Olive Cooke
Olive Cooke – A Woman Who Lives Well
Sunlight flickers across Cooke’s pool surface and pours through her open-plan kitchen and living space through sheer curtains – it glistens as evidence of an extraordinary lifestyle, shining its warmth onto all those around her. She brings sunshine into all their lives.
Olive Cooke lived an extraordinary life before she died at 92. In addition to her many accomplishments as an artist and author, Olive was known for being an influential voice in the community.
Early Life and Education
Olive Cooke was born between 1910 and 1920. She is an author, actress and painter whose works span art, architecture and history. Additionally she writes poetry. Olive attended Newnham College (established 1871) where she received a scholarship and studied modern and medieval languages including German; these experiences would later help inform her books on German architecture.
After graduating, she worked as secretary for an architect while traveling extensively. Eventually settling in Saffron Walden with Edwin Hiscoe as her husband and their shared interest in rural preservation were realized in 1967 with The Stansted Affair which documented these activities.
She and her husband are patrons of the Fry Art Gallery in Saffron Walden.
Professional Career
Olivia Cooke made her acting debut in 2012. She performed all three episodes of BBC mini-series Blackout and The Secret of Crickley Hall and her acting skills wowed audiences, earning her an offer to be featured as Emma Decody in Bates Motel television show.
She shared how filming schedules and her busy work life caused mental health difficulties during her early 20s, as well as sharing about an ectopic pregnancy and mourning the death of her grandmother.
She enjoys traveling and has numerous social media accounts where she shares her content and pictures. An advocate of body positivity and sustainable fashion, she has amassed a loyal fan base who appreciate her work.
Achievement and Honors
Olive Cooke began acting since she was young, becoming well-known through roles such as Bates Motel, Ready Player One, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Vanity Fair. Olive is known for her passions in sustainable fashion, interiors, body positivity and health; in addition to loving animals as she promotes animal rights advocacy.
She has written several books, such as English Cottages and Farmhouses and English Churches and Abbeys. Additionally, she co-authored The English House Through Seven Centuries.
Personal Life
No one familiar with UK charity sector will fail to remember the story of Olive Cooke. At 92 years old, she took her own life after feeling harassed by charities seeking money and raising their voices about fundraising practices in Britain. Olive’s death provoked hundreds of complaints against fundraising practices in this country.
Cooke has also appeared in Sound of Metal and Dan Fogelman’s relationship drama Modern Love as Karla, as well as in films The Signal, The Quiet Ones and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.
Cooke’s Instagram account serves both her work and document parts of her personal life with partner Henry Hutchinson, sharing snapshots of their laidback lifestyle with nearly 300,000 followers. Together they also post travel content and co-founded DUMO pieces, an furniture and home goods company.
Net Worth
Olive Cooke is an Australian model and swimwear designer. She uses Instagram as a travel blog with over 89,000 followers; together with Henry Tervenski she recently bought land at Epiq Lennox Head on Australia’s north coast between Byron Bay and Ballina.
Cooke is known for her roles in BBC mini-series Blackout and The Secret of Crickley Hall (2012) as well as in Vanity Fair (2015) where she played Becky Sharp. Additionally, she can be seen in films like Ouija, Axe Cop, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Katie Says Goodbye.
In 2018, she made her film debut as Art3mis in Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi movie Ready Player One and currently stars as adult Alicent Hightower on HBO series House of the Dragon.