Lexa Doig

Lexa Doig (2006)

Alexandra Shanks (* 8. June 1973 in Toronto , Ontario as Alexandra Lecciones Doig ) is a Canadian actress . She is known by her stage name Lexa Doig .

Life

Lexa Doig's father is from Scotland while her mother is of Filipino descent. She grew up with her older brother Ted in Don Mills, Toronto. The name Doig comes from the Scottish, Lexa is the nickname of Alexandra . Since August 2, 2003 she has been with the actor Michael Shanks (known as Dr. Daniel Jackson of Stargate married), but continues to operate under the stage name Lexa Doig . She gave birth to her first child on September 13, 2004. In March 2006 a son was born. For Michael Shanks it is the third child, because his daughter Tatiana, born in 1998, comes from his marriage to Vaitiare Hirshon-Asars (formerly Vaitiare Bandera).

As a child, she gained her first experiences as an actress in theater performances . So she started with plays like Romeo and Juliet and in the black comedy Arsenic and Lace Cap . Her first film role was in Psycho Girls at the age of twelve .

Television and cinema

Lexa Doig had her best-known role in the science fiction series Andromeda . Her other roles she plays, especially in science fiction - television series .

Before Doig came to Andromeda , she had made several other television appearances. For example, she played in Jason X , Die Profis - The Next Generation and Traders . She also appeared in William Shatner's television series Tek War - Warriors of the Future and in the film of the same name as a cowgirl . She had one of her bigger roles in No Alibi , where she slipped into the lead role of Camille at the side of Eric Roberts and Dean Cain . She later also appeared on Mission Earth - You Are Here by Gene Roddenberry . This role made the producers of Andromeda - also from the pen of Gene Roddenberrys - aware of her, whereupon she got the role of Andromeda / Rommie . She starred in season two as the recurring character Wendy Paulson on 4400 The Returners .

In the ninth and tenth seasons of Stargate - Kommando SG-1 , she played Dr. Carolyn Lam , the senior doctor at the Stargate Center. Lexa Doig received another leading role in the fantasy drama Second Sight (2007) and a guest appearance in the second and third seasons of EUReKA - The Secret City . She also had a role in Ba'al - The Legacy of the Storm God , which started in the USA on September 13, 2008 on SciFi-Channel .

In 2010 she starred in 6 episodes as Dr. Leah Pearlman in the remake V - The Visitors With. In the Canadian science fiction series Continuum from 2012, she played the role of Liber8 terrorist Sonya Valentine .

Filmography (selection)

• 1993: The Hidden Room (TV series, episode 2x20)
• 1994: TekWar: Battle for the Lost Past ( TekWar - The Movie , TV movie)
• 1994: TekWar: The Prince of Death ( TekWar: TekLords , TV movie)
• 1994–1996: Tek War - Warriors of the Future ( TekWar , TV series, 5 episodes)
• 1995: Hell Hunt (Jungleground)
• 1996: Amanda and Betsy ( Ready Or Not , TV series, episode 4x04)
• 1997: Die Modemafia ( While My Pretty One Sleeps , TV movie)
• 1999: The Professionals - The Next Generation ( CI5: The New Professionals , TV series, 13 episodes)
• 1999: Sleeping Beauty (Teen Sorcery)
• 1999–2000: Traders (TV series, 5 episodes)
• 2000: Code Name - Phönix ( Code Name Phoenix , TV movie)
• 2000: No Alibi - Dark Secret (No Alibi)
• 2000: Mission Earth - You are among us ( Earth: Final Conflict , TV series, episode 3x21)
• 2000-2005: Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda ( Andromeda , TV series, 106 episodes)
• 2001: The Tracker (TV movie)
• 2001: Jason X
• 2004: Human Cargo (miniseries, 3 episodes)
• 2005–2007: Stargate - Kommando SG-1 ( Stargate SG-1 , TV series, 11 episodes)
• 2005: 4400 - The Returners ( The 4400 , TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2007: Second Sight ( Second Sight , TV movie)
• 2007–2008: Eureka - The Secret City ( Eureka , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2008: The Green Film (short film)
• 2008: Ba'al - The Legacy of the Storm God ( Ba'al: The Storm God , TV movie)
• 2009: Supernatural (TV series, episode 5x04)
• 2010: V - The Visitors ( V , TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2011: Tactical Force
• 2012–2014: Continuum (TV series, 34 episodes)
• 2012-2014: Arctic Air (TV series, 14 episodes)
• 2013: Primeval: New World (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2014: Saving Hope (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2015: A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (TV movie)
• 2015: Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (TV movie)
• 2016: Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (Movie made for TV)
• 2016: The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (TV movie)
• 2017: Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (Movie made for TV)
• 2017: A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (Movie made for TV)
• 2017–2020: Arrow (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2017-2018: The Arrangement (TV series, 19 episodes)
• 2018: Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (TV movie)
• 2018: The Disappearing Game: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (Movie made for TV)
• 2019: Unspeakable (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2019: A Game of Cat and Mouse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (Movie made for TV)
• 2019: An Inheritance to Die For: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (Movie made for TV)
• 2019: A Very Foul Play: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (Movie made for TV)
• since 2019: Virgin River (TV series)
• 2020: Heist and Seek: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (Movie made for TV)

Web links

Commons : Lexa Doig  - Collection of Images

• Lexa Doig in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Lexa Doig at filmreference.com (English)
• Lexa Doig in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography on lexafans.com ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed October 13, 2008