Emily Cox
Biography
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.
Filmography
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Der Thüringenkrimi - Gerechtigkeit
2026
as Mala Murphy
The Physician II
2025
as Mercia
Unschuldig - Der Fall Julia B.
2023
as Julia Brandt
Unsichtbarer Angreifer
2023
as Emma Turgut
Alma and Oskar
2023
as Alma Mahler
Kleine Eheverbrechen
2023
as Lisa Sobiri
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
2023
as Brida
Steirerstern
2022
as Jana Skoff
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
2021
as Katharina
Hartwig Seeler – Ein neues Leben
2021
as Tascha
Blind ermittelt: Zerstörte Träume
2020
as Therese Maxeiner
Danowski - Blutapfel
2019
as Meta Jurkschat
The Accidental Rebel
2019
as Lilly
Head Full of Honey
2018
as Nursing Home Manager
Wuff
2018
as Ella
What Have We Done to Deserve This?
2018
as Therapist
Nichts zu verlieren
2018
as Miriam
Jesus Cries
2015
as Magdalena
Die Freischwimmerin
2014
as Martha Müller
Futuro Beach
2014
as Nanna
Stille
2013
as Mel
The Dead and the Living
2012
as Agnes, junge Frau in Auschwitz
A Royal Affair
2012
as Caroline Mathilde
Born to Dance
2011
as Milena 'Milli' Neubert