Olivia Cooke

Olivia Kate Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is an English actress. She is known for her starring role as Emma Decody in the A&E drama thriller series Bates Motel (2013–2017) and as Becky Sharp in the period drama miniseries Vanity Fair (2018). She also starred in the horror film Ouija (2014), the comedy-drama film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), the period horror mystery film The Limehouse Golem (2016), the thriller film Thoroughbreds (2017), and Steven Spielberg's sci-fi film Ready Player One (2018).

Olivia Cooke
Cooke in March 2018
Born
Olivia Kate Cooke

(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993
Oldham, Greater Manchester, England
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Early life

Olivia Kate Cooke[1] was born on 27 December 1993 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, the daughter of sales representative Lindsy Wild and retired police officer John Cooke. She has a younger sister named Eleanor.[2][3][4] Her parents divorced when she was a child, and she and her younger sister lived with their mother.[5] She started acting when she was eight years old at the Oldham Theatre Workshop, an after-school drama programme in her hometown. She attended Royton and Crompton Academy and studied drama at Oldham Sixth Form College, leaving before the end of her A-levels to appear in the drama series Blackout.[3] She starred as Maria in a college production of West Side Story, and soon landed her first and last leading role for the Oldham Theatre Workshop in Prom: The Musical, a remake of Cinderella.[2][3] When she was 14, she secured her first local agent, who gained her commercial roles.[6] In 2012, she appeared in One Direction's "Autumn Term" tour video as a student getting a piggyback ride from Harry Styles.[7] Although her agent discouraged her from enrolling in drama school because she was already getting acting work, she was keen on applying to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and made it to the final round of auditions, but was not accepted.[2]

Career
Cooke in July 2017

After Cooke performed at the Oldham Theatre Workshop, Beverley Keogh, a casting director next door to her agency, secured her roles in television. Cooke starred in all three BBC mini-series productions in 2012: Blackout,[8] as the daughter of Christopher Eccleston's character, and The Secret of Crickley Hall, as a young teacher at a tyrannical orphanage in the 1940s.[9][10] Cooke stated that she felt better suited for television than theatre, as she was embarrassed by the exaggerated gestures sometimes required for stage acting.[2] Despite being a novice, Cooke distinguished herself among European actresses in the gruelling casting process for The Quiet Ones, which opened in April 2014, two years after filming took place.[11][12]

In 2012, following The Quiet Ones, Cooke acquired an agent in Los Angeles.[13] After reading the character descriptions for A&E's contemporary Psycho prequel Bates Motel, she sent an audition tape for the role of Emma Decody.[14] Three weeks later, Cooke earned the part of Emma, her first American role.[13] She was originally disappointed when the producers made Emma Mancunian, believing it was a fail-safe measure regarding her accent. However, aided by fellow English actor Freddie Highmore, who has previous experience with an American accent, Cooke has since been mistaken to be American.[2][15] Cooke also contributed short videos for Emma's fictitious blog.[16]

Cooke's second feature film The Signal, with Brenton Thwaites and Laurence Fishburne, opened at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.[17] Cooke starred as Haley Peterson, an American MIT student transferring to Caltech, who encounters strange occurrences as she, her boyfriend, and her best friend are lured into the desert by a hacker. In October 2014, Cooke led the cast of Ouija, a horror film based on Hasbro's board game.[18] The role of the protagonist, Laine Morris, was a major undertaking for Cooke, who appeared in almost every scene.[7] The story centred around a group of friends who use the Ouija board to contact a deceased friend, but end up awakening a dark presence.[19] Despite being panned by critics,[20] Ouija was a box office success, grossing approximately $102.5 million worldwide.[21]

Cooke next appeared in the comedy-drama film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.[22] For the coming-of-age tale by Jesse Andrews, who adapted the original novel for the film, Cooke shaved off her hair to play the female lead who battles leukaemia.[23][24] The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded both the Grand Jury and Audience Awards.[25] Also in 2015, Cooke voiced the Loch Ness Monster for an episode of Axe Cop, which was co-written by her Me and Earl and the Dying Girl co-star Nick Offerman.

