Claire Cooper

Claire Cooper Biography

Claire Elizabeth Cooper (born 26 October 1980 in Wakefield, England) is a British actress, best known for portraying Jacqui McQueen in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, a character she played from 2006 to 2013.

Cooper co-owns clothing rental boutique The Closet in Liverpool with Hollyoaks co-stars Jennifer Metcalfe and Leah Hackett.

Early life

Cooper was a British champion gymnast for 10 years while attending Sandal Endowed Middle School.

Cooper attended the Guildford School of Acting.

Career

Cooper has appeared in various British television shows, including a two-part episode on Waking the Dead in 2004. She made appearances on Coronation Street and Waterloo Road in 2006.

Cooper made her on-screen debut in Hollyoaks in September 2006. In 2009 she played a character in the second series of Hollyoaks Later. In late 2010 she was in an hour-long spin-off episode called Hollyoaks: King of Hearts.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Red Dwarf	50s woman /(uncredited)	Series 8: Episode 5
2004	Waking The Dead	Audrey Clayton	Series 4: Episodes 1 and 2
2006	Waterloo Road	Zoe	Series 1: Episode 3
2006	Coronation Street	Anya Spader	Series 47: Episode 161
2006-13	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen	462 Episodes
2007	Most Haunted	Herself	Episode - Most Haunted Live at Halloween: Tatton Park
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
2009	Hollyoaks Later	Jacqui McQueen	Series 2: Episodes 1-5
	Strictly Come Dancing	Herself	Round 6
	Ready, Steady, Cook	Herself	Series 20: Episode 9
2010	Derren Brown Investigates	Herself	Episode - The Man Who Contacts The Dead
2010	Hollyoaks: King of Hearts	Jacqui McQueen	Late night special one-off episode
2011	Hollyoaks Best Bits 2011	Herself	TV movie
2014	From There to Here	Matilda	Two episodes
2015	A.D. The Bible Continues	Herodias	Six episodes

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:

Year	Result	Award	Category	Film or series	Character
2007	*	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
2009	*	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
2009		Inside Soap Awards	Best Family (for McQueen family)	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
2010	*	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
2011	*	National Television Awards	Outstanding Serial Drama Performance	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
		All About Soap Bubble Awards	Best Actress	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
	*	British Soap Awards	Best Actress	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
		British Soap Awards	Best Dramatical Performance	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
	*	TV Choice Awards	Best Soap Actress	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
	*	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
	*	Inside Soap Awards	Best Dramatical Performance	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
	*	Inside Soap Awards	Best Wedding	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
		Royal Television Society North West Awards	Best Performance in a Continuing Drama	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
2012	*	National Television Awards	Outstanding Serial Drama Performance	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
		Shorty Awards	Best Actress	n/a	n/a
		All About Soap Awards	Best Actress	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
2013		British Soap Awards	Best Actress	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen
2013		British Soap Awards	Best Dramatic Performance	Hollyoaks	Jacqui McQueen

(*) means there were two main round of nominations for that category. For that particular category, nominated means she only made the first round of nominations and shortlisted means she made the second and final round of nominations to be decided by either the public vote or by a judging panel.

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