Callie Cooke
Quick Facts
Biography
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).
Early life
Cooke is from Leicestershire. She studied at the Arts Educational School (ArtsEd), graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.
Career
After graduating from ArtsEd, Cooke made her professional stage debut in Firebird, which had runs at Hampstead Theatre and Trafalgar Studios in 2015. 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.
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, Cheaters as Esther, and Peacock as Carly, as well as the Disney+ Star series Wedding Season as Leila. The following year, she starred as Shelly opposite Lucie Shorthouse in the BBC Two comedy Henpocalypse!.
Personal life
Cooke is in a relationship with fellow actor Callum Woodhouse, who also appeared in Filthy Business.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Doctors | Belle Curtis | Episode: "What You Don't Know" |
2017 | Strike | Carianne | Episode: "The Cuckoo's Calling: Part 1" |
Overshadowed | Sky | 4 episodes | |
2018–2021 | Britannia | Islene | 5 episodes |
2018 | Informer | Natalie Markham | 3 episodes |
2019 | Halfbreed | Brogan | Web |
2020 | The Stranger | Kimberley Doyle | Recurring role (6 episodes) |
Adult Material | Nadia | Miniseries (4 episodes) | |
Blithe Spirit | Googie Withers | ||
2022 | Rules of the Game | Tess Jones | Main role (4 episodes) |
Cheaters | Esther | Main role (17 episodes) | |
Peacock | Carly | Main role (3 episodes) | |
Wedding Season | Leila | Main role (8 episodes) | |
2023 | Henpocalypse! | Shelly | Main role (6 episodes) |
TBA | Surface | Margot | Season 2 |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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. |
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2016 | Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Emerging Talent Award | Firebird | Nominated |