Born Alexandra Lecciones Doig 8 June 1973, she is a Canadian actress known for playing the title role in the science fiction television series “Andromeda”. She also played the lead female role of Rowan in the science fiction horror-action film “Jason X”. Doig started her career as an actor in 1993 at the age of 20. The actress has a mixed ethnic background as she is of British origin on her father’s side and Filipino on her mother’s side. Lexa’s father also has Scottish and Irish ancestry from Britain, while her mother comes from Dumaguete City in the Philippines.
Doig began her work in the entertainment industry at age 16 when she worked as a model and in TV commercials. Her first acting role came in “The Hidden Room”, where she played a minor role. However, it wasn’t until 2000 that she got her breakthrough with a starring role in the film, The Alibi. She has since gone on to feature in a myriad of notable television productions.
A piece of common career advice is to find what works for you and stick to it, and that is precisely what Lexa Doig has done. A glance at her repertoire will show she has done less than 10 feature-length films and well over 30 television productions. Her strategy has worked just right for her, as she has had a very successful career in TV. Outside showbiz, the actress does humanitarian work. She and her husband are actively involved as charity fundraising partners for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.
Let’s dive into Lexa’s world and learn more about her career, and relationships among other things. To start with, here are 10 interesting facts about Alexandra Lecciones Doig.
10 interesting Lexa Doig facts
- Lexa showed her creative potentials from a very early age. She wrote and directed the school play “Strawberry Shortcake” at the age of six.
- She developed an interest in acting at the young age of nine after attending a local theatre production of George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”.
- Just like many renowned entertainers, Lexa too dropped out of school to chase her dreams. During her final year before graduation, she left high school to pursue a career in modelling and, eventually, acting.
- As earlier hinted, though she started appearing in TV commercials at age 16, it was in 1993 that Lexa made her TV debut in the anthology series “The Hidden Room”.
- She was nominated in 2002 for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films’ Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award for roles in “Andromeda” and “Jason X”.
- Lexa is married to actor Michael Shanks whom she met when they co-starred on “Andromeda”. They got married in 2003 and have two children (a boy and a girl)
- In addition to her two children with Shanks, the actress has a third child from a previous relationship before meeting her husband.
- Lexa has some theatre experience too. While auditioning for television and film roles, she worked on “Romeo and Juliet” and “Arsenic and Old Lace” theatre productions.
- Lexa likes to read and rollerblade in her free time. She also loves playing video games, especially RPG (role-playing games) such as “Dungeons & Dragons”.
- Per Celebrity Networth, Lexa Doig currently has a net worth of $500,000.
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Early life and education
Doig was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is the younger child of Gloria B. Lecciones and David W. Doig. Her mother is a registered nurse who originally came from Dumaguete City, Philippines, while her father is a Canadian engineer of Scottish and Irish ancestry who was a petroleum executive officer in Toronto.
As a child, Doig studied rhythmic gymnastics, and, as a teenager, she studied American Sign Language. She dropped out of high school in her last year to fully concentrate on her modelling career.
Career
Lexa started up as a model after graduating from the Don Mills Collegiate Institute and later enrolled in the vocational modelling program. While she was still studying there, she got a lot of modelling offers, which became the platform she used to rise to fame. At age 16, she was offered representation by a talent agent and booked in various modelling projects. As a result, she started appearing in TV commercials.
She later got the opportunity to co-host a famous game show, “Video & Arcade Top 10”. During that time, she continued auditioning for roles and got a role in the theatre production of the short film “Romeo and Juliet” and “Arsenic and Old Lace”. Lexa’s film debut came in “The Hidden Room” (1993), where she played a minor role. She later landed another part in the 1995 film “Jungleground”, but she gained public recognition through the year 2000 film “No Alibi”.
