Collette Cooper
Biographie Collette Cooper
Collette Cooper
is a multi nominated, award winning singer, writer, performer and critically acclaimed artist signed to the independent label Thelonious Punk Records championed by BBC Introducing, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music, Soho Radio and Jazz FM. Her inspirations go back as far as Bessie Smith and Mozart.
Collette is difficult to fit into any box – she has a unique sound of her own.
Her music is eclectic and timeless with dramatic, dark, and sometimes theatrical tones, with a strong blues, folk and jazz influence. Her truly unique, haunting style and visually captivating performance is electrifying with her raw, emotional honesty and leaves the audience enchanted and wanting more with her raspy, inimitable, ballsy, powerful vocals.
Her unmistakable, distinctive vocal style is often described as ‘Janis Joplin channeling Edith Piaf with a sprinkling of Esther Phillips’. Her original work is timeless yet fresh, and her versions of covers are totally reimagined. Collette plays at all major venues in and around London with sold-out performances including The Jazz Café, The 100 Club, The Roundhouse, Crazy Coqs,, amongst many other legendary venues. Collette currently holds an artist residency at The Groucho Club in Soho.
During lockdown, Collette wrote and directed a short film called "Keep Fighting" to raise awareness for the NHS. Encouraging people to donate to a charity close to their hearts and receiving an award nomination from The Intensive Care Society. Starring Maxine Peake, Samantha Morton, Vinette Robinson, Gemma Arterton, Anna Friel, Pippa Bennett Warner, Dame Emma Thompson, Kathryn Drysdale, Rosie Jones, Elarica Johnson, Sienna Miller, Olivia Coleman, Karen Bryson, Alan Carr, Nathalie Emmanuel, Rita Ora, Laura Whitmore and many more great names.
Alongside her musical and acting career, Collette is also an activist. She currently has a piece of her artwork in The Now Exhibition curated by Leah Wood. An exhibition bringing awareness to the current climate and helping raise money for Drop4Drop charity. Collette has performed with and for Samuel L Jackson’s charity "One For The Boys" at Abbey Road Studios, London and recently performed for Vivienne Westwood’s Cool Earth charity in an effort to save the planet. Collette is a proud ambassador for the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Charity. She recently performed at a gala night in their honour at the Grosvenor House Hotel alongside KT Tunstall and Texas. Most recently, she performed at Night for Ukraine at The Roundhouse alongside Bob Geldof, Chrissie Hynde and Imelda May. Collette is also a proud ambassador for the Wild at Heart Foundation, a London-based dog rescue charity.
Collette recently successfully premiered her one-woman play, which she has written, directed, and starred in, "Tomorrow May Be My Last - The Janis Joplin Story" at the legendary, Old Red Lion Theatre, alongside an incredible live band. With multiple 5-star reviews and several off-West-End award nominations, including Best Performance and winner of Best Solo Play by the London Pub Fringe Theatre Awards. Collette is currently recording her upcoming album "Fireball"
