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, her sister is actor Catharine Daddario, and her grandfather was congressman Emilio Daddario (Emilio Q. Daddario), of Connecticut. She has Italian, Irish, Hungarian/Slovak 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 and Brandon T. Jackson, in the role of Annabeth Chase in the Percy Jackson movies, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013), which were based on Rick Riordan's best-selling teen books. At the end of 2012, Alex starred in the music video, Imagine Dragons's "Radioactive".
Alexandra became more known in the 2010s, as she starred as Blake Gaines in earthquake film San Andreas (2015), alongside Dwayne Johnson, and in the films Hall Pass (2011), Texas Chainsaw (2013), and Baywatch (2017). She has appeared on many TV series, including White Collar (2009), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), 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).
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Chrissy & Dave Dine Out (2024)
Guest starring as Alexandra Daddario
- Episode 1x05: Double the Fun (Feb 21, 2024)
Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches (2023)
Starring as Rowan Fielding
(10 episodes)
- Episode 2x02: Ten of Swords (Jan 12, 2025)
- Episode 2x01: Lasher (Jan 5, 2025)
- Episode 1x08: What Rough Beast (Feb 23, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: Tessa (Feb 16, 2023)
- Episode 1x06: Transference (Feb 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: The Thrall (Feb 2, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Curiouser and Curiouser (Jan 26, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Second Line (Jan 19, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: The Dark Place (Jan 12, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: The Witching Hour (Jan 5, 2023)
The White Lotus (2021)
Starring as Rachel Patton
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Departures (Aug 15, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: The Lotus-Eaters (Aug 8, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Recentering (Aug 1, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: Mysterious Monkeys (Jul 25, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: New Day (Jul 18, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Arrivals (Jul 11, 2021)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Alexandra Daddario
- Episode 4x71: Alexandra Daddario, Justin Guarini, Tauren Wells (Jan 4, 2023)
Why Women Kill (2019)
Starring as Jade
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Kill Me as If It Were the Last Time (Oct 17, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: I Was Just Wondering What Makes Dames Like You So Deadly (Oct 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: Marriages Don't Break Up on Account of Murder - It's Just a Symptom That Something Else Is Wrong (Oct 3, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: I Found Out What the Secret to Murder Is: Friends. Best Friends. (Sep 26, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: Practically Lethal in Every Way (Sep 19, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: There's No Crying in Murder (Sep 12, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: You Had Me at Homicide (Sep 5, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: I Killed Everyone He Did, But Backwards and in High Heels (Aug 29, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: I'd Like to Kill Ya, But I Just Washed My Hair (Aug 22, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Murder Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry (Aug 15, 2019)
Do You Want to See a Dead Body? (2017)
Guest starring as Alexandra Daddario
- Episode 1x05: A Body and a Plane (Nov 17, 2017)
Carpool Karaoke: The Series (2017)
Guest starring as Alexandra Daddario
- Episode 5x02: Murray Bartlett, Alexandra Daddario & Sydney Sweeney (May 27, 2022)
Live with Kelly and Ryan (2017)
Guest starring as Alexandra Daddario
