Alexa Davalos
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| Alexa Davalos | |
 Davalos at the Tribeca Film Festival, 2007 |
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| Born | Alexa Davalos Dunas May 28, 1982 Paris, France |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Alexa Davalos (born May 28, 1982) is an American actress. She has appeared in several Hollywood films, including Feast of Love, The Mist and Defiance.
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[edit] Life and career
Davalos was born Alexa Davalos Dunas in France to American parents, actress Elyssa Davalos and photographer Jeff Dunas. Her maternal grandfather is actor Richard Davalos. She is of Eastern European Jewish ancestry on her father's side; her great-grandparents immigrated from Vilnius in Lithuania.[1]
In 2002, Davalos co-starred with Charlie Hofheimer in the short film The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald, which screened at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival.[2] In September 2003, Davalos was seen opposite Antonio Banderas in the HBO film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself. Alexa Davalos made her feature film debut in 2004 starring in The Chronicles of Riddick as Kyra.
Davalos also appeared as the mutant Gwen Raiden in three episodes of the TV show Angel and in 2005 co-starred in the Fox show Reunion. In 2007, she was featured in the romantic drama Feast of Love, which starred Greg Kinnear and Morgan Freeman.[3]
In 2008, Davalos co-starred as the love interest of Daniel Craig in the war film Defiance, directed by Edward Zwick.
[edit] Filmography
- Coastlines (2002) as Eddie Vance's girlfriend (uncredited)
- Undeclared: "The Day After" (12 February 2002) as Susan
- The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald (2002) as Bess Gunther
- Angel (2002–2003) as Gwen Raiden
- And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) as Teddy Sampson
- The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) as Kyra
- Reunion (Fall 2005) as Samantha Carlton
- Surrender Dorothy (2006) as Sara
- Raines: "Pilot" (15 March 2007) as Sandy Boudreau
- Feast of Love (2007) as Chloe Barlow
- The Mist (2007) as Sally
- Defiance (2008) as Lilka
- Clash of the Titans (2010) as Andromeda
[edit] References
- ^ Schweiger, Daniel (January 2009). "Alexa Davalos Interview". Buzzine. http://www.buzzine.com/2009/01/alexa-davalos/. Retrieved on 2009-02-08.
- ^ 2002 Toronto Film Festival entries
- ^ http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2007/12/movie_feast_is_sumpt.html
