Alexandra Daddario Biography

Alexandra Daddario

Biography

Overview (3)

Date of Birth	16 March 1986, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name	Alexandra Anna Daddario
Height	5' 8" (1.73 m)

Mini Bio (2)

Alexandra Anna Daddario was born on March 16, 1986 in New York City, New York, to Christina, a lawyer, and Richard Daddario, a prosecutor. Her brother is actor Matthew Daddario, and her grandfather was congressman Emilio Daddario (Emilio Q. Daddario), of Connecticut. She has Italian, Irish, Hungarian, German, and English ancestry. She wanted to be an actress when she was young. Her first job came at age 16, when she got the role of "Laurie Lewis" on All My Children (1970). Alex co-starred, with Logan Lerman & Brandon T. Jackson, in the role of 'Annabeth Chase" in the "Percy Jackson" movies, which were based on Rick Riordan's best-selling teen books. Also, she played the main character in Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013), which was released in 2013. At the end of 2012, Alex starred in the music video, Imagine Dragons's "Radioactive".

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jaehun Han

Alexandra Daddario is an American actress. She is known for playing "Annabeth Chase" in the "Percy Jackson" film series and "Blake Gaines" in San Andreas (2015). She starred in the films, Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) and Hall Pass (2011), and has guest-starred on TV series, including White Collar (2009), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), True Detective (2014), and American Horror Story (2011): Hotel.

In 2014, Daddario gained attention for her role on the first season of the HBO series, True Detective (2014). The following year, she had a lead role in the earthquake film, San Andreas (2015), alongside Dwayne Johnson, and had a guest appearance on American Horror Story (2011): Hotel.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges

Trade Mark (1)

Strikingly blue bold eyes

Trivia (8)

Has been an actress since 2002.

Her parents are lawyers; her father Richard C. Daddario, was a federal prosecutor in New York City for 13 years, before being named head of the NYC Police Department's anti-terrorism units in 2010.

Her father is of three quarters Italian and one quarter Irish descent, while her mother has Hungarian, German, and English ancestry.

At 16, she transferred from the Brearley School to the Professional Children's School in New York to focus on acting full time.

Attended Marymount Manhattan College in NYC.

Older sister of actor Matthew Daddario and Catharine Daddario.

Ranked #80 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

She did voiceover work on I Spy School Days.

Personal Quotes (6)

To be an actress and act crazy is really fun for me, to be able to be acting like you'd never be able to act in your real life and scream and freak out. It's an interesting test for an actor.

I'm very into fantasy films.

I'm really easily affected by horror films. I have pretty strong reactions to them.

I love stories about people that, whatever situation they're in, you can relate to them in a way.

I never know what's going to happen or what opportunities are going to be given to me. I've found with the opportunities that I've been given have made it possible for me to explore different characters and exciting stories.

I went to an all-girls school for part of high school, and the idea of boys was amazing to me. Like, all I ever wanted to do was kiss boys and be around boys.