Biography
Martha Cope is an English actress. She was born in 1970 in St Pancras, London, and is the daughter of actors Kenneth Cope and Renny Lister.
Her television credits include the Controller in Doctor Who (2005), a journalist in The Thick of It (2005), Steph Bayliss in Vera (2011), Sophie Grisham in Emmerdale (2013–2024), Becca in Criminal Record (2024), and Chi's Mum in the BBC sitcom Things You Should Have Done (2024–2026). Film roles include a Bright Young Thing in Alfie (2004). She has also appeared in series such as Casualty, Holby City, The Bill and Lovejoy.
