Emily Cox
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023)
as Brida
The Physician II (2025)
as Mercia
Head Full of Honey (2018)
as Nursing Home Manager
Wuff (2018)
as Ella
Futuro Beach (2014)
as Nanna
Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010)
as Anita
Danowski - Blutapfel (2019)
as Meta Jurkschat
Der Thüringenkrimi - Gerechtigkeit (2026)
as Mala Murphy
Jesus Cries (2015)
as Magdalena
Alma and Oskar (2023)
as Alma Mahler
What Have We Done to Deserve This? (2018)
as Therapist
The Vicar's Wife (—)
as Deirdre Lawless
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It (2021)
as Katharina
The Fatherless (2011)
as Mizzi
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein (2011)
as Kellnerin
A Royal Affair (2012)
as Caroline Mathilde
Dutschke (2009)
as Gretchen Dutschke-Klotz
Unsichtbarer Angreifer (2023)
as Emma Turgut
Blind ermittelt: Zerstörte Träume (2020)
as Therese Maxeiner
Killerjagd - Schrei wenn du dich traust (2010)
as Maja Hönow
Stille (2013)
as Mel
The Accidental Rebel (2019)
as Lilly
How to Live Your Life (2011)
as Laura
Unschuldig - Der Fall Julia B. (2023)
as Julia Brandt
Hartwig Seeler – Ein neues Leben (2021)
as Tascha
The Dead and the Living (2012)
as Agnes, junge Frau in Auschwitz
Die Freischwimmerin (2014)
as Martha Müller
Steirerstern (2022)
as Jana Skoff
Kleine Eheverbrechen (2023)
as Lisa Sobiri
Nichts zu verlieren (2018)
as Miriam
Born to Dance (2011)
as Milena 'Milli' Neubert
Der Täter (2010)
as Jakobs Tochter Mascha