Alexa Davies

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Alexa Davies
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Davies on MTV International in 2018
Born
Occupation Actress
Years active2012–present

Alexa Davies is a Welsh actress best known for her roles as Aretha in Raised by Wolves , Kate in Detectorists , Yvonne in Cradle to Grave , young Rosie in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again , and Meg in Dead Pixels .

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She grew up in Rhyl, Denbighshire. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Bunking OffScarletShort film
2012 Vinyl Flora
2014 X+Y Rebecca Dunn
2015 Absolutely Anything Sandwich Girl
2015Dusha shpiona (aka The Soul of a Spy)Alexa Nottingham
2016SpaceshipLucidia
2017 The Sense of an Ending Receptionist
2017StickyKaren
2018 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again [2] Young Rosie
2020 Misbehaviour Sue

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 New Tricks Jess KempEpisode: "Love Means Nothing in Tennis"
2012 Doctors Naomi TaggartEpisode: "An Appropriate Adult"
2012 Little Crackers HilarySeries 3, episode 5: "Alison Steadman's Little Cracker: The Autograph"
2013–16 Raised by Wolves [1] [3] Aretha
2014 The Midnight Beast Hope's Friend2 episodes
2014 Holby City Kayleigh OrmerodEpisode: "Exit Strategy: Part One"
2014 Trying Again WaitressEpisode 6
2014 Cuckoo ChastityEpisode: "Funeral"
2015 Cradle to Grave [4] Yvonne6 episodes
2015–17 Detectorists KateSeries 2 and 3
2016 The Five Alexa Mills2 episodes
2016AvatardsMegMini-series
2016 Suspects Daisy BellamyEpisode: "The Enemy Within: Part 1"
2017 Grantchester LuellaSeries 3, episode 5
2017 Harlots Betsey FletcherSeason 1
2019–2021 Dead Pixels [5] Meg12 episodes
2020 White House Farm Julie Mugford6 episodes
2020 Silent Witness Lucie HudsonEpisode: Seven Times: Part 1&2
2020 Honour [6] Keilly JonesMini-series - 2 episodes
2021–present COBRA Audrey HemmingsSeries 2 and 3
2023 Funny Woman Marjorie HarrisonSeason 1

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  2. Ramos, Dino-Ray; N'Duka, Amanda (3 August 2017). "'Mamma Mia!' Sequel Adds Jeremy Irvine & 'Harlots' Actress Alexa Davies". Deadline Hollywood . Penske Business Media . Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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