The Girlfriend star Olivia Cooke's life off screen from One Direction link to co-star romance
The Girlfriend stars Olivia Cooke as Cherry Laine, a working-class woman who joins a highly-privileged family.
The Girlfriend airs on Prime Video and the psychological thriller follows Cherry Laine as she is introduced to her new boyfriend Daniel's (played by Laurie Davidson) mother, Laura (Robin Wright).
As they both battle for Daniel's affection, Cherry struggles to understand why Laura is so against her.
Cherry actress Olivia Cooke is a 31-year-old star from Oldham, who started performing at the age of eight at the Oldham Theatre Workshop, an after-school drama programme.
She quit education before the end of her A-levels to appear in the drama series Blackout, and then applied for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but was rejected at the final round of auditions.
Here is all you need to know about her including her previous roles and romances.
Does Olivia Cooke have a boyfriend?
As of the summer of 2025, Cooke was reported to have been dating her House of the Dragon co-star, Ralph Davis.
It is presumed they met on the set of the HBO series, and in 2024 the pair were pictured together in Soho as friends.
In July of that year, Olivia shared photos of the pair on holiday together on her Instagram account, with fans becoming convinced they were dating as they spent more time together.
A year on and in July 2025, they made their relationship public by attending Wimbledon together and kissing for the camera.
What has Olivia Cooke been in?
The star began her career in the BBC series Blackout, as the daughter of Christopher Eccleston's character.
In 2012, she got an agent in LA and auditioned for a role in Bates Motel, which she landed.
In the same year, she starred in One Direction's Autumn Term tour video as a student getting a piggyback ride from Harry Styles.
She would go on to star in Steven Spielberg's science fiction adventure Ready Player One, Life Itself and Vanity Fair.
Most recently, she has starred in House of the Dragon as Alicent Hightower and Slow Horses as Sidonie "Sid" Baker.
The Girlfriend airs on Prime Video