Callie Cooke
English actress (born 1992)
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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 comedy Henpocalypse! (2023).
Early life and education
Cooke studied at the Arts Educational Schools, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.[1]
Career
Cooke made her professional stage debut in Firebird, which ran 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 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 series Henpocalypse!.[8][9] In 2024, she appeared as Lindy Pepper-Bean in the Doctor Who episode "Dot and Bubble"[10] and as Steph in the ITV comedy series Piglets.[11]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Blithe Spirit | Googie Withers | |
| 2025 | F1 | Jodie | |
| 2027 | Untitled Tim Miller film | TBA | Filming |
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[12] |
| 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 | Steph | 6 episodes |
| 2025 | Surface | Margot | Season 2 |
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 | |
| 2025 | Christmas Day | Maude | Almeida Theatre, London |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Emerging Talent Award | Firebird | Nominated | [13] |