Overview
- In a new Sunday Times interview, the House of the Dragon actor recalls a breakdown in her early 20s with panic attacks every day for three weeks.
- She says acting became a refuge during that period, describing work between action and cut as a kind of relief, including on Bates Motel.
- Cooke reports feeling insecure filming nude scenes for Amazon Prime Video’s The Girlfriend, in which she appears as Cherry Laine.
- She recounts skipping breakfast before a delayed nude shoot, feeling faint, and halting until she could eat.
- To reduce body‑image anxiety while preparing for Brides in Budapest, she removed Instagram to avoid exposure to constantly shrinking bodies.