Lexa Doig
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| Lexa Doig | |
 Doig at Toronto Trek 20, July 2006 |
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| Born | Alexandra Doig June 8, 1973 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Spouse(s) | Michael Shanks (2003-present) |
Alexandra L. Doig (born June 8, 1973) is a Canadian actress, known by her stage name Lexa Doig. She is perhaps best known for her role as Rommie in the science fiction TV series Andromeda, and had a recurring character (Carolyn Lam) on Stargate SG-1.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Career
At sixteen, she enrolled in a modelling course and was immediately picked up by an agent. Doig did commercials and model work, before dropping out of high school during her final year to pursue an acting career. She worked on stage productions of Romeo and Juliet and Arsenic and Old Lace while auditioning for film and television roles. Doig had a small role on Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, but her first significant role was on William Shatner's series TekWar. Doig played "Cowgirl", a specialist in tracking and obtaining information from the net. She said, "I walked out of the audition absolutely convinced I had blown it, and then my agent called to tell me I got the part. I was leaping around my parents' house and screaming at the top of my lungs. I knew then I'd chosen the right profession and I've never looked back since".[citation needed]
Doig landed the role of Tina Backus on the short-lived series CI5: The New Professionals in 1998. In 2000 Doig was in another Roddenberry series, Andromeda. She portrayed the artificial intelligence of the title ship in dual roles - as seen on viewscreens or holograms, and a separate android avatar called Rommie. In 2002, Doig was the female lead in the horror film Jason X. Doig also appeared in several episodes for the ninth and tenth seasons of Stargate SG-1 in a recurring role as Dr. Carolyn Lam. She also had a recurring role as college professor Wendy Paulson in the second season of The 4400.
[edit] Personal life
Doig was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of a Filipino mother, Gloria, and a father of Irish and Scottish descent, David.[1][2] She was raised in Toronto, where her family held season tickets to their local theatre. Doig enjoys reading, rollerblading, playing RPG computer games, and Dungeons & Dragons. She wanted to be an actress at the age of nine after seeing a production of Porgy and Bess.
After working with husband-to-be and guest star Michael Shanks on Andromeda, in the episodes "Star Crossed" in 2001 and "Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath" in 2003, the two actors were married on August 2 of the same year. They have two children: daughter Mia Tabitha Shanks (born September 13, 2004) and son, Samuel David Shanks (born March 19, 2006).
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1993 | The Hidden Room | Second Girl | |
| 1994 | TekWar: TekLords | Cowgirl | |
| TekWar | Cowgirl | ||
| 1995 | Jungleground | Spider | |
| 1997 | While My Pretty One Sleeps | Tse Tse | |
| 1998 | CI5: The New Professionals | Tina Backus | |
| 1999 | Teen Sorcery | Mercedes | |
| Ready or Not | Receptionist | ||
| 2000 | Code Name Phoenix | Conchita Flores | |
| Andromeda | Andromeda Ascendant | ||
| No Alibi | Camille | ||
| Earth: Final Conflict | Joan Price | ||
| Traders | M.J. Sullivan | ||
| 2001 | The Tracker | Kim Chang | |
| 2002 | The Chris Isaak Show | Detective Lucy Ramirez | |
| 2005 | Human Cargo | Rachel Sanders | |
| 2005 | Killer Instinct | Hospital Doctor | |
| The 4400 | Wendy Paulson | ||
| Stargate SG-1 | Dr. Carolyn Lam | ||
| 2007 | Eureka | Dr. Anne Young | |
| Second Sight | Jenny Morris | ||
| 2008 | Ba'al: The Storm God | Pena | |
| The Green Film | The Star | ||
| 2009 | Fireball | Ava |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Lexa Doig at the Internet Movie Database
