Overview
Andrea Deck (born February 5, 1994) is an American film, television and theater actress. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She is best known for her voice role as Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley, in Alien: Isolation, as well as her role as CIA agent Jenna Bragg on the Showtime series Homeland.
Early life
Deck was born February 5, 1994, and grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. At the age of 15, she began attending the Interlochen Center for the Arts summer camp until she graduated from Grosse Pointe South High School at the age of 18. She subsequently moved to London, England, to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She graduated with a bachelor's degree with honors in professional acting.
Career
Deck's first acting role was in the film In Love With a Nun, which was screened at the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival in 2009.
She subsequently appeared as an extra in Tom Hooper's 2012 film adaptation of Les Miserables. In the same year, she was cast as Allie in Roland Joffé's The Lovers, and as opera singer Charlotte Watson in the film The Devil's Violinist directed by Bernard Rose in which she showcased her classically trained singing voice, as well as appearing in Ridley Scott's The Counselor later that year.
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