Alexandra Daddario
Alexandra Anna Daddario born March 16, 1986 is an American actress. She had her breakthrough portraying Annabeth Chase in the Percy Jackson film series 2010–2013. She has since starred as Paige in Hall Pass 2011, Heather Miller in Texas Chainsaw 3D 2013, Blake Gaines in San Andreas 2015 Summer Quinn in Baywatch 2017 and Alexis Butler in We Summon the Darkness 2019. She has also guest starred in television series such as White Collar It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia True Detective New Girl and American Horror Story Hotel. In 2021 she starred in the first season of the HBO series The White Lotus for which she received widespread critical acclaim and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie in 2022.Early life and education
Alexandra Anna Daddario was born in New York City on March 16, 1986. The eldest child of Christina, a lawyer and Richard Daddario a prosecutor and former head of the New York City Police Department counterterrorism unit. She is of Italian, Irish, English, and Slovak descent. She has a younger brother, Matthew Daddario and a younger sister, who are both actors as well. Her paternal grandfather was Emilio Q. Daddario a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Connecticut from 1959 to 1971.
Daddario was raised on Manhattan's Upper East Side. She attended Brearley School and the Professional Children's School. Daddario said she decided to be an actress at the age of 11. "I always loved storytelling," she stated in 2019. "It was just something I genuinely wanted to do and I could've done anything, really. I did have every opportunity on the planet." She attended Marymount Manhattan College before dropping out to pursue acting full-time. She has studied the Meisner acting technique for years.
Acting career
Daddario made her television debut at the age of 15. When she played victimized girl Laurie Lewis in the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children. Her first major role was as Annabeth Chase in the fantasy adventure film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 2010. She also had a recurring role as Neal Caffrey's love interest, Kate Moreau, in the USA Network procedural drama series White Collar. In 2011. she appeared in the comedy film Hall Pass and had a recurring role as Rachel in NBC's comedy drama series Parenthood.
In 2012 Daddario starred in the music video for Imagine Dragons' song "Radioactive", which surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube. She appeared as a guest in an episode of the FX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in which she portrayed Ruby Taft. Her first starring role after Percy Jackson was as lead character Heather Miller in the slasher film Texas Chainsaw 3D 2013. In August 2013 Daddario reprised her role as Annabeth Chase in the film sequel Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters. She then appeared in the romantic horror comedy Burying the Ex. Burying the Ex premiered out of competition as the Venice Film Festival in 2014.
Daddario at Austin Film Festival in October 2016
In January 2013 Daddario was cast in the first season of the HBO anthology series True Detective. She appeared in a four episode arc as Lisa Tragnetti a court reporter having an extramarital affair with one of the main characters. Her nude scenes in the series attracted much attention.The following year, she had a lead role as Blake Gaines in the disaster film San Andreas and made a cameo appearance in the pilot of the Fox comedy series The Last Man on Earth.That same year, she made a guest appearance on American Horror Story Hotel portraying a fictionalized version of designer Natacha Rambova.
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