Alexandra Park (actress)

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Alexandra Park
Alexandra Park at 2015 TCA (cropped).jpg
Park at the Television Critics Association's Press Tour in January 2015
Born
Sydney, Australia [1]
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
Spouse
(m. 2022)
[2]

Alexandra Park is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Claudia Hammond in the Australian soap opera Home and Away in 2009. She also starred in the E! drama series The Royals as Princess Eleanor from 2015 to 2018.

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Career

Park made her acting debut in the Australian television series The Elephant Princess in 2011, playing Veronica. [3]

In 2009, she played Claudia Hammond in the soap opera Home and Away . During that time, she appeared in an episode of Packed to the Rafters in 2011. She appeared as Sienna in the 2012 short film Arc.

She also appeared in a 2013 episode of the television series Wonderland as Jodie. From 2015 to 2018, she portrayed Princess Eleanor in the E! original series The Royals .

Park played a filmmaker in the horror thriller film Carnifex , which screened at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2022. It was South Australian film editor Sean Lahiff's directing debut. [4] In the film, Park's character and two conservationists encounter a terrifying new species after huge bushfires have ravaged the land. Filmed in Kuitpo Forest, the film has large-scale special effects, and stars Sisi Stringer and Harry Greenwood, son of actor Hugo Weaving. [5]

Personal life

Before getting the role of Princess Eleanor in The Royals [6] Park was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes [7] which she discussed in her book Sugar High. [8]

In May 2022 she married fiancé James Lafferty in Hawaii. [9]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Home and Away Claudia Hammond / Robyn SullivanTV series (30 episodes)
2011 The Elephant Princess VeronicaTV series (23 episodes)
2011 Packed to the Rafters CourtneyTV series (episode: "Risky Business")
2012ArcSiennaShort film
2013 Wonderland JodieTV series (episode: "Comfort Zone")
2015–2018 The Royals Princess Eleanor HenstridgeTV series (4 seasons; 40 episodes)
2017 12 Feet Deep Jonna
2018 Shooting in Vain Lucy
2018 Ben Is Back Cara K.
2019 In the Dark Jenny DickensTV series (episode: "I Woke Up Like This")
2021Everyone Is Doing GreatAndrea Cooper-DavisTV series
2022CarnifexBailey
2023Leverage: RedemptionAstrid PickfordTV series

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