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 Fenra 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
Theatre Year Title Role Type 1992 Here Comes a Chopper NIDA 1992 The Seagull Nina Mikhailovna Zarechniy NIDA 1992 Cymbeline Arviragus NIDA 1992 That's Amore! NIDA 1993 Bobbin’ Up NIDA 1993 Road NIDA 1993 Anna Karenina Agatha / Princess Betsy / Peasant NIDA 1993 Miss Julie Miss Julie NIDA 1993 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Philostrate NIDA 1994 Desire Crossroads Theatre, Sydney 1997 Blinded by the Sun Joanna Ensemble Theatre 1998 The Sunshine Boys All female roles Ensemble Theatre 2000 Face to Face Julie Sinclair Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company 2006 The Blue Room All female roles Theatre Royal, UK 2007 A Conversation Loren Zamenac Royal Exchange, Manchester
References
External links
BBC.co.uk — Christine's official Casualty webpage. Dead Link