Christine Stephen-Daly

Christine Stephen-Daly (born 1972) is an Australian actress. Her television credits include Pacific Drive, Casualty (2001–04), Cutting It (2005), and House of Saddam (2008).

Early life Stephen-Daly grew up in Melbourne with her father Paul, an entrepreneur and owner of a restaurant; mother Rhonnda, a housewife; and three sisters. Her father is of Hungarian ancestry.

Career Stephen-Daly's first role was as Amber Kingsley in Pacific Drive. She made guest appearances in a number of other Australian television shows including Blue Heelers, Big Sky, All Saints, Water Rats, Murder Call, Wildside, Farscape, Stingers and Something in the Air.

She then went to the United Kingdom in September 2000 to have a break from acting in Australia. She made a guest appearance in EastEnders before landing the role as Lara Stone in the BBC One medical drama Casualty, a role she played for three years. She then went on to appear in Cutting It. Stephen-Daly also appeared in The Bill, and as Samira Shahbandar, Saddam Hussein's second wife in the BBC drama House of Saddam, as well as popular children's CBBC science fiction series, The Sarah Jane Adventures.

She appeared in Australia soap opera Neighbours in 2022 for 5 episodes.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1996 Love and Other Catastrophes Susan Feature film 1996 Black Sun Short film 1998 Crimes of Fashion Short film 1999 Me Myself I Deirdre Feature film 1999 Change of Heart Julie Sinclair Feature film

Television

Radio Year Title Role Type 2019 Prime Cut Tess Maguire BBC Radio 4

Theatre Year Title Role Type 1992 Here Comes a Chopper NIDA 1992 The Seagull Nina Mikhailovna Zarechniy NIDA 1992 Cymbeline Arviragus NIDA 1992 That's Amore! NIDA 1993 Bobbin’ Up NIDA 1993 Road NIDA 1993 Anna Karenina Agatha / Princess Betsy / Peasant NIDA 1993 Miss Julie Miss Julie NIDA 1993 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Philostrate NIDA 1994 Desire Crossroads Theatre, Sydney 1997 Blinded by the Sun Joanna Ensemble Theatre 1998 The Sunshine Boys All female roles Ensemble Theatre 2000 Face to Face Julie Sinclair Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company 2006 The Blue Room All female roles Theatre Royal, UK 2007 A Conversation Loren Zamenac Royal Exchange, Manchester