Early life

Born in London, Cole is the eldest of three siblings. She has a younger sister, Cassandra, and a brother, Dominic. Her mother is a telecentre manager and her father is a driving instructor. Cole trained at the Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2002.

Career

Cole won the role of Clarissa Payne in What a Girl Wants (2003), featuring Colin Firth and Amanda Bynes, while still at drama school. She graduated early to begin filming. She was then cast as Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet at Clwyd Theatr Cymru.

Cole's first lead role was that of Cassie Hughes in Hex. She portrayed Cassie for the whole of the first season and the first three episodes of the second. Upon her departure, the character was killed off. Co-star Jemima Rooper has stated that the reason for Cole's exit from the series was that she wanted to move on.

After leaving Hex, Cole went on to appear as Blanche Ingram in the critically acclaimed BBC television serial Jane Eyre and guest starred as Lilith in the Doctor Who episode "The Shakespeare Code". She provided an audio commentary for the episode on the DVD release of the series' third series alongside David Tennant.

Other roles include a small part in the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006), as the receptionist at the Ocean Club Hotel in Nassau, Bahamas, and Diana Mann in the pilot episode of Cane, Cole's first appearance on American television. She has also appeared as Mel on the ITV sitcom Sold, as Jenny Walker in The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007), and as Charlotte Warren in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008).

Cole once again played alongside Jemima Rooper as Caroline Bingley in Lost in Austen.

In 2009, Cole played Dr. Sarah King in Poirot: Appointment with Death, and was cast in the lead role of Maggie Hill, a brilliant surgeon who endures adult-onset schizophrenia, in a pilot for Fox. She also starred in the films Surviving Evil (2009) alongside Natalie Mendoza and Billy Zane, and Doghouse (2009), with Danny Dyer and Billy Murray. Cole stars in the upcoming noir science fiction action thriller film The Scribbler which is directed by Jake West.

In 2012, Cole appeared in a music video for Cheyenne Jackson's Before You.

In 2015, Cole portrayed Dr. Agard in several episodes of the USA Network series Suits and made a one episode appearance in the NBC series The Blacklist. The same year she also portrayed Mrs. Sprot in the BBC's Partners in Crime series, in two episodes adapting Agatha Christie's N or M?.

In 2016, Cole opened at the Playhouse Theatre as Stevie in the world premiere of Matthew Perry's play The End of Longing, starring Perry, Lloyd Owen and Jennifer Mudge.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	What a Girl Wants	Clarissa Payne
2006	Casino Royale	Ocean Club Receptionist
2007	The Deaths of Ian Stone	Jenny Walker
2008	Surviving Evil	Phoebe Drake
2008	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Charlotte Warren
2009	Doghouse	Candy
2011	Blitz	WPC
2013	Mutual Friends	Beatrice
2015	Jupiter Ascending	Gemma Chatterjee

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Project	Lizzie	Television movie
2003	Foyle's War	Violet Davies	Episode: "Among the Few"
2003	All About Me	Sarah	2 episodes
2004	He Knew He Was Right	Nora Rowley	4 episodes
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple	Lettice Protheroe	Episode: "The Murder at the Vicarage"
2004-05	Hex	Cassie Hughes	Lead role, 9 episodes
2005	A Most Mysterious Murder	Rose Harsent	Television movie
2006	Jane Eyre	Blanche Ingram	4 episodes
2007	Doctor Who	Lilith	Episode: "The Shakespeare Code"
2007	Sea of Souls	Rebecca Muir	2 episodes
2007	Cane	Diana Mann	Episode: "Pilot"
2007	Sold	Mel	6 episodes
2007	Comedy Showcase: Ladies and Gentlemen	Elizabeth	Television movie
2008	Lost in Austen	Caroline Bingley	4 episodes
2008	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Sarah King	Episode: "Appointment with Death"
2009	Maggie Hill	Maggie Hill	Unsold TV pilot
2009	Emma	Mrs Elton	2 episodes
2010	Human Target	Princess Victoria of Wales	Episode: "Victoria"
2010	Midsomer Murders	Sarah Sharp	Episode: "The Silent Land"
2011	CHAOS	Adele Ferrer	Main role, 13 episodes
2011	Breakout Kings	Lilah Tompkins	Episode: "Queen of Hearts"
2011	Lewis	Claire Gansa	Episode: "The Mind Has Mountains"
2013	Silent Witness	Janice Masters	2 episodes
2013-14	The Vampire Diaries	Luna	recurring episodes
2014	The Assets	Louisa	8 episodes
2014	Rosemary's Baby	Julie	2 episodes
2015	Suits	Dr. Paula Agard	Recurring role
2015	Partners in Crime	Mrs. Sprot	2 episodes ("N or M?" Parts 1 & 2)
2015	New Tricks	Carmen Creswell	Episode: "The Russian Cousin"
2015-present	Arrow	Sara Ferris
2015	The Blacklist	The Djinn	Episode: "The Djinn"

Theatre

• Romeo and Juliet, Theatr Clwyd, October 2002 to November 2002 (playing Juliet)
• The Tempest, Pegasus Theatre, February 2003 (role unknown)
• The Lightning Play, Almeida Theatre, November 2006 to January 2007 (playing Tabby Morris)
• The End of Longing, Playhouse Theatre, February 2016 to May 2016 (playing Stevie)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]