Claire Cooper


Claire Elizabeth Cooper 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 .
In 2016, Cooper played the part of Claire in the second series of In the Club.

Personal Life

Cooper married her boyfriend Emmett J. Scanlan in 2015. On 8 May 2020, she announced she was pregnant with their first child. On 18 July 2020, she gave birth to a boy.

Filmography

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:
YearResultAwardCategoryFilm or seriesCharacter
2007*Inside Soap AwardsBest ActressHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2009*Inside Soap AwardsBest ActressHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2009Inside Soap AwardsBest Family HollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2010*Inside Soap AwardsBest ActressHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2011*National Television AwardsOutstanding Serial Drama PerformanceHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2011All About Soap Bubble AwardsBest ActressHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2011*British Soap AwardsBest ActressHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2011British Soap AwardsBest Dramatical PerformanceHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2011*TV Choice AwardsBest Soap ActressHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2011*Inside Soap AwardsBest ActressHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2011*Inside Soap AwardsBest Dramatical PerformanceHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2011*Inside Soap AwardsBest WeddingHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2011Royal Television Society North West AwardsBest Performance in a Continuing DramaHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2012*National Television AwardsOutstanding Serial Drama PerformanceHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2012Shorty AwardsBest Actressn/an/a
2012All About Soap AwardsBest ActressHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2013British Soap AwardsBest ActressHollyoaksJacqui McQueen
2013British Soap AwardsBest Dramatic PerformanceHollyoaksJacqui McQueen