Jimmy Comer, father of Killing Eve star Jodie Comer, has been given an emphatic send-off by Everton after 29 years working because the membership’s masseuse.
His daughter Jodie, greatest recognized for taking part in Villanelle within the hit BBC collection, attended Everton’s futuristic new floor, Hill Dickinson Stadium, for his closing house match within the function a few weeks in the past.
‘Wishing Jimmy Comer a really completely happy retirement,’ the membership posted, alongside photos of him being introduced with a framed shirt by gamers and workers, in addition to together with his household on the pitch.
‘A lifelong Evertonian, Membership masseur and an vital a part of our backroom crew for 29 years. Thanks to your service, Jimmy!’
A preferred determine within the dressing room, Comer was showered with reward by departing membership captain Seamus Coleman within the matchday programme forward of the Sunderland fixture, writing: ‘He was a type of who helped present me what Everton meant.’
His daughter, Jodie, burst onto the scene as Villanelle in 2018 and has not seemed again, starring alongside the likes of Ryan Reynolds within the action-comedy Free Man and Matt Damon and Adam Driver within the historic drama The Final Duel.
Lately, she has targeted on her theatrical work, together with her portrayal of a defence barrister within the multi-award-winning one-woman present Prima Facie.
Broadly considered one among Britain’s most gifted younger actresses, Jodie has gained an Emmy for Killing Eve, in addition to a Tony and an Olivier Award for Prima Facie.
A lifelong Everton fan like her father, Jodie shared a particular message with supporters forward of the membership’s final-ever recreation at Goodison Park final Could.
Jodie wrote: ‘Considering of everybody saying Thanks and Goodbye to GOODISON PARK right now. Particularly this legend. 28 years on the membership and counting. I LOVE YOU DAD! @Everton.’
Hailing from Childwall, Jodie was requested in 2024 whether or not she would slightly win an Oscar or see Everton win the league, to which she replied: ‘The Oscar is taken into account the head of performing. You obtain one among them …
‘However I believe I’ve to say successful the league, purely to see the enjoyment and elation on my dad and my brother’s faces.’
