Alexandra Paul

Alexandra Elizabeth Paul was born July 29, 1963. She is an American actress and activist. Paul started her modeling career in New York, before landing her first major role as Christine (1983), a horror film by John Carpenter. Then came prominent roles in American Flyers (1985), 8 Million Ways to Die (86), and Dragnet (1987).

Her role as Lt. Stephanie Holden on the TV series Baywatch (1992-1997) is her most well-known. In total, she has appeared in over 100 films and TV programs.

Early life

Paul was the son of Sarah, an English social worker, and Mark Paul (an American investment banker). Paul was raised in Cornwall, Connecticut, with her identical twin sister Caroline and her younger brother Jonathan. Paul claims that her mother was a liberal Democrat, and her father was a conservative Republican. Caroline, her twin sister, was a San Francisco firefighter (where Alexandra is often misunderstood as Caroline) and best-selling author.

Paul was a student at the Groton School and Cornwall Consolidated School. Paul had two major abdominal surgeries to remove choledochal Cys at the ages of 17 and 18. The scar that ran from her sternum to where she was able to see her naval left. Paul was accepted to Stanford University but she decided not to go in order that she could pursue acting.

Career

Paul was a prominent television star from the 1980s to 1997. Perhaps her most well-known role was as a Baywatch star from 1992 to 1997. Paul started her career as a model in New York City. She later moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. First, she starred in Paper Dolls (1982), then she starred in American Nightmare (1983), a Canadian independent horror film. Paul was then offered a lead role in John Carpenter’s horror movie Christine (1983), opposite Keith Gordon. He also played a supporting part in the comedy Just the Way You Are (84).

Later, she appeared with Kevin Costner in American Flyers (1985), 8 Million Ways to Die (1986), as well as the comedy Dragnet (1987), which was co-starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks. She was also a star in Death Train (1993), Nightwatch (1995), and Nightwatch (1995), opposite Christopher Lee, Pierce Brosnan [citation needed], as well as horror films The Paperboy (1994), and Spectre (1996).

Alexandra was a part of three movies in 2019, including ‘Escaping My Stalker. Alexandra was in four projects in 2020, and she also starred in two independent films in 2022: Tethered and Baby Steps.

Personal life

Since 2000, Paul has been married with Ian Murray. After reading Diet for a Small Planet, Frances Moore Lappe’s book on vegetarianism at the age of 14, she became a vegetarian and then became a vegan in 2010.

Paul has chosen to be childless.

Paul was an athlete who ran the 1997 Hawaii Ironman. She also ran the 2000 Boston Marathon. She also completed the 11-mile Fiji Swim.

Paul was certified as a health coach in 2015 and now runs her own business.