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.
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm2686957
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1337589
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Filmography (Movies)
Der Thüringenkrimi - Gerechtigkeit
Character:Mala Murphy
Release Date:07/02/2026
The Physician II
Character:Mercia
Release Date:25/12/2025
Unschuldig - Der Fall Julia B.
Character:Julia Brandt
Release Date:25/10/2023
Unsichtbarer Angreifer
Character:Emma Turgut
Release Date:04/10/2023
Alma and Oskar
Character:Alma Mahler
Release Date:06/07/2023
Kleine Eheverbrechen
Character:Lisa Sobiri
Release Date:13/05/2023
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
Character:Brida
Release Date:14/04/2023
Steirerstern
Character:Jana Skoff
Release Date:13/09/2022
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
Character:Katharina
Release Date:11/11/2021
Hartwig Seeler – Ein neues Leben
Character:Tascha
Release Date:10/04/2021
Blind ermittelt: Zerstörte Träume
Character:Therese Maxeiner
Release Date:28/12/2020
Danowski - Blutapfel
Character:Meta Jurkschat
Release Date:09/12/2019
The Accidental Rebel
Character:Lilly
Release Date:03/10/2019
Head Full of Honey
Character:Nursing Home Manager
Release Date:30/11/2018
Wuff
Character:Ella
Release Date:25/10/2018
What Have We Done to Deserve This?
Character:Therapist
Release Date:03/10/2018
Nichts zu verlieren
Character:Miriam
Release Date:01/06/2018
Jesus Cries
Character:Magdalena
Release Date:24/10/2015
Die Freischwimmerin
Character:Martha Müller
Release Date:04/06/2014
Futuro Beach
Character:Nanna
Release Date:01/05/2014
Stille
Character:Mel
Release Date:13/02/2013
The Dead and the Living
Character:Agnes, junge Frau in Auschwitz
Release Date:25/09/2012
A Royal Affair
Character:Caroline Mathilde
Release Date:12/03/2012
Born to Dance
Character:Milena 'Milli' Neubert
Release Date:08/11/2011
How to Live Your Life
Character:Laura
Release Date:11/08/2011
The Fatherless
Character:Mizzi
Release Date:08/04/2011
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein
Character:Kellnerin
Release Date:19/01/2011
Rammbock: Berlin Undead
Character:Anita
Release Date:09/09/2010
Der Täter
Character:Jakobs Tochter Mascha
Release Date:10/04/2010
Killerjagd - Schrei wenn du dich traust
Character:Maja Hönow
Release Date:08/02/2010
Dutschke
Character:Gretchen Dutschke-Klotz
Release Date:29/06/2009
Television Appearances
Murder Mindfully
Character:Katharina Diemel
Constellation
Character:Sara Schiller
37 Sekunden
Character:Clara Andersen
Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
Character:
Labaule & Erben
Character:
jerks.
Character:Self
The Last Kingdom
Character:Brida
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Character:Self
Shades of Guilt
Character:Ulrike Gronau
Zorn
Character:Frieda Borck (Folge 1)
Paul Kemp - Alles kein Problem
Character:Manuela
CopStories
Character:Sonja Omminger
SOKO Stuttgart
Character:Lucie Thieme
Schnell ermittelt
Character:Diana Weininger
Vienna Crime Squad
Character:Judith Stoll
ZIBB
Character:Self
Kommissarin Lucas
Character:Jeanette Wilson
SOKO Kitzbühel
Character:Gina Prinz
SOKO Leipzig
Character:Hannah Falck
A Case For Two
Character:Edith Egger
Polizeiruf 110
Character:Heike
Scene of the Crime
Character:Miranda Kador
Scene of the Crime
Character:Roswita Mader
Scene of the Crime
Character:Sybille Wildering
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