Christine Stephen-Daly

Christine Stephen-Daly (born 1973) is an Australian actress. Her television credits include Pacific Drive (1996), Casualty (2001–04), Cutting It (2005), and House of Saddam (2008).

Biography

Stephen-Daly grew up in Melbourne with her father Paul, an entrepreneur and owner of a restaurant; mother Rhonnda, a housewife; and three sisters.

Stephen-Daly's first break came in the role of 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 went to the United Kingdom in September 2000 to have a break from acting in Australia. She had a guest appearance in EastEnders before landing the role as 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. 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.

She appears in the final run of Neighbours in 2022.

Filmography

Film

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

Television

• Pacific Drive (1996) as Amber Kingsley
• Water Rats (1998) as Sylvia Rapsardi
• Murder Call (1998, S2E15: Cry Wolf) as Sonia Black
• Farscape (1999) as Lieutenant Teeg
• Stingers (1999)
• Something in the Air (2000)
• EastEnders (2001)
• Casualty (2001–04) as Lara Stone
• Cutting It (2005, S4) as Melissa Devereaux
• The Bill (2006–07, S2) as Kristen Shaw
• House of Saddam (2008) as Samira Shahbandar
• Sky (The Sarah Jane Adventures) (2011) as Miss Myers
• Emmerdale (2012)
• Neighbours (2022) as Danielle Pendlebury

External links

• Christine Stephen-Daly at IMDb
• BBC.co.uk Archived 19 April 2013 at archive.today — Christine's official Casualty webpage. Dead Link