Daisy May Cooper

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Daisy May Cooper
Born (1986-08-01) 1 August 1986 (age 35)
Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation
  • Actress
  • writer
Years active2011–present
Spouse(s)
Will Weston
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(m. 2019; sep. 2021)​
Children2
RelativesCharlie Cooper (brother)
Trevor Cooper (uncle)

Daisy May Cooper (born 1 August 1986) is an English actress and writer. She won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for playing Kerry Mucklowe in the BBC Three series This Country, which she co-created and co-wrote with her brother, Charlie Cooper.

Early life and education[]

Cooper was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, in 1986 and is the older of two siblings. Her brother, Charlie Cooper, is also an actor and writer. She attended Cirencester Deer Park School, followed by drama school at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[1][2]

Career[]

After one role as a young mother in ITV series Doc Martin she returned to the West Country, working as a cleaner with her brother Charlie. For a while the siblings lived together – their experiences would later form part of the writings for This Country.[3][4]

In 2014, she landed the role of PC Garvey in the TV series The Wrong Mans. In the same year, a pilot based on the Coopers' initial series pitch had been shot for ITV as the (never released) film Kerry, setting the basis for This Country.[5]

She wrote and starred with her brother, Charlie, in the BBC Three comedy series This Country, for which she won a TV BAFTA award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2018.[3][6][7] Due to the success of the first series of This Country, a second series was commissioned and aired on BBC Three in February 2018.[3] A third series aired in 2020.[8]

In 2019, she played Peggotty in The Personal History of David Copperfield and in 2020, she had a part in Armando Iannucci's HBO space comedy Avenue 5.[9] She also appeared with her father, Paul, on Celebrity Gogglebox.[9] On 29 July 2020, it was announced that Cooper would be taking part in the tenth series of Taskmaster.[10]

Personal life[]

Cooper married her long-term partner, Will Weston, on 21 September 2019.[11] The couple have two children.[12] In July 2021, it was reported that Cooper had separated from her husband.[13]

Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Doc Martin Young Mum 1 episode (Series 5 Episode 5, Remember Me)
2014 The Wrong Mans PC Garvey 2 episodes
2017–2020 This Country Kerry Mucklowe Main role; also co-writer and creator
2019 The Personal History of David Copperfield Peggotty Film
2020 Avenue 5 Sarah Recurring role (season 1); teleplay & writer (episode 7)
2020 Taskmaster Herself Series 10
2020 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Herself Series 20 (episode 3)
2021 The Witchfinder Upcoming for BBC Two
2021 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Herself (Team Captain) Series 29
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race: UK Versus the World[14] Herself Guest judge

References[]

  1. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Cirencester siblings Daisy and Charlie Cooper talk about their new BBC Three show This Country". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Daisy-May Cooper". RADA.
  3. ^ a b c Wollaston, Sam (18 December 2018). "What happened next? The stars of This Country: 'Success? I wish that showed up on my bloody bank balance'". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. ^ Harrison, Elle (16 February 2020). "Daisy May and Charlie Cooper: 'We had nothing before This Country. It was humiliating... we couldn't even afford McDonald's'". Independent. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ Yeates, Cydney (12 August 2020). "This Country's Kerry and Kurtan were 'like Glee characters' in binned pilot". Metro. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  6. ^ Hawksley, Rupert (13 March 2017). "Is BBC Three 'mockumentary' This Country the best British comedy since The Office?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ^ Lewis, Rebecca (14 May 2018). "Daisy May Cooper accepts TV Bafta barefoot and in a Swindon Town FC dress". METRO. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  8. ^ Mangan, Lucy (17 February 2020). "This Country review – farewell to TV's favourite bumpkins". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b Griffiths, Emily (17 July 2020). "Who is Daisy May Cooper? Meet Celebrity Gogglebox's newest famous face". HELLO!. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  10. ^ Lewis, Isobel (29 July 2020). "Taskmaster season 10: Daisy May Cooper joins Greg Davies game show on new Channel 4 home". Independent. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  11. ^ Lewis, Isobel (22 September 2019). "This Country's Daisy May Cooper marries Will Weston after wedding tribute to Michael Sleggs". METRO. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  12. ^ "This Country star Daisy May Cooper shares baby news". Evening Express. Press Association. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  13. ^ Kelly, Emma (21 July 2021). "Daisy May Cooper 'splits from husband Will' after nearly two years of marriage". Metro. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  14. ^ Brocklehurst, Harrison (12 January 2022). "Here's everything we know so far about RuPaul's Drag Race: UK Versus The World". The Tab. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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