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House of the Dragon star Olivia Cooke, 30, says she 'got rid of her Northern accent to succeed as an actor' because she felt 'less intelligent' than middle class counterparts
Olivia, 30, whose mother was a sales rep and father a policeman, said her working class roots in Oldham left her feeling less intelligent than middle class actors.
House Of The Dragon star Olivia Cooke (pictured) has revealed she got rid of her Northern accent to succeed as an actress Olivia starred as Becky Sharp in ITV’s adaptation of Thackeray’s Vanity Fair before winning the part of Alicent Hightower in the Game Of Thrones spin-off House Of The Dragon. Olivia is a grandmother in HBO’s House Of The Dragon yet the actors who play her sons, Ewan Mitchell and Tom Glynn-Carney, are 27 and 29.
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