- Episode 1x19: Jamie Foxx, Alexandra Daddario, Normani Kordei (May 25, 2017)
Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist (2016)
Guest starring as Alexandra Daddario
- Episode 7x52: Alexandra Daddario (Jan 8, 2023)
The Girlfriend Experience (2016)
Starring as Tawny
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x08: A Set of Lies Agreed Upon (Jun 13, 2021)
- Episode 3x05: Control Shift (May 23, 2021)
- Episode 3x04: Shuffle (May 16, 2021)
- Episode 3x01: Mirrors (May 2, 2021)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Alexandra Daddario
- Episode 2019-09-11: Jay Duplass, Alexandra Daddario, Noah Gardenswartz (Sep 11, 2019)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Alexandra Daddario
- Episode 2017-05-25: Bryan Cranston, Alexandra Daddario, Jessica Seinfeld, Matt Frazier (May 25, 2017)
True Detective (2014)
Guest starring as Lisa Tragnetti
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Who Goes There (Feb 9, 2014)
- Episode 1x03: The Locked Room (Jan 26, 2014)
- Episode 1x02: Seeing Things (Jan 19, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: The Long Bright Dark (Jan 12, 2014)
American Horror Story (2011)
Guest starring as Natacha Rambova
(3 episodes)
- Episode 5x10: She Gets Revenge (Dec 16, 2015)
- Episode 5x09: She Wants Revenge (Dec 9, 2015)
- Episode 5x07: Flicker (Nov 18, 2015)
New Girl (2011)
Guest starring as Michelle
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x07: Goldmine (Nov 11, 2014)
- Episode 3x20: Mars Landing (Mar 25, 2014)
Parenthood (2010)
Guest starring as Rachel
(5 episodes)
- Episode 3x13: Just Smile (Jan 10, 2012)
- Episode 3x11: Missing (Nov 29, 2011)
- Episode 3x10: Mr. Honesty (Nov 22, 2011)
- Episode 3x09: Sore Loser (Nov 15, 2011)
- Episode 3x08: In-Between (Nov 8, 2011)
White Collar (2009)
Guest starring as Kate Moreau
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x11: Forging Bonds (Jan 25, 2011)
- Episode 1x14: Out of the Box (Mar 9, 2010)
- Episode 1x08: Hard Sell (Jan 19, 2010)
- Episode 1x07: Free Fall (Dec 4, 2009)
- Episode 1x05: The Portrait (Nov 20, 2009)
- Episode 1x02: Threads (Oct 30, 2009) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 23, 2009) [Co-Star]
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
Guest starring as Ruby Taft
- Episode 8x04: Charlie and Dee Find Love (Nov 1, 2012)
The Sopranos (1999)
Guest starring as Another Woman
- Episode 6x08: Johnny Cakes (Apr 30, 2006) [Co-Star]
All My Children (1970)
Starring as Laurie Lewis
(25 episodes)
- Episode 2003-03-31: Monday March 31 2003 (Mar 31, 2003)
- Episode 2003-03-28: Fri Mar 28 2003 (Mar 28, 2003)
- Episode 2003-03-27: Thurs Mar 27 2003 (Mar 27, 2003)
- Episode 2003-03-19: Wednesday March 19 2003 (Mar 19, 2003)
- Episode 2003-03-12: Wed Mar 12 2003 (Mar 12, 2003)
- Episode 2003-03-10: Mon Mar 10 2003 (Mar 10, 2003)
- Episode 2003-02-24: Monday February 24 2003 (Feb 24, 2003)
- Episode 2003-02-21: Friday February 21 2003 (Feb 21, 2003)
- Episode 2003-02-20: Thursday February 20 2003 (Feb 20, 2003)
- Episode 2003-02-18: Tuesday February 18 2003 (Feb 18, 2003)
- Episode 2003-01-30: Thurs Jan 30 2003 (Jan 30, 2003)
- Episode 2003-01-29: Wed Jan 29 2003 (Jan 29, 2003)
- Episode 2003-01-27: Mon Jan 27 2003 (Jan 27, 2003)
- Episode 2003-01-24: Friday January 24 2003 (Jan 24, 2003)
- Episode 2003-01-16: Thurs Jan 16 2003 (Jan 16, 2003)
- Episode 2003-01-16: Thurs Jan 16 2003 (Jan 16, 2003)
- Episode 2003-01-14: Tues Jan 14 2003 (Jan 14, 2003)
- Episode 2003-01-13: Mon Jan 13 2003 (Jan 13, 2003)
- Episode 2003-01-08: Wednesday January 08 2003 (Jan 8, 2003)
- Episode 2003-01-06: Monday January 06 2003 (Jan 6, 2003)
- Episode 2003-01-03: Fri Jan 03 2003 (Jan 3, 2003)
- Episode 2002-06-27: Thursday June 27 2002 (Jun 27, 2002)
- Episode 2002-06-26: Wednesday June 26 2002 (Jun 26, 2002)
- Episode 2002-06-25: Tuesday June 25 2002 (Jun 25, 2002)
- Episode 2002-06-21: Fri Jun 21 2002 (Jun 21, 2002)
The Emmy Awards (1949)
Guest starring as Alexandra Daddario
- Episode 2022-09-12: The 74th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2022 (Sep 12, 2022)