Bella Dayne
Bella Dayne attended the prestigious 'The Stella Adler School Of Acting' in New York City. After the conservatory and after acting in Off-Broadway plays in New York City, she quickly landed a wide range of roles in renowned films and TV shows (FX's American Horror Story, Showtime, AMC's Humans etc.), playing a variety of characters of an enormous variety of accents and backgrounds (such as French-Canadian, Spanish, British, characters from various regions of the US, French, Italian, German, Russian, Polish, Mid-Atlantic, for example). She is fluent in several languages. Dayne can be seen in Humans which aired to great acclaim over several seasons in the US and the UK on AMC and Channel 4, written by Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley. The series was nominated for a BAFTA award and was the highest rated drama ever for Channel 4. Dayne plays the beloved character "Astrid", a free-spirited young woman that becomes the long-term love interest and guiding partner of the conscious AI Niska (played by Emily Berrington).
Shortly thereafter, Dayne played Elliette, a French-Canadian idealist from Québec and a member of a radical group in Showtime's GUERRILLA. The mini-series from Oscar winner John Ridley is set in the 1970s in the UK capital during the birth of the Black Power movement. The series also starred Idris Elba and Freida Pinto and aired on Showtime in the U.S. and Sky Atlantic in Europe.
Dayne starred as Helen of Troy in the BAFTA winning BBC and Netflix period drama mini series Troy: Fall of A City. Produced by BLACK MIRROR'S Barney Reisz, directed by Emmy winning director Owen Harris and written by The Night Manager's David Farr, the series also stars David Threlfall, Frances O'Connor, Chloe Pierre, Jonas Armstrong, David Gyasi and Jospeh Mawle among others. Bella Dayne played the lead role of Helen of Troy, an extremely tragic ancient figure who broke down barriers for women of her time. The series was based on Homer's Iliad.
As Guinevere, also known as The Red Spear, a fierce, unbridled and powerful warrior, she became a fan favorite in Frank Miller's (Sin City) modern adaptation of the Arthurian Legend. The Netflix show, called Cursed, premiered in 2020 and held the top spot for months worldwide. Guinevere is a fighter with an intense and torturous drive to avenge her father's wrongful death. She wields a spear as her favorite weapon - fighting like a viking and being a master of the battle field.
Dayne's other television credits include recurring roles in TRUST (FX) as Talitha Pol Getty , American Horror Story (FX), Man in the High Castle (Amazon), a series regular role in the UK Roman-set comedy Plebs (ITV/Hulu) as well as Person of Interest (CBS) and The Goldbergs (ABC).
Her first role in a German-language production caused a stir: Bella Dayne played the leading role in Berlin's "Tatort: The girl who goes home alone" (2022), the wife of a Russian mafia boss who wants to put her husband behind bars and starts an affair with detective Nina Rubin (Meret Becker) . For this she was honored with an award for " Outstanding Performance As An Actress" at the TeleVisionale Baden-Baden. Most recently, Bella Dayne stood in front of the camera for the fourth season of the series "Das Boot" (Sky/HULU) and in the female lead role for Oskar Roehler's feature film 81/4, with Oliver Masucci in the male lead role. She also recently finished a comedy series for Amazon with Moritz Bleibtreu. In spring of 2024 she is set to star as the lead in a British-produced feature film, a drama that will be shot and set in Scotland.
Daughter to a professional athlete and a physician; she followed in her father's footsteps for 5 years at a young age and became a professional high diver, competing professionally. She also completed an extensive dance training in ballet, modern, flamenco, jazz and salsa over a course of 15 years.
