Cooke

Callie Cooke
Born (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 31)
Alma materArtsEd
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!.

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

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Doctors Belle Curtis Episode: "What You Don't Know"
2017 Strike Carianne Episode: "The Cuckoo's Calling: Part 1"
2017 Overshadowed Sky 4 episodes
2018–2021 Britannia Islene 5 episodes
2018 Informer Natalie Markham 3 episodes
2019 Halfbreed Brogan Web[13]
2020 The Stranger Kimberley Doyle 6 episodes
2020 Adult Material Nadia 4 episodes
2022 Rules of the Game Tess Jones 4 episodes
2022 Cheaters Esther 17 episodes
2022 Peacock Carly 3 episodes
2022 Wedding Season Leila 8 episodes
2023 Henpocalypse! Shelly 6 episodes
2024 Doctor Who Lindy Pepper-Bean Episode: "Dot and Bubble"
2024 Piglets Stephanie "Steph" Jackson
TBA Surface Margot Season 2

Film

Year Title Role
2020 Blithe Spirit Googie Withers
TBA F1 Jodie

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Firebird Tia Hampstead Theatre / Trafalgar Studios, London
2017 Filthy Business Bernice Hampstead Theatre, London
2018 The Strange Death of John Doe Anna / Rae

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2016 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Emerging Talent Award Firebird Nominated [14]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Callie Cooke, Tahirah Sharif and Phaldut Sharma to Reprise Roles in FIREBIRD at Trafalgar Studios". BroadwayWorld. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ^ "In the rehearsal room with Filthy Business' Callie Cooke and Callum Woodhouse". Hampstead Theatre. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ^ Fear, Helen (12 January 2022). "Who plays Tess in Rules of the Game? What has actress Callie Cooke been in before". Entertainment Daily. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ Guide, British Comedy (26 January 2022). "Cheaters comedy drama coming to BBC One". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ^ Debnath, Neela (8 September 2022). "Wedding Season cast: Who is in the Disney Plus series?". Daily Express. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Five minutes with… Henpocalypse! stars Callie Cooke and Lucie Shorthouse". Belfast Telegraph. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  8. ^ Morris, Lauren (8 August 2023). "Henpocalypse star Callie Cooke on Danny Dyer's cameo and working with a 'dildo spear'". OK. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  9. ^ Laford, Andrea (2024-03-28). "Doctor Who 2024 series: new cast announcements". CultBox. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  10. ^ "Piglets". British Comedy Guide. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  11. ^ "5 Star Review for Acting Graduate". ArtsEd. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  12. ^ Williams, Jessica (7 September 2021). "Callum Woodhouse 'accepted' by girlfriend's dad thanks to All Creatures Great and Small". Daily Express. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Callie Cooke". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2016: The longlist". Evening Standard Theatre Awards. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2023.