# Alexandra Daddario
**Alexandra Daddario** (Alexandra Anna Daddario, born 1986) is an American actress known for playing Annabeth Chase in the [Percy Jackson](https://www.edgepedia.org/percy-jackson) films, Lisa Tragnetti in the first season of *True Detective*, and Rachel Patton in the first season of HBO's *The White Lotus*, for which she received an Emmy nomination.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1275259/) • [2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/alexandra-daddario/) • [3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/alexandra-daddario) Since 2023 she has led AMC's *Mayfair Witches* as Dr. Rowan Fielding, her first lead television role.[4](https://www.thewrap.com/alexandra-daddario-mayfair-witches-amc/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986, New York City, to Christina, a lawyer, and Richard Daddario, a prosecutor[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1275259/) |
| First role | Laurie Lewis on the soap *All My Children* in 2002, at age 16; she left in 2003 after more than 40 episodes[2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/alexandra-daddario/) |
| Breakout film role | Annabeth Chase in *Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* (2010), which grossed $95 million in the United States and $226 million worldwide[2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/alexandra-daddario/) |
| Emmy nomination | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, 2022, as Rachel Patton in *The White Lotus*[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/alexandra-daddario) |
| Lead TV role | Dr. Rowan Fielding, a neurosurgeon and witch, in AMC's *Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches* (2023– ), renewed through a third season[4](https://www.thewrap.com/alexandra-daddario-mayfair-witches-amc/) • [5](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a69206445/alexandra-daddario-i-wish-you-all-the-best-film-interview-2025/) |
| Recent films | *I Wish You All the Best* (2025) and *Hershey* (2026), in which she plays Catherine Hershey[5](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a69206445/alexandra-daddario-i-wish-you-all-the-best-film-interview-2025/) • [6](https://www.movieinsider.com/p17273/alexandra-daddario) |
| Personal life | Married to producer Andrew Form; the couple announced a split in February 2026 after three years of marriage; she is a mother of one[7](https://www.justjared.com/tags/alexandra-daddario/) • [5](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a69206445/alexandra-daddario-i-wish-you-all-the-best-film-interview-2025/) |
## Early life and training
Daddario was born in New York City and studied at the [Professional Children's School](https://www.edgepedia.org/professional-childrens-school). She trained in the [Meisner technique](https://www.edgepedia.org/meisner-technique) in New York and, as a child, was obsessed with *Les Misérables*, taking acting lessons and booking commercials before her first screen role.[2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/alexandra-daddario/) • [8](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/features/alexandra-daddario) • [9](https://www.thefancarpet.com/interview/alexandradaddario_percyjackson_seaofmosters_interview/)
## Television beginnings and early film
Her first role came in 2002, at 16, as the troubled teenager Laurie Lewis on the ABC soap *All My Children*, a cast that also included [Amanda Seyfried](https://www.edgepedia.org/amanda-seyfried) and [Michael B. Jordan](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-b-jordan). She appeared in more than 40 episodes before leaving the show in 2003.[2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/alexandra-daddario/) • [10](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/02/alexandra-daddario) After two years of small parts, she had brief appearances in [Noah Baumbach](https://www.edgepedia.org/noah-baumbach)'s *The Squid and the Whale* (2005) and Ethan Hawke's *The Hottest State* (2006), followed by a recurring role on the USA procedural *White Collar* from 2009.[2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/alexandra-daddario/)
**Percy Jackson.** Her first leading role and first franchise came with *Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* (2010), in which she played Annabeth Chase, the demigod daughter of Athena. The film earned $95 million in the United States and $226 million worldwide, leading to the sequel *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters* (2013), in which she reprised the role.[2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/alexandra-daddario/) • [11](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-198784/biographie/) She has said that acting against green screens, which the production relied on heavily, was a skill her New York training had not covered.[9](https://www.thefancarpet.com/interview/alexandradaddario_percyjackson_seaofmosters_interview/)
Through the early 2010s she moved across genres: the horror film *Bereavement* (2010), her first, the comedy *Hall Pass* (2011) with [Owen Wilson](https://www.edgepedia.org/owen-wilson) and [Jason Sudeikis](https://www.edgepedia.org/jason-sudeikis), the horror sequel *Texas Chainsaw 3D* (2013), and an appearance as a puppet-bearing drifter in [Imagine Dragons](https://www.edgepedia.org/imagine-dragons)' music video for "Radioactive."[2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/alexandra-daddario/)
## True Detective and film prominence
In the first season of HBO's *True Detective* (2014), Daddario played Lisa Tragnetti, a court reporter who becomes involved with [Woody Harrelson](https://www.edgepedia.org/woody-harrelson)'s Martin Hart, in a four-episode arc that included nudity she has said she accepted because the character required it.[10](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/02/alexandra-daddario) She followed the role with the disaster film *San Andreas* (2015) opposite [Dwayne Johnson](https://www.edgepedia.org/dwayne-johnson) and the 2017 *Baywatch* movie, for which she added strength training to her yoga routine.[12](https://www.flicks.co.uk/features/interview-alexandra-daddario-star-of-san-andreas/) • [13](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/wonder-how-alexandra-daddario-kept-baywatch-abs-core-routine-2026-white-lotus)
