Jodie Comer is an Olivier, Tony, BAFTA and Emmy-winning actress who has starred on stage in Prima Facie and The Price of Everything, and is best known for playing Villanelle in the BBC series Killing Eve. She also won the inaugural Outstanding Achievement in British Theatre Award in October 2026.
About Jodie Comer
Jodie Comer is an Emmy, BAFTA, Olivier and Tony Award-winning actor from Liverpool.
She made her West End and Broadway stage debuts in the UK and US premieres of Suzie Miller’s one-woman play Prima Facie, winning the Olivier Award in London and the Tony Award in New York for the same role. Her earlier theatre credits include The Price of Everything at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, directed by Noreen Kershaw.
Theatre credits
Jodie Comer’s stage credits include Tessa Ensler in Prima Facie in the West End and on Broadway, for which she won the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play. She also starred in The Price of Everything at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 2010.
Film and Television credits
Jodie Comer is best known for playing Villanelle in the BBC series Killing Eve, for which she won the Emmy Award for Lead Actress in a Drama Series and the BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actress in 2019.
Her other television credits include BAFTA-winning Help (Channel 4), Thirteen, Talking Heads, Doctor Foster, The White Princess, Rillington Place, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, My Mad Fat Diary and Remember Me.
Her film credits include The Last Duel (2021) alongside Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Adam Driver; Free Guy (2021), her feature debut, opposite Ryan Reynolds; The End We Start From (2023); The Bikeriders (2023) alongside Tom Hardy and Austin Butler; and 28 Years Later (2025).
She is set to appear in Kenneth Branagh’s The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde and is currently filming The Death of Robin Hood opposite Hugh Jackman. A film adaptation of Prima Facie is also in production, and will star Cynthia Erivo in the role of Tessa.














