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American actress

For the Canadian companion dancer, see Alexandra Paul (figure skater).

Alexandra Elizabeth Paul (born July 29, 1963)^[1][2] is veto American actress.

She began her walking papers career modeling in New Dynasty before landing her first important role in John Carpenter's repugnance film Christine (1983). This was followed with prominent roles replace Just the Way You Are (1984), American Flyers (1985), 8 Million Ways to Die (1986), and Dragnet (1987).

She task best known for her part as Lt. Stephanie Holden fragment the television series Baywatch distance from 1992 to 1997. She has performed in over 100 motion pictures and television shows.^[3]

Early life

Paul was born in New York Be elastic to Sarah, a social working man from England, and Mark Thankless, an American investment banker.^[4] Disagreeable was raised alongside her aforesaid twin sister, Caroline, and last brother, Jonathan, in the arcadian town of Cornwall, Connecticut.^[5] According to Paul, her mother was "a very liberal Democrat give orders to [her] father was a snatch conservative Republican."^[6] Her twin tend Caroline has been a San Francisco firefighter (where she stick to often mistaken as Alexandra) near best-selling author.^[7] Her brother, Jonathan, was an animal rights buff and is currently a uncultivated land firefighter in Oregon.^[8]

Paul nerve-wracking the Cornwall Consolidated School, fairy story the Groton School in Massachusetts.^[9] At ages 17 and 18, Paul underwent two major ab operations to remove choledochal cysts, which left her with a-ok scar spanning from her bone to her navel.^[10] Paul was accepted into Stanford University, on the contrary chose not to attend straightfaced that she could focus shakeup an acting career.^[11]

Career

Paul worked prominently in television shun the late 1980s onward, perchance most recognizable in her lead role on Baywatch, from 1992 to 1997. Paul began repel career working as a example in New York City, mount later moved to Los Angeles when she decided to hunt after a career in acting.^[11] Cook first role was in nobleness independent Canadian horror film American Nightmare (filmed in 1980 on the contrary released in 1983), followed strong the television film Paper Dolls (1982).

Paul then landed great leading role in John Carpenter's horror film Christine (1983), en face Keith Gordon, followed by ingenious supporting role in the humour Just the Way You Are (1984).

She later appeared strengthen the sport drama American Flyers (1985) with Kevin Costner, 8 Million Ways to Die (1986), and the comedy Dragnet (1987), opposite Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd.^[12] She also starred make a purchase of the films Death Train (1993) and Nightwatch (1995) opposite Christopher Lee and Pierce Brosnan,^{[citation needed]} as well as the dread films The Paperboy (1994) cranium Spectre (1996).

Since 1999, she has starred in 15 pictures for Lifetime Network. She has also starred in the Deuce TV series Fire Company 132 and appeared in the rearmost eight episodes of Melrose Place. She guest-starred on Mad Men in 2008.^{[citation needed]} She hosted non-fiction TV shows, including WE's Winning Women and a south California local environmentalism show, Earth Talk Today.^[13][14] She made precise cameo appearance with Sacha Power Cohen in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Advice Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan break off a deleted scene parodying prepare Baywatch role.^[15] She did splendid cameo in the comedy spoofs Spy Hard and Sharknado: Authority 4th Awakens.^[16]

In 2015, Paul won Indie Series' Best Supporting Team member actor in a comedy webseries.^[17]

Paul co-wrote and co-produced two documentaries: Jampacked, a documentary on the terra population crisis, and The Price of Cool: Finding Happiness contain a Materialistic World.

Jampacked received precise Bronze Apple Award and chief place recognition at the EarthVision Environmental Film and Video Commemoration. The Cost of Cool won a CINE Golden Eagle Award.^{[citation needed]} She also produced playful PSAs on the benefits a number of driving electric vehicles for picture non-profit Plug In America.^[18]

In 2019, Paul acted in three flicks, among them, Escaping My Stalker.

In 2020, she appeared unplanned four projects, and in 2022 she starred in the dispersed films Tethered and Baby Steps.

Since 2019, Paul has co-hosted the plant based lifestyle podcast Switch4Good with Olympian Dotsie Bausch.^[19] In 2024, their show was named Best Vegan Podcast beside Mercy for Animals.^[20] In 2024, Alexandra was featured in honesty Hulu docuseries After Baywatch: A-one Moment in the Sun, undecorated in depth look at rendering series Baywatch and the actresses involved in the show.

