Daisy May Head (born 7 March 1991) is an English actress. She played Grace in the American drama series '' Guilt'', Amy Stevenson in

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's drama ''

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'', Kate Bottomley in the third season of

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series '' Harlots'' and Genya Safin in the Netflix show '' Shadow and Bone''.

Early life and education

Head was born in

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. She is the daughter of actor

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and younger sister of actress

Emily Head Emily Head (born 15 December 1988) is an English actress. Her breakout role was as Carli D'Amato in E4's sitcom ''The Inbetweeners'' and she later played Rebecca White in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' and Colette Andrews in BBC drama, '' T ...

. Daisy attended

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in Bath and trained at the Dorothy Coleborn School of Dance.

Career

Head's first role was appearing alongside her father in the TV series '' Rose and Maloney''. She has subsequently appeared in a number of TV programmes, including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2010, she made her film debut in playing Chloe Chambers in '' The Last Seven'', alongside Danny Dyer and later that year she played Daisy in CBBC's musical film ''Rules of Love'' alongside future

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frontman Jake Roche. In 2016, she starred as Arriane Alter in the British/Australian/American romantic fantasy film '' Fallen'' as well as in the new Underworld film '' Underworld: Blood Wars'' as Alexia. In November 2015, it was announced that Head would take the lead role of Grace in Freeform's drama series '' Guilt'' about an American student in London whose roommate is murdered. The series concluded after 10 episodes. In 2017, Head starred in the Shakespearean Pilot '' A Midsummer's Nightmare'' alongside Casey Deidrick. In 2018 Head had a supporting role in

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's ITV drama '' Girlfriends'' which started airing in January 2018. In May 2017 it was announced that she would be starring alongside

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in 2018 film ''

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''. Head joined the cast of '' Harlots'' as Kate Bottomley in the

series' third season in 2019. In October 2019, it was announced Head would play Genya Safin in the 2021

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series '' Shadow and Bone'', an adaptation of fantasy book series '' Shadow and Bone'' and ''

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'' by

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Head, Daisy Living people 1991 births 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London English film actresses English television actresses People educated at Kingswood School, Bath People from Fulham