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Daphne Alexander | |
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| Born | Daphne Chrysostomides Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Daphne Alexander is a Cypriot/British actress best known for playing Nadia Talianos in the BBC Drama series Casualty [1] and Modesty Blaise in three BBC radio adaptations. [2]
Alexander was born and brought up in Cyprus, living later in both Paris, France and London, England. She studied law at Somerville College, Oxford before training to be an actress at LAMDA. [3] [4]
Soon after graduating from LAMDA, Alexander was cast in the BBC's long running medical drama Casualty, playing nurse Nadia from February to December 2007. [1] She went on to roles in the HBO/BBC co-production House of Saddam, and the movies The Fourth Kind and The Ghost Writer, working with Roman Polanski on the latter. [5] In 2011 she starred in the short film The Palace, which won multiple awards and received wide critical acclaim. [6]
On stage, Alexander has worked in both London and New York. Notable productions include Hidden in the Sand (2013) [7] and City Stories (2013, ongoing), [8] both by James Phillips, and Camelot: The Shining City (2015) [9] by Alan Lane of the Slung Low Theatre Company.
She has also done voice work, most notably playing Modesty Blaise in a series of adaptations for BBC Radio 4 [10] and various characters in video game Assassin's Creed Odyssey. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Loose Strands | Irini | Short Film |
| TBA | Pray | Victoria | |
| 2023 | Minore | Aliki | |
| 2023 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 | Flight Attendant | |
| 2023 | Zoi | TV Series | |
| 2022 | The Impact | Royal Marine SNCO | |
| 2021 | By the Light of Thine Eyes: 200 Years of Greece | Narrator | |
| 2021 | The Man Cave Chronicles Podcast | Herself | Podcast Series |
| 2021 | Smyrna | Katina Horton | |
| 2021 | A Girls | Mum | Short Film |
| 2021 | Proto banio | Daphne | Short Film |
| 2021 | Beckett | British Journalist | |
| 2019 | Music To Die For | Royal Marine SNCO / Radio Announcer | Short Film [5] |
| 2019 | The Siege on Liperti Street | [5] | |
| 2018 | Welcome Home | Young Woman | [5] |
| 2015 | Always in the Present | Florence | [5] |
| 2013 | Push | Dreamer | Short Film [5] |
| 2011 | Mesocafé | Bisan | [5] |
| 2011 | The Palace | Stella | Short Film [5] |
| 2010 | Doctors | Kate Nichols | TV Series (1 Episode) [5] |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | Connie | [5] |
| 2009 | The Fourth Kind | Theresa | [5] |
| 2008 | House of Saddam | Sara | TV Mini-Series (1 Episode) [5] |
| 2007 | Casualty | Nadia Talianos | TV Series (37 Episodes) [5] |
| 2006 | Dream Team | Gabrielle Taylor | TV Series (2 Episodes) [5] |
| 2006 | The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | Janita | TV Series (1 Episode) [5] |
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 – ongoing | City Stories | Audrey / Ruth / Anna | St James' Theatre / 59E59 Theaters / Wilton's Music Hall / Oxford Playhouse [8] |
| 2015 | Camelot: The Shining City | Elaine | Sheffield Crucible [9] |
| 2014 | Little Stitches | Flight attendant / Activist | Gate Theatre [11] |
| 2013 | Hidden in the Sand | Sophia | Trafalgar Studios [7] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | A Taste for Death | Modesty Blaise | BBC Radio 4 15-minute Drama |
| 2014 | Modesty Blaise | Modesty Blaise | BBC Radio 4 15-minute Drama |
| 2017 | The Silver Mistress | Modesty Blaise | BBC Radio 4 15-minute Drama |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Project Zero 2: Wii Edition | Mio Amakura | |
| 2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey | Anthousa/Greek Civilian | |
| 2020 | Dreams | Laila | |
| 2022 | Expeditions: Rome | Zenobia/Xenoclea/Aurelia Cotta | |
| Babylon's Fall | Background Voices | English version |
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