She is primarily a television actress; some of her major roles include starring as Grace Atwood on the short-lived series Guilt, a main role as Kate Bottomley in the third season of Harlots, and a recurring role as Genya Safin in Shadow and Bone, a television adaptation of Leigh Bardugo's The Grishaverse. In 2010 she had her first film role in The Last Seven; her notable film roles include Alexia in Underworld: Blood Wars, Cristiana in Ophelia (opposite Daisy Ridley and Naomi Watts) and main antagonist Sofina in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
She is the daughter of actor Anthony Head (perhaps best known for his role as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer); her sister, Emily Head, is also an actress. Daisy acted alongside her father in the 2016 series Guilt and the 2018 series Girlfriends.
Not to be confused with Daisy-Head Mayzie.
Filmography includes:
- Trial and Retribution (2005) as Naomi Frank
- Doc Martin (2007) as Mandie Jordan
- Holby City (2010) as Miri Gellert
- The Last Seven (2010) as Chloe Chambers
- Doctors (2011) as Victoria Liston
- Endeavour (2012) as Jenny Crisp
- The Syndicate (2015) as Amy Stevenson
- Suspects (2015) as Emily Perkins
- Guilt (2016) as Grace Atwood
- Fallen (2016) as Arriane Alter note
- Underworld: Blood Wars (2017) as Alexia
- Girlfriends (2018) as Ruby
- Ophelia (2018) note as Cristiana
- Harlots (2019) as Kate Bottomley/Quigley
- Wrong Turn (2021) as Edith
- Shadow and Bone (2021 - 2023) as Genya Safin
- The Sandman (2022) as Judy Talbot
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) as Sofina
Tropes associated with the creator and her works:
- Fake American: She portrays Americans Grace Atwood in Guilt and Judy in The Sandman.
- Fake Nationality: She portrays Danish noblewoman Lady Cristiana in Ophelia.
- Real-Life Relative:
- A downplayed example in Guilt, where she plays the stepdaughter of a character played by her real-life father Anthony Head.
- If the Buffy Spin-Off featuring Anthony Head reprising his role as Giles had gotten off the ground, Daisy would've potentially played Giles' great-aunt (who uses magic to appear youthful).
- What Could Have Been: One of the ideas for Ripper, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Spin-Off centered on Giles, was to feature Daisy Head as Lavinia Fairweather, one of Giles' eternally-youthful great-aunts; Daisy's sister Emily would've portrayed the other great-aunt, Sophronia. The project ultimately never came to fruition, though both Lavinia and Sophronia went on to appear in the Angel & Faith comic series.
