Linzey Cocker

Linzey Louise Cocker (born 19 May 1987) is an English actress best known for playing Sam Swan in the hit BBC comedy White Gold starring Ed Westwick and Joe Thomas. She also played alongside Michelle Keegan as her sister Marie Lane in BBC drama Our Girl, Jade Webb in the BBC Three comedy-drama series Drop Dead Gorgeous, Josie in the 2008 film Wild Child, and Jess Fisher in Waterloo Road.

Early years Cocker went to Wentworth High School (now Ellesmere Park High School) in Eccles, Greater Manchester.

Career

In Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cocker's character is the fraternal twin of Ashley Webb. Jade, being the popular and charismatic sister, finds it difficult to adjust to her shy sister's rapid success as a model, when Jade has always wanted to be a model herself so when her sister was offered a modeling job it changed their family's life and most of all Jade's life.

She also appeared in the films Wild Child along with actress Emma Roberts and Enemies Closer alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Cocker also performed in a BBC drama series, Waterloo Road, playing new pupil Jess Fisher, alongside former Silent Witness actress Amanda Burton who plays her on-screen mother and new headteacher, Karen Fisher.

Cocker also played Sam Swan in a BBC comedy drama White Gold.

In 2016, she played the role of Marie in the BBC One drama series Our Girl, where she played the role of Georgie Lane's sister and later the wife/widow of Fingers. She played the role until series end in 2020.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role 2008 Clash of the Santas Brooke 2008 Wild Child Josie 2008 Is Anybody There? Tanya 2009 Salvage Jodie 2010 4.3.2.1. Gwen 2010 McQueen Becky 2013 Enemies Closer Kayla

+ TelevisionYearTitleRole 2004 Conviction Miriam Payne 2006 Drop Dead Gorgeous Jade Webb Shameless Zadie The Innocence Project Rhiannan Hayes Northern Lights Brooke Armstrong The Street Leanne McEvoy 2007 City Lights Brooke Armstrong/Sarah Shearer 2010–2011 Waterloo Road Jess Fisher 2012 Leaving Kelly 2014 In the Flesh Haley 2015 The Musketeers Jeanne (episode 2.5 "The Return") 2016–2020 Our Girl Marie Lane 2017 Tina and Bobby (mini-series) Kathy Peters 2017–2019 White Gold Sam Swan