Claire Cooper on marriage to Emmett J Scanlan: ‘People just hand me their phone to take a picture of them and him together’

The star of ‘The Hardacres’ on filming in Ireland, and balancing parenting with her acting career

Claire Cooper and Emmett J Scanlan at The BRIT Awards 2025. Photo: Getty

Claire Cooper laughs when asked what it is like being married to an Irishman.

“He’s completely feral and wild,” she says of her husband, Clontarf man Emmett J Scanlan.