Daisy May Cooper has revealed that both she and her brother Charlie used to shoplift before their breakthrough roles in This Country. The comedy pair both wrote, created and acted in the mockumentary-style sitcom together, which is based on their experiences living in the Cotswolds.
She and Charlie went on to win a breakthrough talent and scripted comedy Bafta for their BBC Three series. Cooper has previously said ahead of publishing her 2021 memoir Don’t Laugh, It’ll Only Encourage Her that she grew up in “rural poverty” in Gloucestershire and took on a “myriad of low-paid, unrewarding jobs”.
The 36-year-old actress told this week’s Radio Times: “Me and Charlie used to shoplift all the time. He used to put a chicken through as onions at the supermarket self-service because onions obviously cost so much less. He got caught and we were followed around after that. It’s awful, but you do what you have to do to survive.”
