Daphne Alexander is a Cypriot/British actress best known for playing Nadia Talianos in the

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'' and Modesty Blaise in three BBC radio adaptations.

Early life

Alexander was born and brought up in Cyprus, living later in both Paris, France and London, England. She studied law at

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before training to be an actress at

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Career

Soon after graduating from LAMDA, Alexander was cast in the BBC's long running medical drama Casualty, playing nurse Nadia from February to December 2007. She went on to roles in the HBO/BBC co-production House of Saddam, and the movies

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and

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, working with

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on the latter. In 2011 she starred in the short film The Palace, which won multiple awards and received wide critical acclaim. On stage, Alexander has worked in both London and New York. Notable productions include Hidden in the Sand (2013) and City Stories (2013, ongoing), both by James Phillips, and Camelot: The Shining City (2015) by Alan Lane of the Slung Low Theatre Company. She has also done voice work, most notably playing Modesty Blaise in a series of adaptations for BBC Radio 4 and various characters in video game Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Filmography

Film and television

Theatre

Radio

Video games

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Daphne Living people Cypriot film actresses Cypriot stage actresses Cypriot television actresses Cypriot voice actresses British film actresses British stage actresses British television actresses British voice actresses Actresses from London 21st-century Cypriot actresses 21st-century British actresses Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art 1983 births Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford 21st-century English women 21st-century English people