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.

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