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Alexandra Daddario in 2022
Born	Alexandra Anna Daddario (1986-03-16) March 16, 1986 (age 38) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
Spouse(s)	Andrew Form ​ (m. 2022)​
Relatives	Matthew Daddario (brother) Emilio Q. Daddario (grandfather)

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).

In 2021, she starred in the first season of the HBO series The White Lotus, for which she received critical acclaim and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie in 2022. In 2023 she began playing the lead role of Dr. Rowan Fielding in the AMC series Mayfair Witches based on a series of novels written by author Anne Rice.

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 Czech descent. She has a younger brother, Matthew Daddario, and a younger sister, Catharine, 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 spent years studying the Meisner acting technique.

Career

2000s–2015: Early work and recognition

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 at 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. ..... 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.

2016–2020: Breakthrough

In 2016, Daddario had a supporting role in the Nicholas Sparks romantic drama film The Choice, directed by Ross Katz. Daddario subsequently starred as one of the leads in the film adaptation of Baywatch (2017). She played Summer Quinn, who was portrayed by Nicole Eggert in the original television series. That same year, Daddario portrayed Kate Jeffries in the road trip comedy The Layover (2017), directed by William H. Macy.

In 2018, Daddario appeared in the music video "Wait" by Maroon 5 and starred as Avery Martin in the romantic comedy When We First Met, opposite the film's co-writer Adam DeVine. Daddario made a cameo appearance as a scuba diver in Rampage, directed by San Andreas filmmaker Brad Peyton, but her scenes were cut from the final film. Daddario starred as Constance Blackwood in We Have Always Lived in the Castle, a film adaptation of Shirley Jackson's mystery thriller novel of the same name. Daddario also starred in the psychological thriller Night Hunter, which premiered at the LA Film Festival on September 28, 2018. Daddario portrayed Jade in the first season of the CBS All Access series Why Women Kill (2019-2021). In 2019, Daddario starred in and produced two films, the romantic comedy Can You Keep a Secret?, based on the novel of the same name by Sophie Kinsella, and the horror thriller We Summon the Darkness, directed by Marc Meyers.

In 2020, Daddario provided the voice of Lois Lane in the superhero animated film Superman: Man of Tomorrow and starred in the noir film Lost Girls & Love Hotels. She also appeared in Songbird, the first film shot in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since 2021: The White Lotus and mainstream recognition

In 2021 she appeared in the HBO social satire series The White Lotus and the film Die in a Gunfight. For her performance in the former, she received widespread critical acclaim alongside the rest of the cast, with The Hollywood Reporter declaring that her performance "should redefine how audiences and casting directors see her." She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie in 2022.

Daddario starred in the 2022 coming-of-age film Wildflower. Beginning in 2023, she starred in the AMC series Mayfair Witches, based on the Anne Rice novel series Lives of the Mayfair Witches.

Personal life

Since about 2020, she has been in a relationship with producer Andrew Form. On December 2, 2021, they announced their engagement. They married in June 2022.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Squid and the Whale	Pretty Girl
2006	The Hottest State	Kim
2007	The Attic	Ava Strauss
	The Babysitters	Barbara Yates
2009	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Girlfriend
2010	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Annabeth Chase
	Bereavement	Allison Miller	The second installment in the Malevolence film series; also known as Malevolence 2: Bereavement.
2011	Hall Pass	Paige
2013	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Annabeth Chase
	Texas Chainsaw 3D	Heather Miller
2014	Burying the Ex	Olivia
2015	San Andreas	Blake Gaines
2016	Baked in Brooklyn	Kate Winston
	The Choice	Monica
2017	Baywatch	Summer Quinn
	The House	Corsica	Deleted scene only
	The Layover	Kate Jeffries
2018	Night Hunter	Rachel Chase
	Rampage	Scuba diver	Deleted scene only
	We Have Always Lived in the Castle	Constance Blackwood
	When We First Met	Avery Martin
2019	Can You Keep a Secret?	Emma Corrigan	Also executive producer
	Lost Transmissions	Dana Lee
	We Summon the Darkness	Alexis Butler	Also producer
2020	Lost Girls & Love Hotels	Margaret	Filmed in 2017
	1 Night in San Diego	Kelsey
	Songbird	May	Direct-to-video film
	Superman: Man of Tomorrow	Lois Lane	Voice role; direct-to-video film
2021	Die in a Gunfight	Mary Rathcart
2022	Wildflower	Joy
2024	Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths	Lois Lane	Voice role; direct-to-video film
	I Wish You All the Best	Hannah
TBA	A Tree Fell in the Woods	Debs	Post-production

Television

Web

Music videos

Video games

Awards and nominations

See also

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