“I always have a pet peeve of when I watch period dramas where there’s never a hair out of place,” Jodie Comer said brightly, calling from a picturesque corner of France. It was exactly three weeks ago, and the 27-year-old had just wrapped another day on the set of The Last Duel, Ridley Scott’s upcoming project centered around a 14th-century clash, co-starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Adam Driver. “In those days, everything was a little bit more elaborate, but my character is very much a country girl,” Comer said, describing her on-camera coiffure—less labored-over than lived-in. “We’ve got all the lovely wispy bits. The ‘controlled mess,’ as we like to call it.”   Just days later—as the world took its own medieval turn, grappling with the newly declared pandemic—things felt decidedly less controlled. The film went on hiatus. Stores and restaurants shut their doors. Comer returned to England, to hibernate like the rest of us. But the actor’s work is not entirely on pause. Killing Eve, the cat-and-mouse series that she headlines alongside Sandra Oh, returns to BBC America ahead of schedule on April 12, to satisfy a newly captive audience. And today, Comer claims a new job title: global ambassador for the skin-care brand Noble Panacea.   “I’ve never imagined myself in this position,” Comer said, still marveling at the role. Since the line’s soft launch last fall, followed by a rollout via Net-a-Porter, Noble Panacea has proven to be an unconventional entry in the luxury beauty space, driven by science and sustainability. At the heart of the company’s formulations is a patented molecular framework—based on Nobel Prize–winning research by founder Sir Fraser Stoddart—that facilitates time-released delivery of active ingredients.   “They stand by what they say, and the proof is there,” Comer said, recommending her own secret weapon, the Overnight Recharge Cream: “You put it on, and you start the day off with a glow already.” It anchors the four-piece Brilliant Collection, geared toward a younger audience. The Absolute Collection, meanwhile, promises regeneration and extra nourishment for mature skin.   If the delivery system turns heads on the microscopic level, the more noticeable novelty is the packaging: single-serving sachets no bigger than a poker chip. The discs come with a collection envelope to facilitate easy return to Terracycle. “It’s a very conscious beauty approach,” added Comer, increasingly mindful of the way “we just consume, consume, consume.” It’s also convenient for frequent travelers—once we’re free to wander beyond our own homes again.   “I don’t know if you’re familiar with Liverpool, where I’m from, but Liverpool is the city of glam,” Comer said, explaining her introduction to beauty—the maximalist kind. She described the teenage ritual of getting a “curly blow” at the hairdresser’s, complete with round-brush styling and all-day rollers that “you take out at the last minute so your hair stays in longer.” She laughed at the memory of it all: the eyebrows that were “super heavily drawn on,” the big smoky eye, the obligatory contour. “I look back at pictures of myself, and I’m like, ‘Whoa!’” she said. “I respect my parents for just letting me get on with it!”   Season 3 of Killing Eve promises another take on all-out makeup: full clown regalia. “We shot that in Barcelona, so you can imagine the heat,” Comer said, joking about the hardship of giant floppy shoes. “I was kind of trying not to be a miserable clown through the whole couple of days that we shot that one—similar to Villanelle,” she said of her assassin character, who toggles between fearsome and impetuous. Comer posted a sneak peek of the clown makeup on Instagram, where—also like her alter-ego—she keeps her private life under wraps. “So much of what I do is so out there,” explained the actor, whose face is splashed across the April cover of British Vogue.   Maintaining social-media distancing is one way of setting boundaries—an ability she has come to admire in the “wickedly funny” Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who defined Killing Eve as the first season’s writer and showrunner. (In a twist, Waller-Bridge is set to turn up onscreen this season, playing a Villanelle victim.) “For me, Phoebe represents confidence, and I think that is incredibly attractive in a person,” Comer said, giving a shoutout as well to the London facialist they share, Jasmina Vico. Even with a skin-care hookup, it helps to have a professional look after one's complexion for the big screen.   That moment is slated to arrive with this summer's Free Guy, directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Reynolds. “They are both incredibly fun and calm and nurturing,” Comer said of her introduction to the fast-paced action genre—challenging for the stunt work as well as the choreography. “You have to film things in sections,” she said, “so it’s stopping at points and then making sure that you pick up with the same energy.” That skill—to pause for an undetermined stretch of time and someday restart again—has never felt more necessary. In the meantime, a skin-care regimen that takes things day by day, with enough glow to wow a Zoom audience, is one way to see us through.