Claire Cooper

Claire Elizabeth Cooper (born 26 October 1980) is a British actress, best known for portraying Jacqui McQueen in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, a character she played from 2006 to 2013.

Claire Cooper
Claire Cooper at the 2010 Inside Soap Awards.
Born	Claire Elizabeth Cooper 26 October 1980 Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Emmett J. Scanlan ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	1

Cooper co-owns clothing rental boutique The Closet[1] in Liverpool with Hollyoaks co-stars Jennifer Metcalfe and Leah Hackett.[2]

Early life

Cooper was a British champion gymnast for 10 years while attending Sandal Endowed Middle School.[3]

Cooper attended the Guildford School of Acting.

Career

Cooper has appeared in various British television shows, including a two-part episode on Waking the Dead in 2004. She made appearances on Coronation Street and Waterloo Road in 2006.

Cooper made her on-screen debut in Hollyoaks in September 2006. In 2009 she played a character in the second series of Hollyoaks Later. In late 2010 she was in an hour-long spin-off episode called Hollyoaks: King of Hearts.

In 2016, Cooper played the part of Claire in the second series of In the Club.[4]

Personal life

Cooper married her boyfriend Emmett J. Scanlan in 2015. On 8 May 2020, she announced she was pregnant with their first child. On 18 July 2020, she gave birth to a boy.. In October 2020, Cooper disclosed that she had a miscarriage the previous year.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Red Dwarf	50s woman /(uncredited)	Series 8: Episode 5
2004	Waking The Dead	Audrey Clayton	Series 4: Episodes 1 and 2
2006	Waterloo Road	Zoe Ramsden	Series 1: Episode 3
	Coronation Street	Anya Spader	Series 47: Episode 161
2006–2013	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen	Series regular, 532 episodes
2007	Most Haunted	Herself	Episode - Most Haunted Live at Halloween: Tatton Park
2008	All Star Family Fortunes		Episode – Hollyoaks vs Emmerdale
	This Morning		Series 20: Episode 4900
	Big Brother's Big Mouth		Series 10: Episode 2
	The Hollyoaks Music Show	Jacqui McQueen	Series 13: Episode 60
	Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack	Celebrity HiJacker /Herself	Series 1: Episodes 22 and 23
2009	Hollyoaks Later	Jacqui McQueen	Series 2: Episodes 1–5
	Strictly Come Dancing	Herself	Round 6
	Ready, Steady, Cook		Series 20: Episode 9
2010	Derren Brown Investigates		Episode - The Man Who Contacts The Dead
	Hollyoaks: King of Hearts	Jacqui McQueen	Late night special one-off episode
2011	Hollyoaks Best Bits 2011	Herself	Television film
2014	From There to Here	Matilda	Two episodes
2015	A.D. The Bible Continues	Herodias	Six episodes
2016	In the Club	Claire	Series 2.[4]
	Six Wives with Lucy Worsley	Anne Boleyn	Two episodes
2017	12 Monkeys	Eliza	One episode
	Love, Lies & Records	Sarah
2019	Knightfall	Sister Anne	Series 2
2020	Strike Back	Amy McAllister	Series 8: Episode 6

Awards and nominations

Cooper won Best Actress at British Soap Awards in 2013 and Best Family at Inside Soap Awards in 2009. She has also received several nominations:

Year	Result	Award	Category	Film or series	Character
2007	Nominated*	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress [5]	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
2009	Nominated*		Best Actress[6]
	Won		Best Family (for McQueen family)[7]
2010	Nominated*		Best Actress[8]
2011	Nominated*	National Television Awards	Outstanding Serial Drama Performance
	Nominated	All About Soap Bubble Awards	Best Actress[9]
	Shortlisted*	British Soap Awards	Best Actress[10]
	Nominated		Best Dramatical Performance
	Nominated*	TV Choice Awards	Best Soap Actress[11]
	Shortlisted*	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress[12]
	Nominated*		Best Dramatical Performance[13]
	Nominated*		Best Wedding
	Nominated	Royal Television Society North West Awards	Best Performance in a Continuing Drama[14][15]
2012	Nominated*	National Television Awards	Outstanding Serial Drama Performance
	Nominated	Shorty Awards	Best Actress[16]	n/a	n/a
	Nominated	All About Soap Awards	Best Actress[17]	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
2013	Won	British Soap Awards	Best Actress[18]
	Nominated		Best Dramatic Performance[18]

• (*) means there were two main round of nominations for that category. For that particular category, nominated means she only made the first round of nominations and shortlisted means she made the second and final round of nominations to be decided by either the public vote or by a judging panel.

References

1. "The Closet : Celebrity Dress Hire". Theclosetliverpool.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
2. Dawn Collinson (3 March 2010). "Lifestyles - Hollyoaks actresses opening a new boutique called the closet". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
3. "My Last Supper: Claire Cooper". 25 July 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
4. http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/hollyoaks/news/it-s-a-dream-come-true-newlywed-hollyoaks-ex-claire-cooper-is-in-the-club ‘It’s a dream come true!’ Newlywed Hollyoaks ex Claire Cooper is In The Club!.
5. "Inside Soap Awards 2007: The Nominations". digitalspy.co.uk. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
6. "They're coming! They're coming! The Inside Soap Awards are back for 2009". digitalspy.co.uk. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
7. "Inside Soap Awards 2009: Best Family". digitalspy.co.uk.
8. "In Full: Inside Soap Awards 2010 Nominees". digitalspy.co.uk. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
9. "In Full: All About Soap Bubble winners". digitalspy.co.uk. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
10. "British Soap Awards 2011 shortlist revealed". digitalspy.co.uk. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
11. "In Full: TV Choice Awards 2011 - Nominees". digitalspy.co.uk. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
12. "Inside Soap Awards nominations shortlist revealed". digitalspy.co.uk. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
13. "In Full: Inside Soap Awards 2011 Nominees". digitalspy.co.uk. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
14. "RTS 2011 Shortlist". rts.org.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
15. "'Coronation Street' biggest winner at RTS North West Awards". digitalspy.co.uk. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
16. "Claire Cooper was nominated for a Shorty Award". shortyawards.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
17. "All About Soap Awards 2012: Full winners list". digitalspy.co.uk. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
18. "British Soap Awards 2013 - winners in full". digitalspy.co.uk. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

External links

• Claire Cooper at IMDb
• Claire Cooper tv.com