Alexandra Park (actress)

Alexandra Park
Park at the Television Critics Association's Press Tour in January 2015
Born (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 35)
Sydney, Australia[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
Spouse
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(m. 2022)​
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Alexandra Park is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Claudia Hammond in the Australian soap opera Home and Away in 2009. She also starred in the E! drama series The Royals as Princess Eleanor from 2015 to 2018.

Career

Park made her acting debut in the Australian television series The Elephant Princess in 2011, playing Veronica.[3]

In 2009, she played Claudia Hammond in the soap opera Home and Away. During that time, she appeared in an episode of Packed to the Rafters in 2011. She appeared as Sienna in the 2012 short film Arc.

She also appeared in a 2013 episode of the television series Wonderland as Jodie. From 2015 to 2018, she portrayed Princess Eleanor in the E! original series The Royals.

Park played a filmmaker in the horror thriller film Carnifex, which screened at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2022. It was South Australian film editor Sean Lahiff's directing debut.[4] In the film, Park's character and two conservationists encounter a terrifying new species after huge bushfires have ravaged the land. Filmed in Kuitpo Forest, the film has large-scale special effects, and stars Sisi Stringer and Harry Greenwood, son of actor Hugo Weaving.[5]

Personal life

Before getting the role of Princess Eleanor in The Royals,[6] Park was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes[7] which she discussed in her book Sugar High.[8]

In May 2022 she married fiancé James Lafferty in Hawaii after 7 years together.[9]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Home and Away Claudia Hammond / Robyn Sullivan TV series (30 episodes)
2011 The Elephant Princess Veronica TV series (23 episodes)
2011 Packed to the Rafters Courtney TV series (episode: "Risky Business")
2012 Arc Sienna Short film
2013 Wonderland Jodie TV series (episode: "Comfort Zone")
2015–2018 The Royals Princess Eleanor Henstridge TV series (4 seasons; 40 episodes)
2017 12 Feet Deep Jonna
2018 Shooting in Vain Lucy
2018 Ben Is Back Cara K.
2019 In the Dark Jenny Dickens TV series (episode: "I Woke Up Like This")
2021 Everyone Is Doing Great Andrea Cooper-Davis TV series
2022 Carnifex Bailey
2023 Leverage: Redemption Astrid Pickford TV series

References

  1. ^ "Alexandra Park Bio". NBCUniversal. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. ^ Jackson, Dory (26 May 2022). "'One Tree Hill''s James Lafferty Marries 'The Royals' Star Alexandra Park in Hawaii". People. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ Emanuele Manta (16 May 2014). "Elizabeth Hurley is the str **** in the teaser trailer for The Royals". comingsoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ^ "AFF announces the first 5 films for 2022". Adelaide Film Festival. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  5. ^ Debelle, Penelope (7 October 2022). "The state of science fiction". InDaily . Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  6. ^ "The Royals (TV Series 2015–2018) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  7. ^ Longeretta, Emily (19 May 2021). "Alexandra Park Details Type 1 Diabetes in New Memoir: Read an Excerpt".
  8. ^ "Sugar High: The Unexpected Journey of an Inexperienced …". Goodreads.
  9. ^ "One Tree Hill's James Lafferty Marries The Royals Star Alexandra Park in Hawaii".