
Emily Cox
Known for Acting · 55 credits
- Born
- 1985-02-23 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Vienna, Austria
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.
Known For
TV Shows (23)

Homeland
2011
as Claudia

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Miranda Kador / Roswita Mader / Sybille Wildering
ZIBB
2003
as Self

The Last Kingdom
2015
as Brida

Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Heike

Murder Mindfully
2024
as Katharina Diemel

A Case For Two
1981
as Edith Egger

SOKO Leipzig
2001
as Hannah Falck

Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self

SOKO Stuttgart
2009
as Lucie Thieme

SOKO Kitzbühel
2001
as Gina Prinz

Vienna Crime Squad
2005
as Judith Stoll

Constellation
2024
as Sara Schiller

jerks.
2017
as Self

Kommissarin Lucas
2003
as Jeanette Wilson

Schnell ermittelt
2009
as Diana Weininger

Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
2020

Shades of Guilt
2015
as Ulrike Gronau

CopStories
2013
as Sonja Omminger

Paul Kemp - Alles kein Problem
2013
as Manuela

Zorn
2014
as Frieda Borck (Folge 1)

Labaule & Erben
2018

37 Sekunden
2023
as Clara Andersen
Movies (32)

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
Der Thüringenkrimi - Gerechtigkeit
2026
as Mala Murphy

Futuro Beach
2014
as Nanna

The Vicar's Wife
as Deirdre Lawless

Wuff
2018
as Ella

Alma and Oskar
2023
as Alma Mahler

Rammbock: Berlin Undead
2010
as Anita

What Have We Done to Deserve This?
2018
as Therapist
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein
2011
as Kellnerin

Killerjagd - Schrei wenn du dich traust
2010
as Maja Hönow

The Fatherless
2011
as Mizzi

The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
2021
as Katharina

Die Freischwimmerin
2014
as Martha Müller

How to Live Your Life
2011
as Laura

The Dead and the Living
2012
as Agnes, junge Frau in Auschwitz

Kleine Eheverbrechen
2023
as Lisa Sobiri

Unsichtbarer Angreifer
2023
as Emma Turgut

Born to Dance
2011
as Milena 'Milli' Neubert

Stille
2013
as Mel

Danowski - Blutapfel
2019
as Meta Jurkschat

Nichts zu verlieren
2018
as Miriam

Blind ermittelt: Zerstörte Träume
2020
as Therese Maxeiner

Steirerstern
2022
as Jana Skoff

Jesus Cries
2015
as Magdalena

Der Täter
2010
as Jakobs Tochter Mascha

Unschuldig - Der Fall Julia B.
2023
as Julia Brandt
Dutschke
2009
as Gretchen Dutschke-Klotz

A Royal Affair
2012
as Caroline Mathilde

The Accidental Rebel
2019
as Lilly

Hartwig Seeler – Ein neues Leben
2021
as Tascha
About Emily Cox
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 C… With 55 credits spanning from 1970 to 2026, Emily Cox has appeared in 32 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Emily Cox Movies
- 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
- Der Thüringenkrimi - Gerechtigkeit (2026) — as Mala Murphy
- Futuro Beach (2014) — as Nanna
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