Biography

Claire Elizabeth Cooper (born 26 October 1980) is a British actress, best known for portraying Jacqui McQueen in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, a character she played from 2006 to 2013.

Cooper co-owns clothing rental boutique The Closet in Liverpool with Hollyoaks co-stars Jennifer Metcalfe and Leah Hackett.

Cooper was a British champion gymnast for 10 years while attending Sandal Endowed Middle School. Cooper attended the Guildford School of Acting.

Cooper has appeared in various British television shows, including a two-part episode on Waking the Dead in 2004. She made appearances on Coronation Street and Waterloo Road in 2006.

Cooper made her on-screen debut in Hollyoaks in September 2006. In 2009 she played a character in the second series of Hollyoaks Later. In late 2010 she was in an hour-long spin-off episode called Hollyoaks: King of Hearts.

In 2016, Cooper played the part of Claire in the second series of In the Club.
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Married her boyfriend of 5 years Emmett J. Scanlan in a private ceremony in New York. The couple had met on the set of Hollyoaks (1995) and their former co-star Barry Sloane was in attendance at their wedding.

Mother, with husband Emmett J. Scanlan, of their son Ocean Torin Scanlan (b. July 18, 2020) and their daughter Fiáin (b. November 12, 2022).

Suffered a miscarriage in July 2019. The ordeal left Cooper fighting for her own life, having lost a third of her blood.

Delivered her son Ocean via emergency Caesarean section after a 40-hour labour.