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Alexandra L. Doig (born June 8, 1973 in Toronto)
is a Canada|Canadian actress best known for her
role on the science-fiction television series
Andromeda (television)|Andromeda.

Doig's "exotic" appearance stems from her mixed
heritage - Ireland|Irish/Scotland|Scottish on her
father's side, Philippines|Filipina on her
mother's. She was born and raised in Toronto,
Ontario, where her family held season tickets to
their local theatre, and caught the acting bug at
the age of nine, after seeing a production of
Porgy and Bess. At the age of sixteen, she
enrolled in a modelling course and was immediately
picked up by an agent. She did commercials and
modelling 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 (play)|Arsenic and
Old Lace while auditioning for film and television
roles.

Her first significant role was on William
Shatner's series TekWar. Doig recalls the time she
heard the news of this role: "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." 

Doig landed the role of Tina Backus on the
short-lived series CI5: The New Professionals in
1998, and finally burst into the spotlight with
her role as the title character on the sci-fi
series Andromeda (television)|Andromeda. More
recently, she has expanded into significant
feature film roles, including the female lead in
Jason X (2001). Doig has also shot several
episodes for the ninth season of Stargate SG-1, in
a recurring guest role as the team's new doctor,
Carolyn Lam. She also has a recurring role as
college professor Wendy Paulson in the second
season of The 4400.

When not performing, Doig enjoys reading,
rollerblading and playing RPG video games and
Dungeons and Dragons. On 2 August 2003 she married
fellow actor Michael Shanks, and the two welcomed
daughter Mia Tabitha on 13 September 2004. Doig,
Shanks and Mia divide their time between Toronto
and Vancouver, the centre of the Canadian film
industry, with plans to move to Los Angeles in the
near future. 

==Filmography==

*Stargate SG-1 (2005)
*Human Cargo (2004) 
*Jason X (2001)
*Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda (2000)
*No Alibi (2000)
*CI5: The New Professionals (1998)
*While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997)
*TekWar (1994)

==External links==

* imdb name|id=0230693|name=Lexa Doig