Jodie Comer

""It was spectacular. But I had to keep that a secret for a long, long, long time."

―Jodie Comer^[1]

Jodie Marie Comer (born March 11, 1993) is a British actress who portrays Rey's mother in the 2019 film Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker. She is best known for playing Russian assassin Oksana Astankova / Villanelle in the spy thriller series Killing Eve, for which she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; and Marguerite de Carrouges in the historical drama film The Last Duel (where she acts opposite fellow The Rise of Skywalker actor Adam Driver and fellow Star Wars actors Harriet Walter and Alex Lawther). Other roles of note include Chloe Gemell in the comedy-drama series My Mad Fat Diary, Ivy Moxam in the 2016 drama miniseries Thirteen, and Elizabeth of York in the 2017 historical miniseries The White Princess.

The actress filmed her scenes over the course of a single day, and had to keep her involvement with the film a secret. Despite not having seen any Star Wars films prior to her casting, Comer enjoyed the experience. According to the actress, she expected there to be lots of green-screen of visual effects, and she was surprised to see that a lot of the environment in her scenes was a practical, physical set, and that the puppet for Ochi of Bestoon was remote-controlled and had a mouth that moved.^[1]

Filmography[]

Year	Title	Contribution(s)
2019	Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker	Rey's mother

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Killing Eve's Jodie Comer makes the 'intimidating' leap into movies with Free Guy by Romano, Nick on Entertainment Weekly (June 21, 2021): " 'It was spectacular,' Comer says of the part over the phone. 'But I had to keep that a secret for a long, long, long time.' The 28-year-old Liverpool-born actress admits she hadn't seen any of the Star Wars films but felt the weight of being involved, even in a small capacity. 'That's a beast of its own,' she remarks. The appearance required just a day's worth of work as she filmed flashback sequences of Rey's mother and father, the latter a strand-cast clone of Darth Sidious (Ian McDiarmid), losing their lives to protect their daughter from her galaxy-conquering grandfather. Comer calls it 'the most peculiar, incredible experience.' 'Hearing the detail that goes into the makeup and the costumes, it was so eye-opening,' she elaborates. 'Speaking about green screen and visual effects, when I got Star Wars, I was like, "They'll probably be a lot that I don't see." But these kind of figures, their mouths move and they were remote-controlled and there was so much there that you didn't have to imagine.' " (backup link archived on July 4, 2022)

External links[]

Jodie Comer (@jodiecomer) on Twitter (backup link)
Jodie Comer on Wikipedia
Jodie Comer at the Internet Movie Database

[EW-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Killing Eve's Jodie Comer makes the 'intimidating' leap into movies with Free Guy by Romano, Nick on Entertainment Weekly (June 21, 2021): " 'It was spectacular,' Comer says of the part over the phone. 'But I had to keep that a secret for a long, long, long time.' The 28-year-old Liverpool-born actress admits she hadn't seen any of the Star Wars films but felt the weight of being involved, even in a small capacity. 'That's a beast of its own,' she remarks. The appearance required just a day's worth of work as she filmed flashback sequences of Rey's mother and father, the latter a strand-cast clone of Darth Sidious (Ian McDiarmid), losing their lives to protect their daughter from her galaxy-conquering grandfather. Comer calls it 'the most peculiar, incredible experience.' 'Hearing the detail that goes into the makeup and the costumes, it was so eye-opening,' she elaborates. 'Speaking about green screen and visual effects, when I got Star Wars, I was like, "They'll probably be a lot that I don't see." But these kind of figures, their mouths move and they were remote-controlled and there was so much there that you didn't have to imagine.' " (backup link archived on July 4, 2022)

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