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My Take
Olivia Cooke strikes me as the most quietly dependable actress of her generation. From Oldham, without celebrity pedigree or family connections, she built a career on sheer adaptability: the fragile warmth of Bates Motel, the scheming wit of Vanity Fair, and now the conflicted gravity of Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon. I am drawn to performers who disappear into roles rather than into headlines, and Cooke does exactly that. Her northern English groundedness reads on screen as honesty. Born in 1993, she has decades ahead, and I suspect her best and most surprising performances are still to come.
Overview
Olivia Kate Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is an English actress. She has appeared as Alicent Hightower in the fantasy drama television series House of the Dragon (2022–present), Emma Decody in the thriller Bates Motel (2013–2017), Becky Sharp in the period drama Vanity Fair (2018), spy Sidonie "Sid" Baker in the Apple TV thriller Slow Horses (2022), and Cherry Laine in the psychological thriller The Girlfriend (2025)…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Olivia Cooke
- Name (Japanese)
- オリヴィア・クック
- Reading
- おりゔぃあ・くっく
- Born
- December 27, 1993 (age 32)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rooster
- Origin
- Oldham, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Oldham Sixth Form College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.