She became a world-renowned actress with her performance in the "Percy Jackson" series: Who is Alexandra Daddario?

Her real name is Alexandra Anna Daddario, she was born on March 16, 1986 in New York. She was born as the first child of Christina, whose mother was a lawyer, and Richard Daddario, whose father was a prosecutor. Daddario has Italian, Irish, English and Hungarian roots. Also, Daddario has a brother named Matthew and a younger sister who is an actor.

Growing up on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Daddario was educated at Brearley School and then Professional Children's School. Saying that she decided to become an actor when she was 11 years old, Daddario continued her education with Marymount Manhattan College. She then dropped out of school to pursue acting full-time and worked on the 'Meisner acting technique' for many years.

She made her television debut at the age of 15, playing the victim girl Laurie Lewis on the ABC daytime soap opera "All My Children." She got her first major role as Annabeth Chase in the fantasy adventure movie "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" (2010) directed by Chris Columbus, based on a novel. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was praised for the performances of the actors. Despite this, it managed to achieve great commercial success for its production budget. She also appeared in a recurring role as Kate Moreau in the USA Network procedural drama tv series "White Collar."

In 2011, she also appeared in the comedy "Hall Pass". The film was met with mixed reviews and a successful box office success. She later reprized her role as Rachel in NBC's comedy-drama series "Parenthood." In 2012, Daddario appeared in the music video for "Radioactive", the single by rock band Imagine Dragons. The song has surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube. Later, she guest-starred as Ruby Taft in an episode of the FX sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

The following year, she played the lead role Heather Miller in the sequel slasher movie "Texas Chainsaw 3D" (2013), alongside Dan Yeager, Tremaine 'Trey Songz' Neverson, Tania Raymonde, Thom Barry, Paul Rae, Bill Moseley and Gunnar Hansen. The film grossed twice its production budget, as well as garnering negative reviews from critics. Later that year, Daddario reprized the role of Annabeth Chase in the sequel fantasy adventure movie "Percy Jackson: Monsters of the Sea." Released on August 7, 2013, the film garnered mixed reviews from critics. Additionally, it earned a healthy financial return on its production budget.

Later, she co-starred with Anton Yelchin and Ashley Greene in the romantic zombie horror comedy "Burying the Ex" (2014), directed by Joe Dante. Later, she appeared in the first season of the HBO anthology drama TV series "True Detective". She starred in the series as court reporter Lisa Tragnetti, who had an extramarital affair with one of the lead roles. She also attracted great attention with her nude scenes in the series. The following year, she starred alongside Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino as Blake Gaines in the disaster movie "San Andreas" directed by Brad Peyton. The film received positive reviews from critics for the performances of the actors, and mixed reviews for its plot and characters. In addition, it was successful, with close to four times its production budget.

That same year, she guest-starred in the pilot episode of the Fox post-apocalyptic comedy TV series "The Last Man on Earth." Also later that year, she guest-starred in the horror anthology TV series "American Horror Story: Hotel" as a fictionalized version of designer Natacha Rambova.

In 2016, Daddario played a supporting role in the romantic drama film "The Choice," directed by Ross Katz and based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The film, which received negative reviews, was a moderate commercial gain at the box office. She then starred in the action comedy movie "Baywatch" (2017), directed by Seth Gordon, with Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron as one of the leading roles. In the movie, she played the character "Summer Quinn", played by Nicole Eggert in the original television series. Released on May 25, 2017, the film was successful at the box office, but garnered negative reviews from critics. Additionally, the film earned five nominations, including the Worst Picture category at the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards. In the same year, she played Kate Jeffries in the road trip sex comedy "The Layover" (2017), directed by William H. Macy, and got a lead role.

The following year, Daddario appeared in the music video for "Wait" by the rock band Maroon 5. That same year, she starred alongside Adam DeVine as Avery Martin in the romantic comedy movie "When We First Met" directed by Ari Sandel. Released on Netflix on February 9, 2018, the film was met with negative reviews.

Later that year, Daddario played the role of Constance Blackwood in the mystery thriller "We Have Always Lived in the Castle," based on Shirley Jackson's mystery thriller of the same name, alongside Taissa Farmiga, Crispin Glover, and Sebastian Stan. After the movie was released, it garnered generally positive reviews. She next starred alongside Henry Cavill and Ben Kingsley in the psychological action thriller "Night Hunter," which premiered at the LA Film Festival on September 28, 2018, and was written and directed by David Raymond.

In 2019, Daddario will star in the romantic comedy "Can You Keep a Secret?", based on the novel of the same name and directed by Elise Duran. She also co-starred with Tyler Hoechlin. The film, which received predominantly negative reviews, was a healthy success at the box office. That same year, she starred in the horror thriller "We Summon the Darkness" directed by Marc Meyers, alongside Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Amy Forsyth, Logan Miller, Austin Swift, and Johnny Knoxville. 

In 2020, Daddario voiced the character of Lois Lane in the superhero animated movie "Superman: Man of Tomorrow" directed by Chris Palmer. She then had the lead role as Margaret in the erotic thriller drama movie "Lost Girls & Love Hotels" directed by William Olsson and based on the novel of the same name. She also appeared in the dystopian science fiction thriller "Songbird," filmed in Los Angeles and directed by Adam Mason. Released on December 11, 2020, the film was overwhelmingly criticized by critics.

The following year, she appeared as Rachel Patton in the HBO social satire TV series "The White Lotus" directed by Mike White. Her performance, along with the cast, received widespread critical acclaim and additionally earned her a 2022 Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Anthology Series or Movie. That same year, she appeared alongside Diego Boneta in the romantic crime thriller "Die in a Gunfight" directed by Collin Schiffli.

In 2022, Daddario appeared in the coming-of-age movie "Wildflower" directed by Matt Smukler. Released on March 17, 2023, the film garnered mixed and positive reviews from critics. Beginning in 2023, she starred as Rowan Fielding in the AMC supernatural thriller drama TV series "Mayfair Witches" based on Anne Rice's novel series "Lives of the Mayfair Witches" and continues today.

Personal life

Daddario was in a relationship with actor Jason Fuchs from 2006 to 2009. In 2015, she started dating actor Logan Lerman. The couple, who later got engaged, decided to separate in 2016. Since 2020, Daddario has been in a relationship with producer Andrew Form. The couple got engaged on December 2, 2021 and married in June 2022. Daddario appeared at number 80 on the "Hot 100" list by Maxim magazine in 2014.