Jodie Comer is an English actress. Known for her performances on stage and screen she has received two BAFTA TV Awards, a Emmy Award, a Olivier Award, and a Tony Award. She has also received nominations for two Golden Globe Awards, and an Actor Award.
From 2018 to 2022, Comer starred as Villanelle in the BBC America spy thriller series Killing Eve, winning the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series as well as nominations for a Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. For starring as a healthcare assistant in the television film Help (2021), she won another British Academy Television Award.
Comer made her West End theatre debut in Suzie Miller's one-woman play Prima Facie in 2022, which won her a Laurence Olivier Award. Following its transfer to Broadway in 2023, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
On film, she portrayed Marguerite de Carrouges in the Ridley Scott directed historical drama The Last Duel (2021) as well as the Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie. That same year she portrayed a software engineer in science-fiction comedy Free Guy (2021) for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie.
Major associations Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2020 Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Killing Eve
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Television Awards2017 Best Actress Thirteen 2019Killing Eve 2020 2021 2022Help Best Single Drama
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Television Awards 2019 Best Actress in a Drama SeriesKilling Eve 2020 Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 Best Actress in an Action Movie The Last Duel Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie Free Guy
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2019 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesKilling Eve (episode: "I Hope You Like Missionary!) 2020 Killing Eve (episode: "Are You From Pinner?") 2022 Killing Eve (episode: "Don't Get Eaten") International Emmy Awards 2022 Best TV Movie or Miniseries Help
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2020 Best Actress – Television Series DramaKilling Eve 2021
Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2023 Best Actress Prima Facie
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2023 Best Actress in a Play Prima Facie
Miscellaneous awards Year Award Category Work Result Radio Times Reader Awards Best ActressThirteen TV Choice Awards Royal Television Society Awards Best Actor (Female) Dorian Awards TV Performance of the Year ActressKilling Eve Female First Awards Television Actress of the Year Marie Claire Future Shaper Awards Acting High Flyer Television Critics Association Individual Achievement in Drama National Television Awards Drama Performance Broadcasting Press Guild Awards Best Actress Royal Television Society Award Best Actor (Female) Stylist Remarkable Women Awards Best Entertainer MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Villain Television Critics Association Individual Achievement in Drama TV Choice Awards Best Actress Broadcast Digital Awards Best Short-Form Drama Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives Satellite Awards Best Actress – Drama Series Killing Eve National Television Awards Drama Performance NME Awards Best TV Actor TV Choice Awards Best Actress MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Kiss Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film Help Indiana Film Journalists Association Best ActressThe Last Duel Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actress Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards Best Actress IGN Summer Movie Awards Best Lead Performer in a Movie Columbus Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Golden Schmoes Awards Best Actress of the Year Online Film & Television Association Best Breakthrough Performance: Female Seoul International Drama Awards Best ActressHelp Broadcasting Press Guild Awards Best Actress Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress Free Guy The Stage Debut Awards Best West End Debut Performer Prima Facie Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress WhatsOnStage Awards Best Performer in a Play Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards Favorite Performance of the Year (Play) Favorite Leading Actress in a Play Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female) Dorian Theatre Awards Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Solo Performance Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Solo Performance Theatre World Award Outstanding Debut Performance British Independent Film AwardBest Lead PerformanceThe End We Start From
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