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name: "Daisy May Cooper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daisy-may-cooper"
fi1m_id: "daisy-may-cooper"
imdb_id: "nm4731562"
tmdb_id: 1793784
wikidata_id: "Q36490045"
roles: ["Actor","Writer"]
born: "1 August 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T18:19:19.276211+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Daisy May Cooper

## Identity

Daisy May Cooper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daisy-may-cooper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daisy-may-cooper
- **IMDb ID:** nm4731562
- **TMDB ID:** 1793784
- **Wikidata ID:** Q36490045
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_May_Cooper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36490045, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4731562/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1793784

Actor and writer. Born 1 August 1986 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Writer
- **Born:** 1 August 1986, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Also known as:** Ivy Woodcock 
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (3), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $12m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_May_Cooper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36490045, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4731562/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1793784

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Am I Being Unreasonable?*](https://film.one/tv/am-i-being-unreasonable.md) (70)

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## Fi1m on Daisy May Cooper

> Daisy May Cooper can make an abrasive character funny, then let the hurt show without making her suddenly likeable. Her acting is more assured than the mystery plotting of *Am I Being Unreasonable?*.

Daisy May Cooper makes Nic’s abrasiveness in *Am I Being Unreasonable?* (2022) funny without asking us to find her easy company. Her delivery keeps us watching when the comedy falters, and her vulnerable moments remain awkward enough to avoid easy sentiment. We were moved when Nic’s aggression gave way to hurt, because Cooper made the change feel uncomfortable rather than reassuring. We rate her most highly here, making us concerned for someone whose manner has just made us laugh.

*This Country* (2017), the rural mockumentary she co-created with her brother Charlie Cooper, established that combination of comedy and vulnerability in Kerry Mucklowe. Playing Peggotty in Armando Iannucci’s *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019) took her beyond television comedy. With *Am I Being Unreasonable?*, co-written with Selin Hizli, friendship and motherhood became material for a comedy-thriller. *Rain Dogs* (2023), in which she plays single mother Costello Jones, gave her a lead role in a comedy-drama about poverty. These are different settings for an actor whose work repeatedly finds comedy in everyday frustrations.

Hizli, who also plays Jen, gives Cooper someone who can hold a scene with her when there is no immediate joke. Their exchanges feel less laboured than some of the surrounding plot, allowing the friendship to sustain our interest without another piece of information being withheld. Lenny Rush’s unforced timing as Ollie helps too. The casting makes the shifts between humour and darker drama persuasive enough to keep the first series worth trying, even when the writing frustrates us.

The difficulty is that Cooper and Hizli’s script does not always seem to trust what their acting has achieved. Repeatedly withholding information makes it harder to stay concerned about Nic, despite the feelings Cooper has made convincing. The next change of direction sometimes matters more than the consequences of the last, leaving her hurt interrupted by another puzzle. That is a substantial reservation about the first series, though the performances give us good reason to persist. We would happily watch Cooper in something that required fewer secrets.

## Biography

Daisy May Cooper is an English actress and writer. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2010.

She is best known for co-creating, co-writing and starring as Kerry Mucklowe in the BBC Three series *This Country* (2017–2020) with her brother Charlie Cooper, for which she won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2018. She co-created, co-wrote and starred as Nic in the BBC series *Am I Being Unreasonable?* (2022–), also appearing in *The Witchfinder* (2022) and *Rain Dogs* (2023). Other credits include *Avenue 5* (2020–2022) and *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Am I Being Unreasonable?* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Nic — [page](https://film.one/tv/am-i-being-unreasonable.md)
- *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019), Fi1m 81, as Peggotty — [page](https://film.one/film/the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield.md)
- *This Country* (2017), Fi1m 86, as Kerry Mucklowe — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-country.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Taskmaster* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/taskmaster.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jack in Time for Christmas* (2024), as Taxi Driver
- *Rain Dogs* (2023), series, as Costello Jones
- *Am I Being Unreasonable?* (2022), series, as Nic · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/am-i-being-unreasonable.md)
- *Welcome to Flatch* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Original Series Creator
- *The Witchfinder* (2022), series, as Thomasine Gooch
- *Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas* (2020), as Evil Step Sister (Cheryl)
- *Avenue 5* (2020), series, as Sarah, Zara · Writer
- *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019), as Peggotty — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield.md)
- *Love the Sinner* (2019), as Sally
- *This Country* (2017), series, as Kerry Mucklowe · Writer, Creator — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-country.md)

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