Cora Kirk
Cora Kirk is a British stage and film actress who rose to prominence with her lead role in the 2022 Christmas comedy film Your Christmas or Mine? and its 2023 sequel, Your Christmas or Mine 2, where she plays the character Hayley Taylor alongside Asa Butterfield. Originally from Moorside in Oldham, Greater Manchester, Kirk attended the Waterhead Academy and trained at the Oldham Theatre Workshop before completing her professional education at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Her career spans film, television, and theatre, with notable film appearances including a role as Emilia in the 2022 supernatural horror film Prey for the Devil and the character Freya in the 2023 romantic drama After Everything. On television, she has appeared in popular British shows such as Midsomer Murders (as Etta Derby), Vera (as Eliza Wilmore), Father Brown (as Lila Tate), Grantchester, and the soap opera Doctors. Kirk has a strong background in theatre, having performed in numerous notable UK stage productions, including playing Lucy in a Sally Cookson adaptation of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and Wendy in an adaptation of Peter Pan at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London, in addition to roles in A Monster Calls and Of All the Beautiful Things in the World.
