Jodie Comer is living proof for how people can bounce back from disappointment. The 32-year-old is one of Hollywood’s most in-demand stars, who played a lead role in one of this year’s most successful films, 28 Years Later.
The Scouser has overcome many obstacles in her inspiring journey to become one of the city’s great exports. Many young people today will be learning their GCSE results after years of hard work. While anyone who achieved what they wanted should be proud of their results, those who experienced disappointment should try not to be disheartened.
Jodie is one of many examples that prove your GCSE results may not go on to define your life. In a previous interview with Mirror Online, the Emmy Award winning star said she failed the written element of her drama exam.
In 2019, she told Mirror Online: “This is really embarrassing. For my drama GCSE I got an A* in my practical and I got a U [ungraded] in my written! I would have liked to have been more disciplined, maybe. I’m disciplined now but in a different way.”
Jodie attended St Julie’s School in Woolton and has since gone on to conquer Hollywood. From her breakout role in Killing Eve, the girl from Childwall has proven she is capable of playing any kind of role.
In an interview with the ECHO this year, Jodie explained how she has been shaped by her upbringing in Liverpool. She said: “I just feel like there’s such an essence of ‘Scouseness’.
“There’s a familiarity, there’s a warmth, there’s a vivaciousness. There’s something about feeling who I am as a person. It’s in every part of you, it’s the way that you carry yourself.
“The way you communicate with people, it’s the laugh you’re able to have with people you work with. Not taking yourself seriously. There are so many things that I think of friends and family, or strangers that you meet from Liverpool.
“I don’t think that essence leaves you and it’s something I miss a lot when I’m not in Liverpool and you come home and you’re reminded of if straight away.
“Even when you get in a taxi, there’s a warmth and an honesty that I really appreciate about home.” The Bikeriders star will be returning to her home city for one of her most personal projects yet.
The actor will bring the curtain down on the tour of her one woman play, Prima Facie, with shows at the Liverpool Playhouse Theatre from March 17 – 21. The show, penned by Suzie Miller, powerfully tackles themes of sexual abuse and Jodie’s powerhouse performance earned her a Tony Award back in 2023.
The actor told the ECHO it will be particularly emotional to end such an important chapter of her life in the city where her journey started, as she looks ahead to what comes next in her life as a global superstar.
She said: “Honestly, I’m so excited. I’m overwhelmed the more I think about it. I can’t wait to be in that theatre with the energy of everyone from the city. You feel such a support when you’re from Liverpool.
“You know everyone is so fearlessly proud of you and wants you to do well. So, to be in that theatre with that sense of encouragement and love, I’m so excited. I think it’s going to be raucous and I think it’s going to be special.”