Emily Cox (born 23 February 1985) is an Austrian actress, currently based in Berlin and Vienna. She played the lead female role of Brida, in the British television series ''

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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 (

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) 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

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. In 2008 she was under contract as a stage actor at the

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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

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movies. From 2015 to 2022 she played the role of the

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and Anglo-Saxon woman Brida in the TV series ''The Last Kingdom'', which made her known to international audiences.''Mode-Shooting: "The Last Kingdom"-Darstellerin Emily Cox''
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Stern, 8 June 2015 Cox also appeared in a few movies for the big screen including The Fatherless (2011),

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and Head Full of Honey (2018).

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Emily 1985 births Living people 21st-century Austrian actresses Austrian people of British descent Austrian people of Irish descent Actresses from Vienna