Jodie Comer is quickly becoming one of Britain's best actresses, having been catapulted to stardom for her iconic role in Killing Eve.
The Liverpool-born star’s performances as Villanelle have made her a household name, while more recently she's conquered Hollywood. She played the lead female role in Free Guy, alongside Ryan Reynolds, and also teamed up with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver in The Last Duel.
Becoming a famous actress wasn't necessarily on the cards, as Jodie comes from a relatively working-class family background. Whilst studying at St. Julie's Catholic High School, it was her weekend classes that kick-started her acting career.
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Jodie was asked to perform a dance from the show Chicago. Her radical decision against the request is what signalled a career in acting may be the path for her. Speaking to Glass magazine about the moment, she said: "I'd gone on holiday with my parents and [the team] messaged me saying I was out as I hadn't been there to practice.
"I was mortified, but in Liverpool, we had this thing called the drama festival which I entered solo with my drama school and I came first."
Not long after that, Jodie decided it was time to get an agent and from there, she put her career into motion. At just 14 years old, she bagged her first TV job on a show called The Royal Today - a spin-off of The Royal - on ITV.
Jodie played Leanne, a teen tearaway who claimed to be visiting her gran, Sandie, at the hospital. However doctors had their suspicions, and she soon confided in a nurse that she'd lied and was actually living with Sandie after running away from a children's home.
Doctors called a social worker, and Leanne yelled at the nurse for being "two-faced". It later transpired Leanne in fact had a mum and dad, whom she had run away from after an argument - and they were on their way to collect her.
In the years that followed, Jodie had further TV roles in Waterloo Road and Holby City, before starring as Chloe in My Mad Fat Diary. Later she played the other woman in gripping TV drama Doctor Foster, before landing an interview for Killing Eve - and the rest is history.
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