| Name | Jemma Olga Cooper ![]() | |
| Nickname | Mount (wishful thinking) | |
| Position | Outside Centre - utility back | |
| Birthday | 1st Dec 1988 | |
| Occupation | (Anti-)Money Laundering and Financial Crime | |
| Date Joined Harlequins: | July 2010 | |
| Previous clubs | Grey College WRFC, University of Durham | |
| Representative Honours: | 1st female player to get sin binned in Durham rugby (in the 9th minute of a charity match for five high tackles). | |
| Best Rugby moment | See above. | |
| Worst Rugby moment | See above the above. | |
| Rugby ambition | To run, Forrest, run - but not off the pitch. | |
| Why rugby | They lied and then it was too late. | |
| Describe yourself | Ethnicity: Stuck-up Eurotrash
Political Views: Myself as the next female PM Mind: Dirty Nature: Good Overarching belief: I’m generally right. Most valued principle: never to take myself seriously. | |
| Favourite alcoholic beverage: | Sambucca | |
| Other sports | Basketball, hockey (7s only), sailing, swimming, social rower, social tennis player, seasoned foozball player and grudgingly picked as someone’s partner in the odd game of pool. | |
| Favourite meal | 1st course: King prawns.
2nd course: A medium rare entrecote with a sliver of fois gras melting on top and mange touts. Dessert: Ben and Jerries cookie dough ice cream (a tub of). | |
| Favourite film | De Battre Mon Coeur s’est Arrete (The Beat that My Heart Skipped) | |
| Most likely to say: | Actually- literally. | |
| Least likely to say: | Lol. | |
| Favourite quotation: | “Oh, are you yet another lesbian?” Middx Sevens, to a ref. I truly apologise. | |
| Best holiday (why): | Costa Rica 2007, gap yaaahr: near death experience… actually- literally. | |
| Claim to fame: | Aged 9, cut baby sister’s umbilical cord with the bread knife still in use at home (after trying the scissors and a butter knife, neither of which worked because the cord was too slippery). | |
