Christine Stephen-Daly

Christine Stephen-Daly (born 5 December 1973 ) is an Australian television actress.

Biography

Stephen-Daly grew up in Melbourne with her father Paul, an entrepreneur who was the originator of the world's first travelling tram restaurant in Melbourne in 1993; mother Rhonnda, a housewife; and three sisters Louise, Laura, and international model Emily.

Stephen-Daly's first big break came in landing the role as Amber Kingsley in Pacific Drive. She appeared in a number of other Australian television programmes including Farscape, Stingers and Something in the Air.

She then came to the United Kingdom in September 2000 to have a break from the constant acting work she did in Australia. She had a guest appearance in EastEnders before landing the role as popular Lara Stone in the BBC One medical drama Casualty. A role which she played for three years, she then went on to appear in Cutting It.

Stephen-Daly has also appeared in The Bill as Kristen Shaw, a sexy drug baroness. She portrayed the role of Samira Shahbandar, Saddam Hussein's second wife in the BBC drama House of Saddam. Stephen-Daly also appeared in the popular children's CBBC science fiction series, The Sarah Jane Adventures as evil alien Miss Myers. Stephen-Daly also appeared in ITV soap opera, Emmerdale in 2012, as a barrister Fisher when Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) and Cameron Murray (Dominic Power) go to court and are questioned about the murder of Carl King (Tom Lister).

Notable appearances

Film

• Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
• Crimes of Fashion (1998)
• Change of Heart (1999)
• Me Myself I (1999)

Television

• Pacific Drive (1996)
• Farscape (1999)
• Stingers (1999)
• Something in the Air (2000)
• EastEnders (2001)
• Casualty (2001–04)
• Cutting It (2005)
• The Bill (2006–2007)
• House of Saddam (2008)
• The Sarah Jane Adventures (2011)
• Emmerdale (2012)

External links

• Christine Stephen-Daly at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC.co.uk — Christine's official Casualty webpage. Dead Link