Daisy Head | |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2002–present |
Father | Anthony Head |
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Daisy Head (born 7 March 1991) is an English actress. She played Grace in the American drama series Guilt , Amy Stevenson in BBC One's drama The Syndicate , Kate Bottomley in the third season of Hulu series Harlots , Genya Safin in the Netflix show Shadow and Bone , and Sofina in the film Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
Head was born in Fulham, London. She is the daughter of actor Anthony Head and younger sister of actress Emily Head. [1] Daisy attended Kingswood School in Bath and trained at the Dorothy Coleborn School of Dance. [2] [3] [4]
Head's first role was appearing alongside her father in the TV series Rose and Maloney . She has subsequently appeared in a number of TV programmes, including Trial and Retribution , Doc Martin and Holby City .
In 2010, she made her film debut in playing Chloe Chambers in The Last Seven , alongside Danny Dyer and later that year she played Daisy in CBBC's musical film Rules of Love alongside future Rixton frontman Jake Roche.
In 2016, she starred as Arriane Alter in the British/Australian/American romantic fantasy film Fallen as well as in the new Underworld film Underworld: Blood Wars as Alexia.
In November 2015, it was announced that Head would take the lead role of Grace in Freeform's drama series Guilt [5] about an American student in London whose roommate is murdered. The series concluded after 10 episodes. [6]
In 2017, Head starred in the Shakespearean Pilot A Midsummer's Nightmare alongside Casey Deidrick. [7] [8]
In 2018 Head had a supporting role in Kay Mellor's ITV drama Girlfriends which started airing in January 2018. [9] In May 2017 it was announced that she would be starring alongside Daisy Ridley in 2018 film Ophelia . [10]
Head joined the cast of Harlots as Kate Bottomley in the Hulu series' third season in 2019. [11] In October 2019, it was announced Head would play Genya Safin in the 2021 Netflix series Shadow and Bone , an adaptation of fantasy book series Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. [12]
In 2024, Head joined period drama The Grey House. [13]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | The Last Seven | Chloe Chambers | |
2014 | Heart of Lightness | Bolette | |
2016 | Fallen | Arriane Alter | |
2016 | Underworld: Blood Wars | Alexia | |
2018 | Ophelia | Christiana | |
2019 | The Ninth | Olivia Reed | |
2019 | Exit Eve | Claire | Short film |
2021 | Wrong Turn | Edith | |
2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Sofina the Red Wizard |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Feather Boy | Kate Barber | Main role |
2005 | Rose and Maloney | Daniella Terry | Episode: "Annie Johnson" |
2005 | Trial & Retribution | Naomi Franke | Episode: "The Lovers: Part 1" |
2005 | Patrick's Planet | Christina | Main role |
2007 | Doc Martin | Mandie Jordan | Episode: "Movement" |
2010 | Holby City | Miri Gellert | 2 episodes |
2010 | Rules of Love | Daisy | Television film |
2011 | Doctors | Victoria Liston | Episode: "Quarantine" |
2012 | Endeavour | Jenny Crisp | Episode: Pilot |
2012 | The Proxy | Sarah | Recurring role, 8 episodes |
2013 | When Calls the Heart | Julie Thatcher | Television film; as Daisey Head |
2015 | Suspects | Emily Perkins | Episode: "Connections" |
2015 | The Syndicate | Amy Stevenson | Main role (series 3) |
2016 | Guilt | Grace Atwood | Main role |
2017 | A Midsummer's Nightmare | Elena | Television pilot (aired on Lifetime) |
2018 | Girlfriends | Ruby | Main role |
2019 | Harlots | Kate Bottomley | Main role (season 3) |
2021-2023 | Shadow and Bone | Genya Safin | Recurring role |
2022 | The Sandman | Judy Talbot | Episode: "24/7" |
2024 | The Gray House | Lead role [14] |
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