Jodie Marie Comer (born 11 March 1993 in Liverpool, England) is an English actress.
Her role as the assassin Villanelle in Killing Eve won her the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, and was the youngest actress to win the Emmy Award Leading Actress for Drama at the time. She made her stage debut in Prima Facie in 2022 and won both the Olivier and the Tony for the role.
Roles:
- Holby City (2010) as Ellie Jenkins
- Silent Witness (2012) as Eve Gilston
- CASUAL+Y (2012) as Maddy Eldon
- Law & Order: UK (2013) as Jess Hayes
- Vera (2013) as Izzy Rawlins
- My Mad Fat Diary (2013 - 2015) as Chloe Gemell
- Inspector George Gently (2014) as Justine Leyland
- Doctor Foster (2015 - 2017) as Kate Parks
- Thirteen (2016) as Ivy Moxam
- The White Princess (2017) as Elizabeth of York
- Killing Eve (2018 - 2022) as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle
- Star Wars - Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as Miramir (Rey's mother)
- Free Guy (2021) as Milly / Molotov Girl
- Help (2021) as Sarah
- The Last Duel (2021) as Marguerite de Carrouges, née de Thibouville
- Prima Facie (2022 - 2023) as Tessa
- The Bikeriders (2024) as Kathy
- Alone in the Dark (2024) as Emily Hartwood
- The End We Start From (2024) as Mother
Tropes associated with Comer and her roles:
- Animal Motifs: Oddly enough, her most famous works have her being compared to a thoroughbred.
- Butt-Monkey: For the most part, has played characters whose main existence have been defined by pain and humiliation.
- Fake Nationality:
- She plays a Fake Russian as Villanelle, including putting on a Russian accent.
- She's Fake French as Marguerite in The Last Duel; this time she's Not Even Bothering with the Accent.
- I Am Very British: A few of her roles where she plays Brits have her use a more formal, Received Pronunciation style accent in sharp contrast to her natural Liverpool accent.
- Large Ham: Very often. Just look at her performances in Killing Eve and Prima Facie to start.
- Ms. Fanservice: Many of her roles draw attention to her beauty.
- Oop North: She's from Liverpool and has historically had a very heavy Scouser accent when not acting. This seems to have become a bit less pronounced over time, especially when being interviewed on American programmes.
- The Other Darrin: In The White Queen Elizabeth of York is played by Freya Mavor, while Comer was chosen to portray her in The White Princess.
- Reclusive Artist: She used to be quite active on social media and would interact with her fans. Come 2020, when she was rumored to be dating a Donald Trump supporter, she was the target of much harassment, to the point of her leaving Twitter and only using her Instagram to post about her projects. The numerous transgressions of fans stalking and harassing her probably didn't help much, either.
- Star-Making Role: She gained a bit of fame for her role as Elizabeth of York in The White Princess in 2017, the first Spin-Off / sequel series to The White Queen, although it was her widely-acclaimed performance as Villanelle in Killing Eve the following year that really put her on the map.
- Typecasting: Throughout the 2010s and 2020s, she had a habit of being cast as women who are raped or otherwise abused (either by partners or other people); even in one her earliest roles in Vera, she was playing a woman who was being stalked by her abusive ex. Her famous role as assassin Villanelle comparatively stands out, given that, in Killing Eve, she's the one dishing out violence and stalking her love interest.
