Jodie Comer

Jodie Comer (born 11 March 1993) is a British actress from Liverpool, England, known for her roles as Chloe Gemell on the comedy-drama series My Mad Fat Diary and as Ivy Moxam in the BBC Three miniseries Thirteen.

Life and career

Jodie Comer was born in Liverpool. She began to take drama classes in St Julies secondary school in Woolton, Liverpool and received a role in a radio play for which she was advised to get herself an agent.^[1]

Comer's acting career commenced in 2008 when she received a guest role in The Royal Today, a spin-off series of The Royal. What followed was a number of guest appearances in popular British television series, such as Holby City, Doctors, Silent Witness, Casualty, Law & Order: UK, Vera, Inspector George Gently. Comer began to receive much more prominent roles in television when she was cast in leading parts in the five-episode drama series, Justice, the supernatural miniseries, Remember Me and the E4 comedy-drama series, My Mad Fat Diary where she appeared for three seasons as Chloe Gemell, a role she is most notable for. Comer appeared in the 2015 adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover, a television film which was broadcast on BBC One. Most recently, she has appeared in the first season of BBC One drama series Doctor Foster. In 2015, Comer was cast in the BBC Three miniseries, Thirteen which tells the story of Ivy Moxam, a 26-year-old woman who was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and remained imprisoned in her kidnapper's cellar for the following thirteen years until she finally escapes and is reunited with her family. The five-part miniseries premiered on the now-online BBC Three on 28 February 2016.^[1] In 2017 Comer will feature as a young Elizabeth of York in the The White Princess on Starz, a sequel to the BBC mini-series The White Queen.

Filmography

References

External links

• Official Twitter page
• Official Facebook page
• Jodie Comer at the Internet Movie Database