# Jodie Comer
**Jodie Comer** is an English actress from Liverpool, England, known for playing the assassin [Villanelle](https://www.edgepedia.org/villanelle) in the drama series *Killing Eve*, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a BAFTA TV Award, and for the one-person play *Prima Facie* on the London and New York stage.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jodie-comer) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) • [3](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jodie-comer-ap-london-joe-locke-broadway-b2281215.html) Her screen work spans television drama, stage, and films including *Free Guy*, *[The Last Duel](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-last-duel-2021-film)*, *The Bikeriders*, and *28 Years Later*.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/jodie-comer)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Birthplace | Liverpool, England[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jodie-comer) |
| Signature role | Villanelle in *Killing Eve*; Emmy winner 2019 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) |
| Emmy record | 3 nominations, 1 win, all for *Killing Eve* (2019, 2020, 2022)[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jodie-comer) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) |
| BAFTA TV Awards | Best Leading Actress 2019 for *Killing Eve*; Leading Actress 2022 for *Help*[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) |
| Stage breakthrough | *Prima Facie*, a one-person play by Suzie Miller; named best actor at London's WhatsOnStage awards in February 2023[3](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jodie-comer-ap-london-joe-locke-broadway-b2281215.html) |
| Career total | 18 wins and 47 nominations listed on IMDb[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) |
| Recent film | *28 Years Later* (2025), playing Isla opposite Alfie Williams and Ralph Fiennes[4](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/jodie-comer) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) |
## Television: Killing Eve and Help
Comer's international profile came from *Killing Eve*, the [BBC America](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-america) series in which she played Villanelle, a psychopathic assassin in a cat-and-mouse relationship with the intelligence officer [Eve Polastri](https://www.edgepedia.org/eve-polastri), played by [Sandra Oh](https://www.edgepedia.org/sandra-oh). She won the 2019 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the role, and was nominated again in 2020 and 2022; the Television Academy lists her record for the show as three nominations and one win.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) • [1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jodie-comer) The same role brought her the BAFTA TV Award for Best Leading Actress in 2019, further BAFTA nominations in 2020 and 2021, a Critics Choice nomination in 2019 and 2020, and a Golden Globe nomination in 2021.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) Reader-voted and critics' bodies added wins: the TV Choice Award for Best Actress in 2019 and 2020, the Gold Derby TV Award for Drama Lead Actress in 2019, and I Talk Telly Awards for Best Dramatic Performance in 2021 and for Best Dramatic Partnership with Sandra Oh in 2019 and 2020.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/)
In 2022 she won a second BAFTA TV Award for Leading Actress for *Help*, a single drama co-starring [Stephen Graham](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-graham), in which she played a young care home worker during the COVID-19 pandemic; the production was also nominated for Best Single Drama, and Comer won the Seoul International Drama Awards individual award for Best Actress for the same performance.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/)
## Film work
Comer's film roles have ranged across genres. In *Free Guy* (2021), a science-fiction comedy with [Ryan Reynolds](https://www.edgepedia.org/ryan-reynolds), she played a programmer inside a video game; the role brought a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 2022 and a Critics Choice Super Award win for Best Actress in an Action Movie.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) In Ridley Scott's *The Last Duel* (2021), alongside [Ben Affleck](https://www.edgepedia.org/ben-affleck), Matt Damon, and [Adam Driver](https://www.edgepedia.org/adam-driver), she played Marguerite de Carrousel, and placed second for Best Actress from the Indiana Film Journalists Association.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/)
**Later films.** In *The Bikeriders* (2023), [Jeff Nichols](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeff-nichols)'s adaptation of photographer [Danny Lyon](https://www.edgepedia.org/danny-lyon)'s book about a 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club, she starred with [Tom Hardy](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-hardy) and Austin Butler; the Guardian's review called the performances stellar, and she placed second for Best Actress from New Mexico Film Critics in 2024.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/jodie-comer) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) In *The End We Start From* (2023), a drama about a new mother amid a London flood, she was nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Best Lead Performance.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) She then joined the cast of *28 Years Later* (2025), the revival of the 2002 post-apocalyptic film *28 Days Later*, reuniting director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland; she plays Isla, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes also starring, and received an Astra Midseason Movie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/jodie-comer) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/)
## Stage: Prima Facie
Comer made her West End debut in *Prima Facie*, Suzie Miller's one-person play about a criminal defense lawyer dealing with the aftermath of a sexual assault; Broadway.com reported her West End casting in October 2021.[5](https://www.broadway.com/buzz/stars/jodie-comer/) In February 2023 she was named best actor at London's WhatsOnStage awards, in a year in which female performers dominated the newly gender-neutral acting categories, and the play was named best new play.[3](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jodie-comer-ap-london-joe-locke-broadway-b2281215.html) She then made her Broadway debut in the same role, with dates announced in November 2022 and the run extended in April 2023.[5](https://www.broadway.com/buzz/stars/jodie-comer/) In March 2025 the Guardian reported that she would reprise the role one last time for a tour.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/jodie-comer)
## Recognition
Across screen and stage work, IMDb lists 18 wins and 47 nominations for Comer.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/) In June 2025 she was among the new members invited to join the film Academy (the organization behind the Oscars), alongside Stephen Graham and [Ariana Grande](https://www.edgepedia.org/ariana-grande).[4](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/jodie-comer)
## References
1. [Jodie Comer, Television Academy biography](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jodie-comer)
2. [Jodie Comer, Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069650/awards/)
3. [Jodie Comer named best actress at UK's WhatOnStage awards, The Independent (13 February 2023)](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jodie-comer-ap-london-joe-locke-broadway-b2281215.html)
4. [Jodie Comer, latest news, The Guardian topic page](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/jodie-comer)
5. [Jodie Comer News, Broadway.com Buzz](https://www.broadway.com/buzz/stars/jodie-comer/)
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