Calico Cooper is a stage performer, actor, and singer. At age 16, she began performing in her father Alice Cooper's stage shows. Her career began at age 18 when Alice hired her to perform multiple roles in and provide choreography and design costumes for his Brutal Planet tour.Graff 2023, p. 161; ; ; ; ; Met with positive receptions, she stayed a regular in Alice's shows until 2011. She joined the band Beasto Blanco in 2012 as a stage performer and vocalist. In the 2000s, when not on tour with Alice Cooper, Calico acted in several independent films, mostly horror, including The Curse of El Charro, JunkfoodHorrorfest (2007), where she portrayed a "junkie serial killer", and Rolling (2007), where she portrayed a character using MDMA at a rave. A role in a deleted scene in the 2007 Halloween remake earned her Screen Actors Guild card. She played a lead role in The Visitor, which was in pre-production in 2008. Cooper portrayed Heather in Dakota Skye (2008), a barmaid in the horror film Suck (2009), and co-starred as the "Woman" character in Thirty Proof Coil (2010). Her first starring role in a film was in the 2010 horror film Thirty Proof Coil. She claims that she landed many horror movie roles due to her shows with Alice.
In 2011, she stepped down from regularly touring with Alice to better pursue her acting career. At the advice of local actors she enrolled in master classes taught by Ivana Chubbuck. After taking the course, at Chubbuck's recommendation, she auditioned, successfully, for the improv comedy groups The Groundlings and Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. She also studied with the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Margie Haber, and Gordon Hunt. In 2011, she landed a starring role in the TV series Bloomers (2011–2025) as the recurring character Lila Black and made an uncredited cameo in Hall Pass (2011). She portrayed Marcy in 13/13/13 (2013) and co-starred in Welcome to Hell (2018), which incorporated the short Family Time originally from 2013, portraying Susan, a murderous pedophile mother. She portrayed herself in The Curse of Denton Rose in 2020. Additional television roles include the murderer Jane Miller in a 2015 episode of Hawaii Five-0, and the character Tabitha in the 2016 episode "Danger & Thunder" in the children's comedy series Henry Danger. In 2016 she made an appearance on The Mindy Project. Cooper's directing and production work includes directing commercials and music videos and producing the crime-comedy film Love of Mass Destruction, which she co-starred in, the short film The Taxi Man, and the single-episode TV series The Normal Ones, a show she also wrote and co-starred in. In the 2024 short film Fire Fucking Fire, which debuted at Tribeca Festival in June, Cooper co-starred as the rock star love interest Meg opposite Ally (Rachel Paulson).
Filmography
Film +KeyDenotes films produced by Calico Cooper +YearTitleRoleNotes2005The Curse of El CharroThe Mistress of Salvation2007PuppyGumJunkfoodHorrorfestThe JunkieRollingJessHalloweenDeleted sceneNRJ 12: Scream AwardsHerself, as Nurse RozettaAwards show2008America’s Top ZombieHerselfTV movieDakota SkyeHeather2009SuckBarmaid2010Down to the Crossroads or How to Make a Movie 'Suck''' |Herself |Documentary
|Thirty Proof Coil|Woman
| rowspan="2" |2011 |Denton Rose's Shorts|Herself |Direct-to-video
|Hall Pass|Burger Babe |Uncredited
| rowspan="2" |2012 |Lost Angeles|Sid
|Honor Among Thieves|Tomi Chicago
| rowspan="2" |2013 |13/13/13|Marcy
|Family Time|Susan |Short film
|2014 |Pretty Perfect|Candice
|2015 | style="background:#bdf;" | Love of Mass Destruction|Betty
|2016 |The Crooked Man|Nancy Shanley |TV movie
|2017 |The Choosing|Renee |Short film
|2018 |Welcome to Hell|Susan |Incorporates the 2013 short Family Time| |- | rowspan="2" |2020 | style="background:#bdf;" | The Taxi Man |Jen |Short film
|The Curse of Denton Rose|Herself |Documentary
|2024 | style="background:#bdf;" | Fire Fucking Fire''MegShort film. Cooper was an executive producer
Television +Key Denotes television shows produced by Calico Cooper Denotes television shows written by Calico Cooper +YearTitleRoleNotes2003E! True Hollywood StoryHerselfSeason 8, episode 10 "Rock Star Daughters"2011BloomersLila Black10 episodes, 2011–20252013Abstract UnderwrapsMs. MyersSeason 1, episode 2 "Abstract Underwraps"2014Average JoeJanetSeason 2, episode 4 "Day Trip to Milf Town"My 2 Black GirlfriendsFriend on phone #1; Ronnie Bobseason 1, episode 7 "I Need a New Gay"; episode 8 "Oops! I Did it Again..."2015Hawaii Five-0Jane MillerSeason 5, episode 21 "Ua helele'i ka hoku (Fallen Star)"2016Henry DangerTabithaSeason 2, episode 17 "Danger & Thunder"2018 The Normal Ones Kayla McQueenOnly one episode released: Pilot "Hashtag: Don't Call it a Comeback". 2019The Jimmy Star Show with Ron RussellHerselfSeason 14, episode 10 "Calico Cooper/Maria Olsen"2020InfectiousBarbraTelevision short2022The Afterparty2nd A.D.Season 1, episode 7 "Danner"2023The Source with Joshua WernerHerselfSeason 1, episode 3 "Beasto Blanco - Chuck Garric/Calico Cooper"2024Interior ChinatownJunior PartnerSeason 1, episode 10 "Willis. Willis Wu"
Video albums +RecordingArtist(s)YearAlice Cooper: Brutally LiveAlice Cooper2000Live at Montreux2006
Music videos +KeyDenotes music videos directed by Calico Cooper Denotes music videos produced by Calico Cooper Denotes music videos written by Calico Cooper +YearTitlePerforming artistRoleNotes2012 "We Live Our Lives in Black"CoyoteHerselfDirected by Chad Michael Ward; 2013"Live Fast Die Loud"Beasto BlancoHerself, as Machine GirlDirected by C. Conklyn; Assistant direction by Dorota Dabek2016"Feed My Frankenstein"Directed by Jamie Brown; Photography direction by Sebastien Paquet"Grind""Death Rattle"Directed by Tod Junker2019"Cold Cold Coffin"Dennis DunawayBrideDirected by Brian Cichocki"The Seeker" Beasto BlancoHerself, as Machine GirlWritten, directed, and produced by Calico Cooper"Solitary Rave" Directed and produced by Calico Cooper2024"Run for Your Life" Directed and co-written by Calico Cooper"Lowlands" Co-written by Calico Cooper"Diamond in the Dirt" "Unreal" (featuring Chris Harms)
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