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Olivia Cooke

Olivia Cooke

Actor, also producer · Born December 27, 1993 (32) · Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Olivia Kate Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Alicent Hightower in the fantasy drama television series House of the Dragon (2022–present). In television, she has starred as Emma Decody in the thriller Bates Motel (2013–2017), Becky Sharp in the period drama Vanity Fair (2018), and a spy in the thriller Slow Horses (2022).  In films, Cooke has starred in the horror film Ouija (2014), the comedy-drama film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), the thriller Thoroughbreds (2017), the science fiction film Ready Player One (2018), the comedy thriller Pixie (2020), and the drama Sound of Metal (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Cooke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 27, 1993 (32)
From
Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 33 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 49% in 30 days

What are Olivia Cooke's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 9th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
23%
Bonds
20%
Survival
19%
Morality
17%
Ideas
10%
Power
8%
Society
5%
Family bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 4 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 7 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

18 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 6 of 18 analyzed roles.

Hero
6 of 18
Ally
4 of 18
Trickster
2 of 18
Shadow
2 of 18
Threshold guardian
2 of 18
Mentor
1 of 18
Shapeshifter
1 of 18
Show the 18 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Melancholic
14
Dread
9
Bittersweet
6
Warm
4
Other
19

How their films linger

Unsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 11 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Olivia Cooke's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Olivia Cooke's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

33 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • A Talent for Murder(2026)

    as Clementine Balfour

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Girlfriend(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Cherry Laine

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • The Good Mother(2023)

    Associate Producer · as Paige

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • House of the Dragon(2022)

    Show 20 episodes · as Queen Alicent Hightower

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Slow Horses(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Sidonie 'Sid' Baker

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Fireheart(2022)

    as Georgia Holden (voice)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Naked Singularity(2021)

    as Lea DeLeon

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Little Fish(2020)

    Executive Producer · as Emma

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Sound of Metal(2019)

    as Lou

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Pixie(2020)

    as Pixie

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Modern Love(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Karla

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Life Itself(2018)

    as Dylan Dempsey

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Vanity Fair(2018)

    Show 7 episodes · as Becky Sharp

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Follow the Roses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Angie

  • Ready Player One(2018)

    as Art3mis / Samantha

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Thoroughbreds(2017)

    as Amanda

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Katie Says Goodbye(2016)

    as Katie

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Limehouse Golem(2016)

    as Lizzie Cree

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Me and Earl and the Dying Girl(2015)

    as Rachel Kushner

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Ouija(2014)

    as Laine Morris

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Quiet Ones(2014)

    as Jane Harper

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Signal(2014)

    as Haley Peterson

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Ruby's Skin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Ruby

  • Axe Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Loch Ness Monster (voice)

  • Bates Motel(2013)

    Show 50 episodes · as Emma Decody

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Secret of Crickley Hall(2012)

    Show 3 episodes · as Nancy Linnet

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Blackout(2012)

    Show 3 episodes · as Meg Demoys

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Breeders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Caitie Franklin

  • Brides (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Sally Bishop

  • Takes One to Know One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · as Eleanor

  • The Tracking of a Russian Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Katya

  • Untitled Fairy Tale Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Visitation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 33 titles, 27 of them dated from 2012 to 2026; peak year 2019.

Biggest box office

Ready Player One (2018)

$608M worldwide

Highest rated

Sound of Metal (2019)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

House of the Dragon (2022)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
20122026

Peak 2019 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 16 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting33 of 33: 30 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thProducing3 of 33: 0 only producing, 3 with another role

33 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2010s17 · acting2020s10 · 10 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 40% of 15 roles
1419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Olivia Cooke's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 16; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Naked Singularity (2021)

53rd percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Sound of Metal (2019)

Midcredits 98th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Olivia Cooke's work okay for kids?

Across up to 18 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles27–85 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity18 titles17–65 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity16 titles31–72 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs15 titles17–45 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense16 titles35–78 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Olivia Cooke work with?

People who share at least 2 of Olivia Cooke's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Emma D'Arcy shares the most, 2.

Actors

Producers