Killing it
odie Comer, with her armfuls of best actress awards, pages of critical acclaim and her place on ’ 30 Under 30 list, still calls her childhood bedroom home. It was in this house in England’s Liverpool that Comer covered her walls in indie-pop band posters and ticket stubs from local gigs, listened to Bruce Springsteen with her dad and watched with her mum. These days, a “tacky” plastic chandelier lamp is the last remnant of her childhood interior design taste: tasteful paisley wallpaper has replaced the Blu-tacked teenage memories, and her 2019 Bafta award now takes pride of place. With a rich Liverpudlian laugh, the 27-year-old actor tells the story of her parents–Donna, a transport worker, and Jimmy, a sports massage therapist–nicknaming the Bafta Billy and taking it on a pub crawl around their home town. “My mum has a table with my Emmy, my magazine covers and a couple of other things. It’s like a little Jodie shrine,” she says.
