Claire Cooper
{{Short description|British actress (b. 1980)}}
{{For|the beauty pageant contestant|Clair Cooper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox person
|image = Claire Cooper.jpg
|caption = Cooper in 2010
|birth_name= Claire Elizabeth Cooper
|othername=
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|10|26|df=y}}
|birth_place = Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
|occupation = Actress
| alma_mater = Guildford School of Acting
|yearsactive = 1999–present
|spouse = {{marriage|Emmett J. Scanlan|2015}}
|children = 2
}}
Claire Elizabeth Cooper (born 26 October 1980) is a British actress and former gymnast from Wakefield, England, best known for portraying Jacqui McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, a character she played full time from 2006 to 2013 and returned to for one episode in 2023.
In 2010, Cooper opened a clothing rental boutique called The Closet in Liverpool with Hollyoaks co-stars Jennifer Metcalfe and Leah Hackett.{{cite web |author=Collinson |first=Dawn |date=3 March 2010 |title=Hollyoaks actresses opening a new boutique called The Closet |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-life/2010/03/03/hollyoaks-actresses-opening-a-new-boutique-called-the-closet-100252-25949223/ |accessdate=6 July 2010 |website=Liverpool Echo |publisher=}}
Early life
Cooper was a British champion gymnast for 10 years.{{cite web |last=Tansley |first=Janet |date=25 July 2007 |title=My Last Supper: Claire Cooper |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-life/food-drink/2007/07/26/my-last-supper-claire-cooper-100252-19520698 |accessdate=30 June 2009 |website=Liverpool Echo}}
Cooper attended the Guildford School of Acting.{{cite web|url=https://gsauk.org/alumni/notable-alumni/claire-cooper|title=Claire Cooper- GSA (Guilford School of Acting}}
Career
Cooper has appeared in various British television shows, including a two-part episode on Waking the Dead in 2004. She has also made appearances on Coronation Street and Waterloo Road.
Cooper made her on-screen debut as Jacqui McQueen in Hollyoaks in September 2006.{{Cite news |last=Kilkelly |first=Daniel |date=27 February 2013 |title='Hollyoaks': Claire Cooper thanks soap after final scenes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/a461958/hollyoaks-claire-cooper-thanks-soap-after-final-scenes/ |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Digital Spy}} She played the character for several years, including in spin-offs Hollyoaks Later in 2009 and Hollyoaks: King of Hearts in 2010.{{Cite news |last=Kilkelly |first=Daniel |date=10 December 2010 |title=Claire Cooper on Rhys, Jacqui and much more |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/a292670/claire-cooper-on-rhys-jacqui-and-much-more/ |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Digital Spy}} She departed from the cast in 2013, but made a cameo appearance in an episode in 2023.{{Cite news |last=Sarkisian |first=Jacob |date=27 November 2023 |title=Hollyoaks confirms return for Claire Cooper as Jacqui McQueen |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/a45953768/hollyoaks-jacqui-mcqueen-return-claire-cooper/ |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Digital Spy}}
In 2016, Cooper played the part of Claire in the second series of In the Club.{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Alison |date=1 March 2016 |title=‘It’s a dream come true!’ Newlywed Hollyoaks ex Claire Cooper is In The Club! |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/hollyoaks-home/hollyoaks-news/it-s-a-dream-come-true-newlywed-hollyoaks-ex-claire-cooper-is-in-the-club-201231 |access-date=1 March 2024 |website=WhatToWatch |language=en}} Cooper co-owns clothing rental boutique The Closet in Liverpool with Hollyoaks co-stars Jennifer Metcalfe and Leah Hackett.
Personal life
Cooper married Hollyoaks co-star Emmett J. Scanlan in 2015. On 8 May 2020, she announced she was pregnant with their first child.{{Cite news |date=19 July 2020 |title=Claire Cooper and Emmett J Scanlan welcome baby boy |url=https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/entertainment/18592587.claire-cooper-emmett-j-scanlan-welcome-baby-boy/ |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=The Impartial Reporter}} On 18 July, she gave birth to a boy named Ocean.{{cite news| url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/hollyoaks-claire-cooper-gives-birth-22379182|first=Emmeline|last=Saunders|work=Daily Mirror|publisher=Reach PLC|accessdate=8 April 2020|title=Hollyoaks' Claire Cooper gives birth to her and Emmett Scanlan's first baby|date=19 July 2020}} On 12 November 2022, she gave birth to their second child, a daughter named Fiáin.
