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.
Known For

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

Homeland

Polizeiruf 110

The Last Kingdom

SOKO Leipzig

A Case For Two
All Movies (32)
- Der Thüringenkrimi - Gerechtigkeit2026 · as Mala Murphy
- The Physician II2025 · as Mercia
- Unschuldig - Der Fall Julia B.2023 · as Julia Brandt
- Unsichtbarer Angreifer2023 · as Emma Turgut
- Alma and Oskar2023 · as Alma Mahler
- Kleine Eheverbrechen2023 · as Lisa Sobiri
- The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die2023 · as Brida
- Steirerstern2022 · as Jana Skoff
- The Salvation Of The World As We Know It2021 · as Katharina
- Hartwig Seeler – Ein neues Leben2021 · as Tascha
- Blind ermittelt: Zerstörte Träume2020 · as Therese Maxeiner
- Danowski - Blutapfel2019 · as Meta Jurkschat
- The Accidental Rebel2019 · as Lilly
- Head Full of Honey2018 · as Nursing Home Manager
- Wuff2018 · as Ella
- What Have We Done to Deserve This?2018 · as Therapist
- Nichts zu verlieren2018 · as Miriam
- Jesus Cries2015 · as Magdalena
- Die Freischwimmerin2014 · as Martha Müller
- Futuro Beach2014 · as Nanna
- Stille2013 · as Mel
- The Dead and the Living2012 · as Agnes, junge Frau in Auschwitz
- A Royal Affair2012 · as Caroline Mathilde
- Born to Dance2011 · as Milena 'Milli' Neubert
- How to Live Your Life2011 · as Laura
- The Fatherless2011 · as Mizzi
- Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein2011 · as Kellnerin
- Rammbock: Berlin Undead2010 · as Anita
- Der Täter2010 · as Jakobs Tochter Mascha
- Killerjagd - Schrei wenn du dich traust2010 · as Maja Hönow
- Dutschke2009 · as Gretchen Dutschke-Klotz
- The Vicar's Wife— · as Deirdre Lawless
All TV Shows (25)
- Murder Mindfully2024 · as Katharina Diemel
- Constellation2024 · as Sara Schiller
- 37 Sekunden2023 · as Clara Andersen
- Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause2020
- Labaule & Erben2018
- jerks.2017 · as Self
- The Last Kingdom2015 · as Brida
- Wer weiß denn sowas?2015 · as Self
- Shades of Guilt2015 · as Ulrike Gronau
- Zorn2014 · as Frieda Borck (Folge 1)
- Paul Kemp - Alles kein Problem2013 · as Manuela
- CopStories2013 · as Sonja Omminger
- Homeland2011 · as Claudia
- SOKO Stuttgart2009 · as Lucie Thieme
- Schnell ermittelt2009 · as Diana Weininger
- Vienna Crime Squad2005 · as Judith Stoll
- ZIBB2003 · as Self
- Kommissarin Lucas2003 · as Jeanette Wilson
- SOKO Kitzbühel2001 · as Gina Prinz
- SOKO Leipzig2001 · as Hannah Falck
- A Case For Two1981 · as Edith Egger
- Polizeiruf 1101971 · as Heike
- Scene of the Crime1970 · as Miranda Kador
- Scene of the Crime1970 · as Roswita Mader
- Scene of the Crime1970 · as Sybille Wildering