Jodie Comer
Biography
Jodie Comer is an English actress who began acting as a child in Liverpool, where she grew up, and first worked on television in 2008 with a guest role on The Royal Today. She gained notice in series such as My Mad Fat Diary, Doctor Foster and Thirteen before playing the assassin Villanelle in Killing Eve from 2018 to 2022, a performance that won her a BAFTA Television Award and also a Primetime Emmy. She won another BAFTA for the television film Help (2021). Her film work includes Free Guy (2021), The Last Duel (2021), The Bikeriders (2023), The End We Start From (2023) and 28 Years Later (2025). On stage, she made her West End debut in Prima Facie in 2022 and later took it to Broadway, earning both a Laurence Olivier Award and a Tony Award.
33years old
Turns 34 on March 11in 120 days
- Born Liverpool
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Jodie Marie Comer (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 11 years2015 to 2026
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First role
Jodie Comer's first acting job came after her drama teacher called in a favor with industry friends, landing her an audition for a BBC Radio 4 play, where her co-stars urged her to get an agent.
A role that slipped away
In April 2019, Comer said scheduling conflicts meant she had to leave Kenneth Branagh's 2022 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile.
Early training
Jodie Comer trained at CALS Theatre School, a weekend drama school in Belle Vale run by Carol Wilson, and in 2006 won her category at the Liverpool Performing Arts Festival with a monologue about the Hillsborough disaster.
Beyond film
Jodie Comer sang a cover version of Mariah Carey's 1995 song Fantasy that was used in the film Free Guy, in which she played both Millie and her in-game avatar Molotov Girl.
Jodie Comer movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Jodie Comer made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Matt Damon's page
Michael Shannon's page
Ralph Fiennes's page
Ben Affleck's page
Mark Strong's page
Ryan Reynolds's page
All films by Shawn Levy
All films by Danny Boyle
All films by Ridley Scott
Awards
Six awards and honors from 2019 to 2023, four of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA | |||
| 2022 | Best Actress | Help | Won |
| 2019 | Best Actress | Killing Eve | Won |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2019 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Killing Eve | Won |
| Tony Awards | |||
| 2023 | Best Actress in a Play | Prima Facie | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2023 | Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress | Prima Facie | Won |
| Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress | Won | ||
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Official profiles and reference pages.