
Emily Cox
Biography
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.
Acting (28 movies)

The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
2023

Rammbock: Berlin Undead
2010

Kleine Eheverbrechen
2023

The Fatherless
2011

How to Live Your Life
2011

Killerjagd - Schrei wenn du dich traust
2010

Unschuldig - Der Fall Julia B.
2023

Alma and Oskar
2023

Steirerstern
2022

Stille
2013

Die Freischwimmerin
2014

Unsichtbarer Angreifer
2023

Der Täter
2010

The Dead and the Living
2012

Nichts zu verlieren
2018

Jesus Cries
2015

Futuro Beach
2014

Born to Dance
2011

Wuff
2018

Head Full of Honey
2018

The Accidental Rebel
2019

What Have We Done to Deserve This?
2018

Danowski - Blutapfel
2019

A Royal Affair
2012

Blind ermittelt: Zerstörte Träume
2020

Hartwig Seeler – Ein neues Leben
2021

The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
2021

The Physician II
2025
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