Emily Cox (born 23 February 1985) is an Austrian actress of Irish-British heritage, currently based in Berlin and Vienna.
[1][2] She played the lead female role of Brida, in the British television series The Last Kingdom (2015–2022).
She developed an interest in acting after performing in a play as part of her English classes during her final year in high school.
From 2015 to 2022 she played the role of the Viking and Anglo-Saxon woman Brida in the TV series The Last Kingdom, which made her known to international audiences.
[1][4] Cox also appeared in a few movies for the big screen including The Fatherless (2011), The Silent Mountain and Head Full of Honey (2018).