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Olivia Cooke

ACTOR · BORN 1993

Olivia Cooke

Born
27 December 1993
Known for
Ouija (2014), Thoroughbreds (2017), The Quiet Ones (2014), Little Fish (2020)

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Olivia Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is an actor best known for Ouija, Thoroughbreds and The Quiet Ones.

8 Interesting Facts About Olivia Cooke

Interesting Facts (2)

  1. #001

    She said she has no Twitter account: "I think it's best for me not to have it because my first thought is never my best; my first reaction is never my best reaction".

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  2. #002

    Cooke said Lou, her Sound of Metal character, feels empowered on stage but in daily life wants to hide and disappear.

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Production Story (2)

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    Olivia Cooke told House of the Dragon producers she was a Game of Thrones fan and could ride a horse, both untrue; she did not watch the original series until after she was cast as Alicent.

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  2. #004

    She auditioned for parts in the British soap operas Emmerdale and Hollyoaks, and both turned her down.

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Characters & Cast (3)

  1. #005

    Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, who directed Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, said Cooke insisted that Rachel, her character, shave her head, arguing that it reflected the reality of people with leukemia.

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  2. #006

    Her agent tried to talk her out of drama school since she was already landing acting jobs, but she still wanted to apply to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She reached the final round of auditions but was not accepted.

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  3. #007

    To play Lou in Sound of Metal, Olivia Cooke bleached her eyebrows, thinking the look would make her seem somewhat alien.

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Life & Family (1)

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    Around the same period she took on two roles in which her characters were gravely ill and close to death: Emma Decody, who has cystic fibrosis, in Bates Motel (2013), and Rachel, who is fighting leukaemia, in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015).

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