Cooke played the titular character in the independent drama film Katie Says Goodbye, alongside Jim Belushi, Mireille Enos, Christopher Abbott, and Mary Steenburgen. The film revolves around Katie, a 17-year-old waitress attempting to overcome poverty and start a new life in San Francisco by resorting to prostitution.[26] She next starred in the film adaptation of Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem, a gothic murder mystery, opposite Bill Nighy and Douglas Booth.[27] Both films premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Cooke then starred in the thriller film Thoroughbreds, alongside Anya Taylor-Joy and Anton Yelchin, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.[28]

Cooke starred as Art3mis in Steven Spielberg's science fiction adventure Ready Player One, which was released in March 2018.[29][30] Later that year, she appeared alongside Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde and Samuel L. Jackson in Dan Fogelman's relationship drama film Life Itself,[31] and played the lead character, Becky Sharp in the ITV production of Vanity Fair.

Cooke starred in the musical drama film Sound of Metal, alongside Riz Ahmed. The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2019.[32] Also in 2019, she appeared as Karla, pregnant homeless woman giving her baby up for adoption, in the Prime Video romantic comedy anthology series Modern Love.

Personal life

In 2014, Cooke supported the Save the Children campaign by appearing in Bulgari advertisements.[33] After four years in New York City, she moved to London in January 2020.[34]

Filmography

Film
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Director Notes
2014 Ruby's Skin Ruby Claire Tailyour Short film
The Quiet Ones Jane Harper John Pogue
The Signal Haley Peterson William Eubank
Ouija Laine Morris Stiles White
2015 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Rachel Kushner Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
2016 The Limehouse Golem Lizzie Cree Juan Carlos Medina
Katie Says Goodbye Katie Wayne Roberts
2017 Thoroughbreds Amanda Cory Finley
2018 Ready Player One Samantha Cook / Art3mis Steven Spielberg
Follow the Roses Angie Jen Steele Short film
Life Itself Dylan Dempsey Dan Fogelman
2019 Sound of Metal Lou Darius Marder
2020 Pixie Pixie O’Brien Barnaby Thompson
2021 Little Fish Emma Chad Hartigan
TBA Naked Singularity[35] Lea Chase Palmer Post-production[36]

Television
Denotes series that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Blackout Meg Demoys 3 episodes
The Secret of Crickley Hall Nancy Linnet 3 episodes
2013–2017 Bates Motel Emma Decody Main role; 44 episodes
2015 Axe Cop Loch Ness Monster (voice) Episode: "Night Mission: The Extincter"
2018 Vanity Fair Becky Sharp Main role; 7 episodes
2019 Modern Love Karla 2 episodes
2022 House of the Dragon Alicent Hightower Upcoming series
TBA Slow Horses Sid Baker Upcoming series, filming[37]

Music videos
Year Title Role Artist Notes
2012 "Autumn Term" Student One Direction From Up All Night: The Live Tour

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2014 Eerie Horror Film Festival Awards Best Actress Ruby's Skin Won [38]
Screen International UK Stars of Tomorrow Won [39]
2015 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actress The Quiet Ones 3rd Place [40]
San Diego Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Nominated [41]
Women's Image Network Awards Best Actress – Feature Film Nominated [42]
Online Film & Television Association (OFTA) Awards Best Breakthrough Performance - Female Nominated [43]
2016 Empire Awards Best Female Newcomer Nominated [44]
2017 Manchester Film Festival Festival Prize – Best Actress Katie Says Goodbye Won [45]
Newport Beach Film Festival Jury Award – Best Actress Won [46]
2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Kiss (with Tye Sheridan) Ready Player One Nominated [47]
Best On-Screen Team (with Tye Sheridan, Philip Zhao, Win Morisaki and Lena Waithe) Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress Nominated [48]
Choice Breakout Movie Star Nominated
2020 San Diego Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Sound of Metal Nominated [49]

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