Name	Claire Cooper
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	24-February-1979
Place of Birth	Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Famous for	Acting

Claire Cooper in Sandal, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England) is an English actress, best known for portraying Jacqui McQueen in Channel 4's long running British soap opera Hollyoaks. A character she has been playing since 2006.

Cooper has appeared in various British television shows, including a two-part episode on Waking the Dead in 2004. She made appearances on Coronation Street and Waterloo Road in 2006. Cooper made her on-screen debut in Hollyoaks in September 2006. In her time in the soap she has been involved in many of the soaps high profile storyline including; marrying an illegal immigrant, a miscarrage that left her unable to have children, covering up Calvin Valentine's murder and Jacqui's rape trial.

Various critics have praised Cooper's portrayal of the character because of her "feisty and tough persona". Cooper has received various award nominations for her portrayal. Cooper has become one of the soap's most popular characters of all-time and mainstay in the foreground of the soap with her continuous involvement in some of Hollyoaks biggest storylines. She currently holds the distinction of most appearances in the soap by a female. A record that previously held by Carley Stenson before her character Steph Cunningham's death in late 2010.

In 2009, Cooper was one of central characters in the soaps second series of the week long spin-off Hollyoaks Later. In late 2010, Cooper was involved in a special late night hour-long spin-off episode of the soap called Hollyoaks: King of Hearts.