She is known for playing the lead role in the 2021 TV crime drama series Black Sands.
Aldís Amah Hamilton was born in Germany to an Icelandic author and journalist Alda Sigmundsdóttir and an American father who were working there as English teachers.
[3][4] During her studies in 2016, she appeared as Desdemona in the Vesturport's performance of Othello in the National Theatre of Iceland.
[2] In 2020, Aldís appeared in the Netflix's Icelandic original series Katla, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.
[5] In 2021 it was announced that she had been cast as the lead actress of the TV series Black Sands, directed by Baldvin Zophoníasson, where she plays the character of Aníta.