{{cite news| url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/hollyoaks-emmett-j-scanlan-claire-cooper-gives-birth-second-child-baby-girl-b1040389.html?amp |first=Tina|last=Campbell|work=Evening Standard|publisher=Evening Standard Ltd.|accessdate= 16 November 2022|title=Hollyoaks’ Emmett J. Scanlan and Claire Cooper announce birth of second child|date=19 December 2022}}
Filmography
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! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Year ! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Title ! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Role ! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Notes | |||
| 1999 | Red Dwarf | 50s woman /(uncredited) | Series 8: Episode 5 |
| 2004 | Waking The Dead | Audrey Clayton | Series 4: Episodes 1 and 2 |
| rowspan="2"|2006 | Waterloo Road | Zoe Ramsden | Series 1: Episode 3 |
| Coronation Street | Anya Spader | Series 47: Episode 161 | |
| 2006–2013, 2023 | Hollyoaks | Jacqui McQueen | Series regular, 533 episodes |
| 2007 | Most Haunted | Herself | Episode - Most Haunted Live at Halloween: Tatton Park |
| rowspan="5"|2008 | All Star Family Fortunes | Herself | Episode – Hollyoaks vs Emmerdale |
| This Morning | Herself | Series 20: Episode 4900 | |
| Big Brother's Big Mouth | Herself | Series 10: Episode 2 | |
| The Hollyoaks Music Show | Jacqui McQueen | Series 13: Episode 60 | |
| Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack | Celebrity HiJacker /Herself | Series 1: Episodes 22 and 23 | |
| rowspan="3"|2009 | Hollyoaks Later | Jacqui McQueen | Series 2: Episodes 1–5 |
| Strictly Come Dancing | Herself | Round 6 | |
| Ready, Steady, Cook | Herself | Series 20: Episode 9 | |
| rowspan="2"|2010 | Derren Brown Investigates | Herself | Episode - The Man Who Contacts The Dead |
| Hollyoaks: King of Hearts | Jacqui McQueen | Late night special one-off episode | |
| 2011 | Hollyoaks Best Bits 2011 | Herself | Television film |
| 2014 | From There to Here | Matilda | Two episodes |
| 2014 | Scott & Bailey | Jenny Redhead | Series 4: Episode 5 |
| 2015 | A.D. The Bible Continues | Herodias | Six episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2016 | In the Club | Claire | Series 2 |
| Six Wives with Lucy Worsley | Anne Boleyn | Two episodes | |
| rowspan="2"|2017 | 12 Monkeys | Eliza | One episode |
| Love, Lies & Records | Sarah | One episode | |
| 2019 | Knightfall | Sister Anne | Series 2 |
| 2020 | Strike Back | Amy McAllister | Series 8: Episode 6 |
| 2022 | The Peripheral | Dominika Zubov | Co-Starring |
| 2023 | The Continental: From the World of John Wick | Rosalind Davenport | 1 episode |
| 2024 | The Hardacres | Mary Hardacre | Main lead 6 episodes {{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/the-makers-of-all-creatures-great-and-small-announce-cast-of-yorkshire-set-tv-saga-the-hardacres-4445393|website=Yorkshire Post|accessdate=6 January 2024|title= The makers of All Creatures Great and Small announce cast of Yorkshire-set TV saga The Hardacres|first=Stephanie|last=Smith|date=14 December 2023}} |
==Awards and nominations==
Cooper won Best Actress at British Soap Awards in 2013 and Best Family at Inside Soap Awards in 2009. She has also received several nominations:
References
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Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:British soap opera actresses
Category:British Soap Award for Best Actress winners
Category:British television actresses