Lexa Doig movies and TV shows
Tekwar
“TekWar” is a television series based on the TekWar novels ghost-written by Ron Goulart. The series follows Jake Cardigan; a former police officer turned private investigator working for Cosmos, a private security firm owned and operated by Walter Bascom. Jake lost his badge after being framed for dealing in ‘tek’ (an illicit narcotic-like substance) and murdering his fellow officers on a bust. He got sentenced to jail, and on his release, delved into PI.
Lexa featured as Cowgirl, a hacker who frequently assists Jake on cases when he can’t turn to Centra or Nika. She appeared in a total of 5 episodes between 1994 and 1996.
Stargate SG-1
“Stargate SG-1” is a Canadian-American military science fiction adventure television series based on the 1994 science film “Stargate”. The series begins about a year after the events of the feature film when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets and in space. SG-1 is an elite United States Air Force special operations team, one of about 20 teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats.
Doig played the recurring role of Dr Carolyn Lam in seasons 9 and 10. Dr Lam is Stargate Command’s chief medical officer whose area of speciality is infectious diseases. Before joining Stargate, she worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continuum
“Continuum” is a Canadian science fiction series. The plot centres around the conflict between a group of terrorists from 2077 who time travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2012 and a police officer who unintentionally accompanies them. Despite being many years early, the terrorist group decides to continue its violent campaign to stop corporations of the future from replacing governments, while the police officer endeavours to stop them without revealing to everyone that she and the terrorists are from the future.
Lexa appeared as Sonya Valentine, a member of Liber8 and Travis Verta’s lover, who is designated by Kagame as his official successor as leader after his death, and now seeking to reform the world through ideas rather than violence and recruiting middle and working-class people into her version of Liber8. She commits suicide in “The Dying Minutes” as her plan to kill Dillon.
Arrow
“Arrow” is an American superhero television series that follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen, who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on Lian Yu, a mysterious island in the North China Sea, before returning home to Starling City to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow.
Lexa plays Talia al Ghul, a worldly and cultured elite warrior. Talia is Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter and Nyssa al Ghul’s eldest sister; she trained one of Oliver’s mentors, Yao Fei Gulong, before training Oliver herself in Russia. She seeks revenge against Oliver for her father’s death by aligning herself with Adrian Chase.
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Andromeda
“Andromeda” is a space opera television series. It is set in deep space and revolves around the adventures of Dylan Hunt, captain of the Andromeda Ascendant, his crew members, and their efforts to restore the Systems Commonwealth, a government that was responsible for a time of extended peace and prosperity. The sci-fi series is based on previously unused materials written by late writer Gene Roddenberry.
In the show, Lexa portrays Rommie (short for Andromeda), the humanoid avatar of the Andromeda Ascendant. She was built and given material form as an android by the engineer Seamus Harper, who also seems to be infatuated with his work. As a ship’s avatar, Rommie is a unique aspect of Andromeda’s AI, manifesting itself as a hologram and an on-screen image.
Personal life
Lexa Doig and Michael Shanks both played as a cast in the series “Andromeda”, and they fell in love on set and took their affairs a step further. They dated for a while before taking their marital vows on 2 August 2003 in Vancouver at Brock House. The couple has two kids together; Mia Tabitha (daughter) and Samuel David (son). Shanks, however, also has a child named Tatiana Shanks from his past relationship.
Lexa Doig net worth
It may seem as though Lexa has not yet hit quite the jackpot money-wise in her acting career. With such a long list of features in TV productions, the actress is worth only $500,000 according to some online sources.
Latest news on Lexa Doig
In April, it was reported that Lexa Doig had joined the cast of the upcoming “Chucky TV” series as Bree Webber. Bree is married to Logan and is the aunt of Jake Webber, one of the teenage leads in the 10-episode series. As Syfywire reported, the Bree character is held to an unrealistic standard — by her husband and herself, which leads her to keep a dark secret from her family.
It is yet unclear when production will commence on the series or the timeline for its release.
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Conclusion
TV films and series are Lexa’s forte, and she has an expansive credential to show for her 28 years in the business. The 48-year-old actress is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon, and one can expect even bigger things from her yet.
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