## The White Lotus
Daddario played Rachel Patton, a journalist newly married to Shane Patton ([Jake Lacy](https://www.edgepedia.org/jake-lacy)), in the first season of Mike White's HBO satire *The White Lotus* (2021), set at a Hawaiian resort. She has described taking the role during the pandemic with modest expectations and said the show's reception became a career highlight.[14](https://time.com/6090229/alexandra-daddario-the-white-lotus/) • [5](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a69206445/alexandra-daddario-i-wish-you-all-the-best-film-interview-2025/) The first season won ten of its 22 Emmy nominations, and Daddario herself was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the 2022 ceremony.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/alexandra-daddario) • [15](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/white-lotus-star-jake-lacy-reveals-why-its-every-actors-dream-job/) She has said she would be curious to return to the character in a future season.[5](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a69206445/alexandra-daddario-i-wish-you-all-the-best-film-interview-2025/)
## Mayfair Witches and recent work
In 2022 AMC cast Daddario as Dr. Rowan Fielding, a neurosurgeon who discovers she is the heiress to a dynasty of witches, in *Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches*, adapted from Rice's novel *The Witching Hour*. It premiered on January 8, 2023, and was her first lead television role.[4](https://www.thewrap.com/alexandra-daddario-mayfair-witches-amc/) • [16](https://time.com/6241589/most-anticipated-tv-shows-2023/) • [8](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/features/alexandra-daddario) She has said the character's moral ambiguity drew her to the part. The series was renewed early for a second season, which aired in 2025, and a third season was in production in Vancouver as of late 2025.[17](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/streaming/watch-mayfair-witches-season-2-free) • [5](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a69206445/alexandra-daddario-i-wish-you-all-the-best-film-interview-2025/)
Her recent film work includes [Tommy Dorfman](https://www.edgepedia.org/tommy-dorfman)'s directorial debut *I Wish You All the Best* (2025), in which she plays Hannah, the estranged older sister of a nonbinary teenager, and *Hershey* (2026), a family drama about the chocolate company in which she plays Catherine "Kitty" Hershey, the first film she made after having her baby.[5](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a69206445/alexandra-daddario-i-wish-you-all-the-best-film-interview-2025/) • [6](https://www.movieinsider.com/p17273/alexandra-daddario) Upcoming projects include *Couples Weekend* (2026) with [Josh Gad](https://www.edgepedia.org/josh-gad), Ashley Park, and [Daveed Diggs](https://www.edgepedia.org/daveed-diggs), the indie drama *American Fever Dream*, the feature directorial debut of Jaclyn Noel in which she has a lead role, and the television series *Escorted* with Brett Goldstein.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1275259/) • [18](https://see.news/alexandra-daddario-to-topline-indie-movie-american-fever-dream) • [7](https://www.justjared.com/tags/alexandra-daddario/)
## Personal life
Daddario married producer Andrew Form; in February 2026 a representative announced the couple's separation after three years of marriage.[7](https://www.justjared.com/tags/alexandra-daddario/) She became a mother in the mid-2020s and has described taking her baby to the Pittsburgh set of *Hershey*, where he learned to crawl.[5](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a69206445/alexandra-daddario-i-wish-you-all-the-best-film-interview-2025/) Her brother Matthew Daddario is also an actor, joining the cast of NBC's *Chicago Fire* for its fifteenth season.[19](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/see-alexandra-daddario-brother-matthew-chilling-chicago-fire-set-season-15) She received the IMDb STARmeter Award at San Diego Comic-Con in 2024.[20](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/pr/pdf/IMDbMediaAlert_7.27.24.pdf)
## References
1. [Alexandra Daddario, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1275259/)
2. [Alexandra Daddario, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/alexandra-daddario/)
3. [Alexandra Daddario, Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/alexandra-daddario)
4. [Alexandra Daddario Lands Lead in 'Mayfair Witches' at AMC, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/alexandra-daddario-mayfair-witches-amc/)
5. [Alexandra Daddario on 'I Wish You All the Best,' 'Hershey,' and 'White Lotus', ELLE](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a69206445/alexandra-daddario-i-wish-you-all-the-best-film-interview-2025/)
6. [Alexandra Daddario Film Credits, MovieInsider](https://www.movieinsider.com/p17273/alexandra-daddario)
7. [Alexandra Daddario tag page, Just Jared](https://www.justjared.com/tags/alexandra-daddario/)
8. [Alexandra Daddario's Magic Hour, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/features/alexandra-daddario)
9. [Interview: Alexandra Daddario, The Fan Carpet](https://www.thefancarpet.com/interview/alexandradaddario_percyjackson_seaofmosters_interview/)
10. [Alexandra Daddario talks True Detective, Boobs, and Fashion, Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/02/alexandra-daddario)
11. [Alexandra Daddario: Sa biographie, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-198784/biographie/)
12. [Interview: Alexandra Daddario, 'San Andreas', Flicks](https://www.flicks.co.uk/features/interview-alexandra-daddario-star-of-san-andreas/)
13. [Wonder How Alexandra Daddario Kept Those Baywatch Abs?, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/wonder-how-alexandra-daddario-kept-baywatch-abs-core-routine-2026-white-lotus)
14. [Alexandra Daddario on the White Lotus Finale and Rachel's Big Decision, TIME](https://time.com/6090229/alexandra-daddario-the-white-lotus/)
15. [Jake Lacy Says 'White Lotus' Has Become a Dream Job for Actors, The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/white-lotus-star-jake-lacy-reveals-why-its-every-actors-dream-job/)
16. [The 47 Most Anticipated TV Shows of 2023, TIME](https://time.com/6241589/most-anticipated-tv-shows-2023/)
17. [How to watch 'Mayfair Witches' season 2 on BBC iPlayer, Tom's Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/streaming/watch-mayfair-witches-season-2-free)
18. [Alexandra Daddario to Topline Indie Movie "American Fever Dream", SEE News](https://see.news/alexandra-daddario-to-topline-indie-movie-american-fever-dream)
19. [See Alexandra Daddario's Brother Matthew Chilling On The Chicago Fire Set, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/see-alexandra-daddario-brother-matthew-chilling-chicago-fire-set-season-15)
20. [IMDb Media Alert, July 27, 2024](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/pr/pdf/IMDbMediaAlert_7.27.24.pdf)
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