Australian actress
Christine Stephen-Daly (born 1972) is an Australian actress. Her television credits include Pacific Drive (1996), Casualty (2001–04), Cutting It (2005), and House of Saddam (2008).
Early life
Stephen-Daly grew up in Melbourne with her father Paul, an entrepreneur and owner of a restaurant; mother Rhonnda, a housewife; and three sisters. Her father is of Hungarian ancestry.
Career
Stephen-Daly's first role was as Amber Kingsley in Pacific Drive. She made guest appearances in a number of other Australian television shows including Blue Heelers, Big Sky, All Saints, Water Rats, Murder Call, Wildside, Farscape, Stingers and Something in the Air.
She then went to the United Kingdom in September 2000 to have a break from acting in Australia. She made a guest appearance in EastEnders before landing the role as Lara Stone in the BBC One medical drama Casualty, a role she played for three years. She then went on to appear in Cutting It. Stephen-Daly also appeared in The Bill, and as Samira Shahbandar, Saddam Hussein's second wife in the BBC drama House of Saddam, as well as popular children's CBBC science fiction series, The Sarah Jane Adventures.
She appeared in Australia soap opera Neighbours in 2022 for 5 episodes.
Filmography
Film
Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Type
|
1996 |
Love and Other Catastrophes |
Susan |
Feature film
|
1996 |
Black Sun |
|
Short film
|
1998 |
Crimes of Fashion |
|
Short film
|
1999 |
Me Myself I |
Deirdre |
Feature film
|
1999 |
Change of Heart |
Julie Sinclair |
Feature film
|
Television
Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Type
|
1994 |
Blue Heelers |
Jilly Miles |
TV series, S2E42: "The First Stone"
|
1995 |
Janus |
Gilda |
TV series, S2E5: "My Learned Friend, Mr Hennessey"
|
1996 |
The Genie from Down Under |
Woman Tourist |
TV series, S1E13: "It's Still Magic"
|
1996 |
Pacific Drive |
Amber Kingsley |
TV series, S1, 11 episodes
|
1997 |
Big Sky |
Simone MacIntosh |
TV series, S1E36: "The Choice"
|
1998 |
All Saints |
Rachel McMahon |
TV series, S1E6: "Give and Take"
|
1998 |
Water Rats |
Sylvia Rapsardi |
TV series, S3E11: "Run for the Money"
|
1998 |
Murder Call |
Sonia Cameron |
TV series, S2E15: "Cry Wolf"
|
1999 |
Wildside |
Vicky Clark |
TV series, S2E8
|
1999 |
Stingers |
Christina Brock |
TV series, S1, 5 episodes
|
1999–2000 |
Farscape |
Lieutenant Teeg |
TV series, S1, 3 episodes
|
2000 |
Something in the Air |
Stephanie Bennett |
TV series, S1, 4 episodes
|
2001 |
EastEnders |
Celine |
TV series, 1 episode
|
2002 |
Holby City |
Dr. Lara Stone |
TV series, S4E2
|
2003 |
Children in Need |
Dr. Lara Stone |
|
2001–04 |
Casualty |
Lara Stone |
TV series, S16–18, 116 episodes
|
2005 |
Cutting It |
Melissa Devereaux |
TV series, S4, 6 episodes
|
2006–07 |
The Bill |
Kristen Shaw |
TV series, S22–23, 20 episodes
|
2008 |
Love Soup |
Kirsty |
TV series, S2E11: "Human Error"
|
2008 |
House of Saddam |
Samira Shahbandar |
TV docudrama miniseries, 3 episodes
|
2011 |
The Sarah Jane Adventures |
Miss Myers |
TV series, S5E1–2: "Sky"
|
2012 |
Emmerdale |
Barrister Fisher |
TV series, 5 episodes
|
2013 |
Jo |
Mirabelle Montaigne |
TV miniseries, 1 episode
|
2018 |
Doctors |
Lou Marwood |
TV series, S19, 4 episodes
|
2022 |
Neighbours |
Danielle Pendlebury |
TV series, 5 episodes
|
Radio
Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Type
|
2019 |
Prime Cut |
Tess Maguire |
BBC Radio 4
|
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Theatre
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References
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