Daphne Alexander

Daphne Alexander is a Cypriot actress best known for playing Nadia Talianos in the BBC Drama series Casualty and Modesty Blaise in three BBC radio adaptations.

Early life Alexander was born and brought up in Cyprus, living later in both Paris, France and London, England. She studied law at Somerville College, Oxford before training to be an actress at LAMDA.

Career Soon after graduating from LAMDA, Alexander was cast in the BBC's long running medical drama Casualty, playing nurse Nadia from February to December 2007. In 2011 she starred in the short film The Palace, which won multiple awards and received wide critical acclaim.

On stage, Alexander has worked in both London and New York. Notable productions include Hidden in the Sand (2013), and City Stories (2015–2016), by Alan Lane of the Slung Low Theatre Company.

She appeared in the films Minore, from director Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, and Siege on Liperti Street, directed by Stavros Pamballis, which were both screened at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, in addition to starring in the films The Hunted and One Night in Bath. She also made an appearance as Amy in the 2023 film Sergeant, and starred as British-Greek journalist called Thalia Symon in Beckett, in addition to appearing in Smyrna, My Beloved. and appearing as Bromie in the second season of The Sandman on Netflix.

She has also done voice work, most notably playing Modesty Blaise in a series of adaptations for BBC Radio 4, and voicing various characters in video game Assassin's Creed Odyssey. 2010 The Ghost Writer Connie

The Palace Stella Short film Mesocafé Bisan 2013 Push Dreamer Short film 2015 Always in the Present Florence 2018 Welcome Home Young Woman

Siege on Liperti Street Mrs P Music to Die For Royal Marine SNCO / Radio Announcer Short film

Beckett Thalia Symon First Swim Daphne Short film A Girls Mum Short film Smyrna, My Beloved Katina Horton 2022 The Impact Royal Marine SNCO

Minore Aliki Sergeant Amy My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Yeni Alvarez

The Hunted Victoria Murphy's Law Anna Loose Strands Irini Short film

Pomegranate Tatevik Short film One Night in Bath Jennifer Maricel Dimitra The Christmas Carols Timothea

Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Janita Episode: "Episode 3" Dream Team Gabrielle Taylor Recurring role; 2 episodes 2007 Casualty Nadia Talianos Series regular; 37 episodes 2010 Doctors Kate Nichols Episode: "Fire and Water" 2023 Zoe Nina Episode: "Salome" 2025 Revenge Games Ioulia Recurring role Kabul Pilot Sofia Romano Recurring role; 5 episodes The Sandman Bromie Episode: "The Song of Orpheus"

Radio Year Title Role Notes 2012 A Taste for Death Modesty Blaise BBC Radio 4 15-minute Drama 2014 Modesty Blaise Modesty Blaise BBC Radio 4 15-minute Drama 2017 The Silver Mistress Modesty Blaise BBC Radio 4 15-minute Drama

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2012 Project Zero 2: Wii Edition Mio Amakura 2018 Assassin's Creed Odyssey Anthousa/Greek Civilian 2020 Dreams Laila 2022 Expeditions: Rome Zenobia/Xenoclea/Aurelia Cotta Babylon's Fall Background Voices English version

Theatre credits