Emily Cox
Acting • Born 1985-02-23
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
57 credits
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
Movie • 2023
Brida
Rammbock: Berlin Undead
Movie • 2010
Anita
Kleine Eheverbrechen
Movie • 2023
Lisa Sobiri
The Fatherless
Movie • 2011
Mizzi
How to Live Your Life
Movie • 2011
Laura
Dutschke
Movie • 2009
Gretchen Dutschke-Klotz
Killerjagd - Schrei wenn du dich traust
Movie • 2010
Maja Hönow
Unschuldig - Der Fall Julia B.
Movie • 2023
Julia Brandt
Alma and Oskar
Movie • 2023
Alma Mahler
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein
Movie • 2011
Kellnerin
Steirerstern
Movie • 2022
Jana Skoff
Stille
Movie • 2013
Mel
The Vicar's Wife
Movie
Deirdre Lawless
Die Freischwimmerin
Movie • 2014
Martha Müller
Unsichtbarer Angreifer
Movie • 2023
Emma Turgut
Der Täter
Movie • 2010
Jakobs Tochter Mascha
The Dead and the Living
Movie • 2012
Agnes, junge Frau in Auschwitz
Nichts zu verlieren
Movie • 2018
Miriam
Jesus Cries
Movie • 2015
Magdalena
Futuro Beach
Movie • 2014
Nanna
Born to Dance
Movie • 2011
Milena 'Milli' Neubert
Wuff
Movie • 2018
Ella
Head Full of Honey
Movie • 2018
Nursing Home Manager
The Accidental Rebel
Movie • 2019
Lilly
What Have We Done to Deserve This?
Movie • 2018
Therapist
Danowski - Blutapfel
Movie • 2019
Meta Jurkschat
A Royal Affair
Movie • 2012
Caroline Mathilde
Blind ermittelt: Zerstörte Träume
Movie • 2020
Therese Maxeiner
Hartwig Seeler – Ein neues Leben
Movie • 2021
Tascha
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
Movie • 2021
Katharina
The Physician II
Movie • 2025
Mercia
Der Thüringenkrimi - Gerechtigkeit
Movie • 2026
Mala Murphy
CopStories
TV • 2013
Sonja Omminger
Polizeiruf 110
TV • 1971
Heike
Kommissarin Lucas
TV • 2003
Jeanette Wilson
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Miranda Kador
The Last Kingdom
TV • 2015
Brida
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Roswita Mader
37 Sekunden
TV • 2023
Clara Andersen
jerks.
TV • 2017
Self
Vienna Crime Squad
TV • 2005
Judith Stoll
SOKO Stuttgart
TV • 2009
Lucie Thieme
SOKO Leipzig
TV • 2001
Hannah Falck
Shades of Guilt
TV • 2015
Ulrike Gronau
Labaule & Erben
TV • 2018
A Case For Two
TV • 1981
Edith Egger
SOKO Kitzbühel
TV • 2001
Gina Prinz
Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
TV • 2020
Schnell ermittelt
TV • 2009
Diana Weininger
Paul Kemp - Alles kein Problem
TV • 2013
Manuela
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Sybille Wildering
Constellation
TV • 2024
Sara Schiller
Murder Mindfully
TV • 2024
Katharina Diemel
Wer weiß denn sowas?
TV • 2015
Self
Zorn
TV • 2014
Frieda Borck (Folge 1)
ZIBB
TV • 2003
Self
Homeland
TV • 2011
Claudia