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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).- Actress
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SAG Award Nominee Madison Thompson is a triple threat best known for her role as Erin Pierce on seasons three and four of Netflix's Emmy Award-winning show Ozark. Thompson plays 'Erin,' the 17-year-old daughter of cartel lawyer Helen Pierce (Janet McTeer).
Most recently, Madison starred in the Paramount+ musical series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, a prequel to the beloved classic Grease. The series was lauded as a "celebration of teen friendship" by The Hollywood Reporter. Madison was a standout as 'Susan,' leader of the Socs and most popular girl at Rydell High School, with Collider praising her performance for "[discovering] ways to make Susan escape the cheerleader stereotype, including finding new and delicious ways to be mean."
Thompson's other credits include playing opposite Sabrina Carpenter in Amazon's Emergency which premiered at Sundance 2022, guest starring opposite Scott Bacula on NCIS:New Orleans (CBS), Helen Hunt's daughter on Shots Fired (Fox), across Lana Condor in Netflix's Boo Bitch, among many other projects.
Madison began performing at the age of ten in a wide range of musical theater roles, from "Ariel" in Footloose to "Brigitta" in The Sound of Music. She received a 2018 Shuler Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role as "Wendy" in Peter Pan. Aside from acting, Madison is a recent graduate of the University of Southern California where she was a Presidential Merit Scholar. She graduated with the highest honors of Summa Cum Laude from the Marshall School of Business and the School of Cinematic Arts with a BS in Business of Cinematic Arts. When she's not acting, Madison enjoys writing comedy, playing with her two dogs, hot yoga, and posting on her chocolate Instagram account.- Actress
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Alice Sophia Eve was born in London, England. Her father is Trevor Eve and her mother is Sharon Maughan, both fellow actors. She is the eldest of three children. Eve has English, Irish and Welsh ancestry. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California when she was young as her father tried to crack the American market. However, they returned to the United Kingdom when she was age 13.
She attended a school in Chichester for a year, whilst her mother appeared in a play. She then moved to Bedales School, where she first started acting in "Les Misérables" and "Twelfth Night". She took her A-Levels at Westminster School in London. She took a gap year before starting the university to study at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Afterwards, she returned to the United Kingdom to read English at St. Catherine's College, Oxford University. While at the university, she appeared in student productions of "An Ideal Husband", "Animal Crackers" (which toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival), "Scenes from an Execution" and "The Colour of Justice".
Alice appeared in television dramas as well as two plays by Trevor Nunn and the play "Rock 'n' Roll" by Tom Stoppard. She got her first film role in Starter for 10 (2006) with James McAvoy and followed that with the film Big Nothing (2006) alongside Simon Pegg. In 2006, she went to India to shoot the British miniseries Losing Gemma (2006). Alice was introduced to American audiences in the film Crossing Over (2009). Her first high-profile role was in the sequel Sex and the City 2 (2010), where she played Charlotte York's Irish nanny. She also played the female lead role in She's Out of My League (2010), where her parents also played her character's parents.