Andrea Deck

Andrea Deck is an American film, television and theatre 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.

Andrea Deck
Andrea Deck in The Devil's Violinist (2013)
Born	(1994-02-05)February 5, 1994 (26) Grosse Pointe, Michigan, U.S.
Education	BA (Hons) in Classical Acting for the Professional Theatre
Alma mater	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present

Early life

Deck was born February 5, 1986 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.[1][2] She graduated with a bachelor's degree with honours in professional acting.[3]

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.[4][5]

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[6][7][8][9] in which she showcased her classically trained singing voice, as well as appearing in Ridley Scott's The Counselor later that year.

She later went on to play silent-movie star Mabel Normand in ITV's Mr Selfridge.[10] In April 2013, she co-founded London-based production company Tough Dance Ltd. with actor Ben Cura.[11]

Deck voiced Amanda Ripley in video game Alien: Isolation, which also starred Sigourney Weaver and the cast of Ridley Scott's original film.[12][13][14] Later, reprised the role in Alien: Blackout. She also starred in a film adaptation of August Strindberg's play Creditors, directed by Ben Cura, playing writer Chloe Fleury, as well as being a producer on the film.[15][16][17] In 2015, she played the lead female character in British horror film The Ghost Writer, due for release in 2016.[18]

In 2018, she played murder victim Mahalia Geary in BBC2's adaptation of China Miéville's The City & The City.

Personal life

Deck has type 1 diabetes, and runs a YouTube channel and an Instagram account about dealing with the condition.[19][20]

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	In love With a Nun	Jill	Short
2012	Les Misérables	Turning Woman 6
2013	The Counselor	Watching Girl
	The Devil's Violinist	Charlotte Watson
2014	Mr Selfridge	Mabel Normand	Series 2, episode 8
	The Lovers	Allie
2016	Creditors	Chloe Fleury
	The Crown	Jean Wallop
2017	Instrument of War	Anne Cline
2020	Homeland	Jenna Bragg

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2016	Creditors

Voice work

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Strike Suit Zero	Grace Reynolds	Main character
2014	Alien: Isolation	Amanda Ripley	Main character
	Carol	Therese Belivet	Main character
	Strike Suit Zero: Director's Cut	Grace Reynolds	Main character
2015	SOMA	Sarah Lindwall
	Star Wars Battlefront
2016	Alien: Out of the Shadows	Kasyanov
	Hitman
	Quantum Break
2017	Batman: Arkham VR	Martha Wayne
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands	Nomad (Female)	Main character
2018	A Way Out	Linda Caruso
2019	Alien: Blackout	Amanda Ripley

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series	Amanda Ripley / Ellen Ripley (voices)	7 episodes (as Amanda), Episodes 6 & 7 (as Ellen)

References

1. Bersch, Alexandra. "Interview Mit Andrea Deck". Amicella. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
2. "Andrea Deck Biografía (MyMovies.it)". MyMovies.it. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
3. "BA (Hons) in Professional Acting". LAMDA. Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
4. P.Fisher, Jeffrey (August 1, 2010). "Depaul University's Project Bluelight". Post Magazine. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
5. "In Love with a Nun Screening". Decorah Newspapers. June 18, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
6. "Sexy David Garrett Seine Filmpartnerin Packt Aus". Promiflash. November 2, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
7. "Der Teufelsgeiger Andrea Deck Exclusives Interview (Video)". moviemaniacsDE. October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
8. "Andrea Deck im Interview: Über die Verbindung von Paganini und Charlotte durch die Musik (Video)". Radio Hamburg. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
9. Schrumpf, Birgit (October 31, 2013). "Kino Critics Review of The Devil's Violinist". Kino Critics. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
10. "Mr Selfridge series 2 episode 8: Harry's back from Germany, but business isn't exactly booming". Metro Blogs. March 9, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
11. "Tough Dance Official Website". Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
12. Cameron, Gordon (October 8, 2014). "Review: Terrifying 'Alien: Isolation' Overstays Its Welcome". Yahoo! Tech. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
13. Hamilton, Kirk (October 4, 2014). "Alien: Isolation: The Kotaku Review". Kotaku. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
14. Kamen, Matt (September 26, 2014). "Alien: Isolation teaser uses old video techniques for new fear". Wired. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
15. Moussavian, Siva. "ANDREA DECK ERZÄHLT GERNE GESCHICHTEN". Movie-Eye. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
16. Hall, Katie-Jane (October 12, 2013). "Kickstarter Interview Creditors". Critics Associated. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
17. Wainfur, Rob. "QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS: THIS WEEK ANDREA DECK". Critics Associated. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
18. "New film starring Luke Mably and Andrea Deck being shot near Painswick". Stroud News & Journal. October 25, 2015.
19. "She's Diabetic". Retrieved 20 August 2019.
20. "ShesDiabetic (@shesdiabetic) • Instagram photos and videos". Retrieved 20 August 2019.

External links

• Andrea Deck on IMDb