Acting
Emily Cox
EN, DE, PT cinema · 32 credits
Born
23 February 1985 (age 41)
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria
Also known as امیلی کاکس
Cox was born to a British father and an Irish mother in Vienna. 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 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. Since 2015 she plays the role of the viking woman Brida in the TV series The Last Kingdom, which made her known to international audiences.
Known for
Filmography
The Vicar's Wife
as Deirdre Lawless
The Physician II
as Mercia
Kleine Eheverbrechen
as Lisa Sobiri
Unschuldig - Der Fall Julia B.
as Julia Brandt
Alma and Oskar
as Alma Mahler
Unsichtbarer Angreifer
as Emma Turgut
Steirerstern
as Jana Skoff
Blind ermittelt: Zerstörte Träume
as Therese Maxeiner
The Accidental Rebel
as Lilly
Danowski - Blutapfel
as Meta Jurkschat
Nichts zu verlieren
as Miriam
Wuff
as Ella
Head Full of Honey
as Nursing Home Manager
What Have We Done to Deserve This?
as Therapist
Jesus Cries
as Magdalena
Die Freischwimmerin
as Martha Müller
Futuro Beach
as Nanna
Stille
as Mel
The Dead and the Living
as Agnes, junge Frau in Auschwitz
A Royal Affair
as Caroline Mathilde
The Fatherless
as Mizzi
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein
2011
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein
as Kellnerin
Born to Dance
as Milena 'Milli' Neubert
Killerjagd - Schrei wenn du dich traust
as Maja Hönow
Der Täter
as Jakobs Tochter Mascha
Dutschke
2009
Dutschke
as Gretchen Dutschke-Klotz