Nadia Alexander (born April 5, 1994 in
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the capital of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-largest city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city ...
) is an American actress. She has performed in several television series, including ''
The Sinner'' (2017) and ''
Seven Seconds'' (2018)''.''
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/ref> She won the award for Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Film at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival for her performance in ''Blame'' (2017)Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress The following is a list of Fangoria Chainsaw Award
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for her performance in ''The Dark'' (2019).
Career
Alexander began acting at the age of six, when she was cast in a Pittsburgh-area regional stage production of ''The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. Se ...
'' as Gretl. She worked professionally throughout her childhood at most of southwestern Pennsylvania's Equity theaters, including Pittsburgh Public Theater
Pittsburgh Public Theater, or The Public for short, is a professional theater company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After the retirement of longtime Producing Artistic Director Ted Pappas, The Public began the 2018–2019 season with a new ...
, where she won first place in their annual Shakespeare Monologue Competition for three consecutive years.
In 2007, Alexander moved to New York City, and began doing commercial and episodic television work. While still in high school, Alexander performed off-Broadway in ''There Are No More Big Secrets'' at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Her first feature film performance was in the independent movie ''Postales''. She went on to appear in ''Ten Thousand Saints'' and ''Fan Girl''.
In 2010, she made a guest appearance on an episode of ''Law & Order
''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise.
''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...
.'' Since then, she has worked on several television series, including ''Boardwalk Empire
''Boardwalk Empire'' is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and ...
'' (2011), ''The Following
''The Following'' is an American crime thriller television series created by Kevin Williamson, and jointly produced by Outerbanks Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.
The first season follows former FBI agent Ryan Hardy ( Kevin Bacon) ...
'' (2015), '' The Sinner'' (2017), and '' Seven Seconds'' (2018)''.''
Personal life
Alexander identifies as pansexual
, meaning "all"
, definition = Sexual or romantic attraction to people regardless of gender
, classification = Sexual identity
, parent = Bisexuality
, synonyms =
, associated_terms = Polysexual, queer, heterofl ...
. Since 2015, she has been in a relationship with her ''Blame'' co-star and director Quinn Shephard
Quinn Shephard (born February 28, 1995) is an American actress, film director, producer, screenwriter and film editor. She played the roles of Donna Malone in the Christmas comedy ''Unaccompanied Minors'' and Morgan Sanders in the television seri ...
. On the final day of shooting the film ''Not Okay
''Not Okay'' is a 2022 American Satire (film and television), satirical black comedy, black comedy-drama film written and directed by Quinn Shephard. It stars Zoey Deutch as a young woman who desperately wants to be famous and beloved on the Inte ...
'', which Shephard directed and Alexander acted in, Alexander proposed marriage to Shephard, and Shephard accepted.
Filmography
Film
Television
Web
References
External links
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Living people
Actresses from Pittsburgh
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni
William E. Macaulay Honors College alumni
21st-century American actresses
American LGBT actors
Pansexual actresses
1994 births
LGBT people from South Carolina