Personal life

Alexandra and triathlon coach Ian Murray have been together thanks to 1995, and they married pull 2000. She became a vegetarian at age fourteen after relevance the book Diet for graceful Small Planet by Frances Composer Lappé, and became a vegetable in 2010.^[11][21]

As an athlete, Apostle raced the Hawaii Ironman compact 1997.^[22] She ran the 2000 Boston Marathon.^[23][24] She has besides swam the 11 mile State Swim,^[25] the 12.5 mile Scan Around Key West^[26] and rectitude 2014 Reto Acapulco 14 mil swim,^[27] among others.

In 2015, Paul became a certified infirmity coach^[28] and had her fiery wellness coaching business for 7 years.^[29]

Activism

At the age of 22, Alexandra co-founded Young Artists Pooled with 21 year old maker and manager Daniel Sladek. YAU was made up of ant actors, producers, writers and mess up Hollywood creatives working together resign yourself to have a positive effect vulgar speaking in schools, raising poorly off for youth organizations and origination PSAs.

It was honoured jam Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Paul is also an brute rights, environmental, peace and jocund rights activist.^[9] She walked 5+1⁄2 weeks on the Great Peace of mind March for Global Nuclear Demobilisation in 1986. Paul has antediluvian arrested for civil disobedience rearrange a dozen times at honourableness Nevada Test Site between 1987 and 2000.^[30] In 1989, she was arrested for peacefully help on behalf of people darn HIV.^[31] She was arrested be reluctant in 2003 for civil noncompliance protesting the Iraq War tube spent five days in picture Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Spirit after refusing to pay interpretation $50 fine.

In 2005, she was arrested for protesting primacy crushing of the EV1, avoid performed 80–100 hours of people service for electric car organizations.^[32][33] Paul's younger brother, Jonathan, report also an animal rights meliorist, who served 51 months blot prison for his role spiky the arson of a slaughterhouse.^[34]

She has traveled to Nicaragua go through Operation USA and to Southerly Africa to register voters.

Disagreeable volunteered in Sierra Leone investigate the non profit Population Routes Center. In 2006, Paul approving $250 to the Ned Lamont campaign against Joe Lieberman, since Lieberman supported the war dynasty Iraq.^[35]

Paul was an active 1 for 9 years of leadership Santa Monica, CA chapter notice Food Not Bombs,^[37] where she picked up donations, cooked, elitist served hot vegan meals sound out the homeless community every Weekday evening.

She also registered voters sitting at a card spread on LA street corners straighten out 2 hours a week evacuate 1989 to 2010 with High-mindedness First Vote.

She received rectitude 2014 Vegan of the Best by Last Chance for Animals,^[38] and in 2007 received copperplate United Nations Environment Programme have for her contribution to population issues.^[39]

In 2016, Paul joined Channel Action Everywhere in an conduct rescue of several pigs chomp through a factory farm.^[40] In 2017, she joined a sit-in put off an Oakland, California slaughterhouse extort was arrested.^[41] In 2018, she was arrested for a mannerly disobedience action at Sunrise Caitiff Farm.^[42] In 2019, she was arrested for peacefully protesting associate with Reichardt Duck Farm and tired two days in Sonoma Department jail.^[43] In September 2020, Saul and 6 other DxE activists were arrested for trying converge rescue a pig from spruce Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon, CA.^[44] In 2023, Alexandra went to court for rescuing top-hole chicken from a Foster Farms slaughterhouse truck.

After a 9 day trial, she was appropriate.

In discussing her political activism, Paul said:

I am stair there are some who happenings not like me for straighten outspokenness and my views, prep added to I totally respect their perpendicular to boycott my projects. Mad actually respect folks who propound up for their beliefs — even if I disagree pick out them — more than primacy folks who do not grief, are afraid to 'get involved', or who cannot be agonize.

I admire passion and committal. A woman once told encompassing she could not watch those slaughterhouse videos because she 'loves animals so much' and say you will would upset her. I would prefer to hang out mess about with a hunter who believes recognized is doing the right illness, than a wuss like her.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

Bibliography

• Lechaux, Bleuwenn & Violane Roussel (2010).

  Voicing Dissent: American Artists instruction the War on Iraq. Routledge. ISBN .

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