Alexandra Daddario

Birthday: 16 March 1986, New York City, New York, USA
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Alexandra Anna Daddario (born March 16, 1986) is an American actress, known to film audiences for playing Annabeth Chase in the 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Daddario was also in The Squid and the Whale, All My Children, The Babysitters, The Attic, The Hottest State, White Collar, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Bereavement. She starred as the main protagonist Heather Miller in the 2013 horror film Texas Chainsaw 3D.

Life and career

Daddario was born in New York and was raised on the Upper East Side;^[3] her parents are lawyers.^[4]
She is of Italian and Czechoslovakian descent.^[5]
She wanted to be an actress when she was a child but her first television role did not come about until she was 16 years old, when she booked the role of victimized teen Laurie Lewis on All My Children. At the same time, she was a sophomore attending a traditional girls school in New York. "I was finishing my sophomore year of high school at the Brearley School in New York,"^{[citation needed]} Daddario has stated. "I would not have been able to continue my education there."^{[citation needed]}
Daddario co-starred with Logan Lerman and Brandon T. Jackson in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the fantasy-adventure movie directed by Chris Columbus, which was released on February 12, 2010. Columbus and Craig Titley adapted the screenplay from The Lightning Thief, the first book of Rick Riordan's best-selling teens' series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians. Daddario plays Annabeth Chase. In 2011, she co-starred in the Farrelly Bros' latest comedy, Hall Pass.
Daddario also landed a recurring role on NBC's TV Series Parenthood as Rachel, who serves as a receptionist at The Luncheonette.
She played the main protagonist in the slasher film Texas Chainsaw 3D. The film was about a young woman who travels to Texas, along with her friends, to collect an inheritance; little does she know that an encounter with a chainsaw-wielding maniac is part of the reward. Texas Chainsaw 3D was released in January 2013.
In the end of 2012, Daddario starred in the music video for Imagine Dragons's "Radioactive".

 

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Squid and the Whale[6]	Pretty Girl
2006	Pitch[6]	Alex
2006	The Hottest State[6]	Kim
2007	The Babysitters[6]	Barbara Yates
2008	The Attic[6]	Ava Strauss
2009	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience[6]	Girlfriend (Central Park Couple)
2010	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief[6]	Annabeth Chase	Lead role
2010	Bereavement	Allison Miller	Lead role
2011	Hall Pass	Paige
2013	Texas Chainsaw 3D[7]	Heather Mills	Lead role
2013	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters[6]	Annabeth Chase	Post-production; scheduled for August 16, 2013

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2003	All My Children[6]	Laurie Lewis	43 episodes
2004	Law & Order[6]	Felicia	Episode "Enemy"
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent[6]	Susie Armstrong	Episode "In the Wee Small Hours (Part 1)"
2006	Law & Order	Samantha Beresford	Episode "Release"
2006	Conviction[6]	Vanessa	Episode "Pilot"
2006	The Sopranos[6]	Another Woman	Episode "Johnny Cakes"
2009	Damages[6]	Lily Arsenault	Episode "I Lied, Too"
2009	Life on Mars[6]	Emily 'Rocket Girl' Wyatt	Episode "Let All the Children Boogie"
2009	Nurse Jackie	Young Woman	Episode "Pilot"
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent[6]	Lisa Wellesley	Episode "Salome in Manhattan"
2009–2010	Odd Jobs	Cassie Stetner	Web-series
2009–2011	White Collar[6]	Kate Moreau	Recurring role (11 episodes)
2011–2012	Parenthood	Rachel	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2012	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Ruby Taft	Episode "Charlie and Dee Find Love"