Emily Cox (actress)

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Emily Cox
Born (1985-02-23) 23 February 1985 (age 39)
Occupation Actress
Years active2009–present

Emily Cox (born 23 February 1985) is an Austrian actress, currently based in Berlin and Vienna. [1] [2] She played the lead female role of Brida, in the British television series The Last Kingdom (2015-2022). [3]

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Biography

Cox was born to a British father and an Irish mother in Vienna, Austria. Her parents later divorced. Both of them are pianists, who originally came to Vienna on a grant for musicians. Cox grew up in Vienna and graduated from high school (Matura) in 2003. She developed an interest in acting after performing in a play as part of her English classes during her final year in high school. After her graduation she went on to study acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar. In 2008 she was under contract as a stage actor at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. In 2011 Cox moved to Berlin and since then she has appeared in various movies and series on German and Austrian TV, among them several Tatort movies. From 2015 to 2022 she played the role of the Viking and Anglo-Saxon woman Brida in the TV series The Last Kingdom, which made her known to international audiences. [1] [4]

Cox also appeared in a few movies for the big screen including The Fatherless (2011), The Silent Mountain and Head Full of Honey (2018).

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Dutschke  [ de ]Gretchen DutschkeTV film
2010 Rammbock Anita
2011 The Fatherless Mizzi
2014 Futuro Beach Nanna
2014 The Silent Mountain Lisl Gruber
2018 Head Full of Honey Nursing Home Manager
2022 Alma & Oskar Alma Mahler
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Homeland Claudia1 episode
2016 Anatomy of Evil Anita1 episode "Liebe"
2015 - 2022 The Last Kingdom Brida
2017-2020JerksEmily
2024"Constellation"School Teacher4 episode

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