Jodie Marie Comer (born 11 March 1993) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as psychopathic Russian assassin Oksana Astankova / Villanelle in the BBC America thriller series Killing Eve (2018–present), for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, and for her roles as Chloe Gemell in the E4 comedy-drama series My Mad Fat Diary (2013) and Elizabeth of York in the Starz miniseries The White Princess (2017).\n', '

Jodie Marie Comer was born in Liverpool on 11 March 1993. Her father is a sports massage therapist for Everton FC, while her mother works for Merseytravel. She came to the attention of her drama teacher when she entered her school talent show and performed a monologue that had previously won her first place at a local drama festival. This led to Comer being sent to audition for a BBC Radio 4 play, a role that became her first acting job. Others working on the play told her she could make a career out of acting and advised her to get an agent. While pursuing an acting career, Comer worked at a bar and at the checkout in a Tesco supermarket in West Derby.\n', '

Comer\'s professional career began in 2008 when she had a part in The Royal Today, a spin-off series of The Royal. She then made appearances in Holby City, Doctors, Silent Witness, Casualty, Law & Order: UK, Vera, and Inspector George Gently. She was cast in leading roles in the five-episode drama series Justice, the supernatural miniseries Remember Me, and as Chloe Gemell in the E4 comedy-drama series My Mad Fat Diary. Comer appeared in the 2015 adaptation of Lady Chatterley\'s Lover, a television film broadcast on BBC One. In 2015, she also appeared in the BBC One drama series Doctor Foster as Kate Parks and was cast in the BBC Three miniseries Thirteen, which premiered on BBC Three on 28 February 2016. In December 2016 she appeared in BBC miniseries Rillington Place. In 2016, Comer was listed as one of Screen International\'s Stars of Tomorrow in association with BFI London Film Festival. In 2017, Comer starred as a young Elizabeth of York in The White Princess on Starz, a sequel to the BBC miniseries The White Queen. In 2017, she also appeared in her first feature film, as Christine in the Morrissey biopic England is Mine.\n', '

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