Olivia Cooke is among the many stars of the brand new Sport of Thrones prequel, Home Of The Dragon.
The function is the most recent in quite a lot of TV roles for 28-year-old, who has beforehand appeared in Bates Motel, Vainness Truthful and Gradual Horses. On the large display she has appeared in horror movie Ouija and Steven Spielberg's Prepared Participant One.
Born Olivia Kate Cooke on 27 December 1993, the actor was born to gross sales consultant Lindsay Wilde and retired police officer John Cooke.
In addition to being an actor, Cooke has additionally supported the Save the Youngsters marketing campaign by showing in Bulgari commercials. Home Of The Dragon on Monday, August 22.
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Who's Olivia Cooke?
Olivia Cooke hails from Oldham in Larger Manchester. and began performing at a younger age. She was eight when she attended an after-school drama programme in her hometown, the Oldham Theatre Workshop.
For secondary faculty, she attended Royton and Crompton Academy. She continued to develop her performing expertise as she studied drama at Oldham Sixth Kind School.
By this time she already had an area agent, who helped her get roles in commercials. Whereas in sixth type, she landed a job within the BBC drama mini-series Blackout.
Nonetheless a teen, Olivia starred as Maria in a university manufacturing of West Aspect Story. Not lengthy after this, she landed her first main function for the Oldham Theatre Workshop in Promenade: The Musical, which was a remake of Cinderella.
Her rise from there was comparatively swift as she earned a predominant function in Bates Motel. She then expanded into movie with roles in movies together with Me and Earl and the Dying Lady, The Limehouse Golem and Sound Of Metallic.
Who does Olivia Cooke play in Home Of The Dragon?
In Home Of The Dragon, Olivia Cooke performs Alicent Hightower. Within the present, Alicent arrived within the Targaryen courtroom on the age of 15 and is the daughter of Otto Hightower.
Olivia’s character in Home Of The Dragon marries the king after the demise of his first spouse, giving delivery to 4 kids, together with future king Aegon II. Within the 10-part sequence, Cooke's character additionally performs a key half within the build-up to the struggle, as she tries to combat for her bloodline’s proper to rule.
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