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Alexandra Lydon
Born
Alexandra Martin Lydon

(1979-04-05) April 5, 1979 (age 45)
Boston, Massachusetts
Alma materNew York University
Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
  • producer
Years active2003–present

Alexandra Martin Lydon (born April 5, 1979)[1][2] is an American actress and writer.

Early life and education

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Lydon was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.[3][4] She attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at the affiliated Stella Adler Conservatory,[5] graduating with honors with a double degree in Drama and Psychology.[4]

Career

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Some of Lydon's most prominent roles were as Jane Saunders, daughter of primary villain Stephen Saunders, in the third season of the television series 24 and as Ann Owens in Prison Break. She starred in the independent film Nail Polish and Bryan Bertino’s film Mockingbird, released by Universal Studios. She had recurring roles on CSI: Miami and K-Ville and made numerous guest star appearances on popular shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Desperate Housewives, House, Private Practice, NCIS and Star Trek: Enterprise.[5][6]

Lydon co-created and performed in the comedy show Worst Laid Plans at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre[5] in Los Angeles and New York City. She wrote and performed in the comedy album Worst Laid Plans at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, published by Random House in May 2010.[7] She later adapted the show into a book, Worst Laid Plans: When Bad Sex Happens to Good People, published in 2014 by Abrams Image.[8]

Lydon is also a voice-over artist and has narrated and contributed to documentary films, one being the award-winning The Young and the Restless in China as part of the PBS documentary series FRONTLINE.[9]

Inspired by the first female policewomen in Boston, Lydon created and produced the 2015 ABC TV movie Broad Squad.[3][10] She is currently writing a book about race and gender dynamics in policing for preempt by Picador of Pan Macmillan UK imprints, a division of Macmillan Publishers.[11]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Bodies Michele Short film
2005 Ten Souls Rising Sarah Short film
2006 Nail Polish Allison Silverman
2014 Mockingbird Beth Found footage film
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Hack Julie Reed Episode: "All Others Pay Cash"; as Alexander Lydon
2003 Ed Riley Episode: "Just a Formality"
2004 24 Jane Saunders 5 episodes
2005 Star Trek: Enterprise Jhamel Episode: "The Aenar"
2005 Without a Trace Agnes Deschamps Episode: "Second Sight"
2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Susan Hemmington Episode: "Iced"
2005 Desperate Housewives Rita Rivara Episode: "You Could Drive a Person Crazy"
2005–06 CSI: Miami Jennifer Wilson 3 episodes
2006 Prison Break Ann Owens 3 episodes
2007 NCIS Natalie Dalton Episode: "Skeletons"
2007 K-Ville Sam Winston 3 episodes
2008 Eli Stone Cori Mitchell Episode: "One More Try"
2008 Cold Case Miriam Forrester Episode: "Wednesday's Women"
2008 The Oaks Helen Episode: Pilot
2008 House Melinda Episode: "Emancipation"
2009 Private Practice Eleanor Episode: "Wait and See"
2009 Single Dads Beth Episodes: "Meeting Girls in the Park", "Having Girls Over"
2010 In Plain Sight Natalie Vickers Episode: "Love's Faber Lost"
2011 Lie to Me Claire Hanson Episode: "Killer App"
2011 Borderline Murder Halie Morgan Television movie
2013 Vegas Shelly Everson Episode: "The Third Man"
2015 Broad Squad Producer Television movie

Bibliography

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  • Lydon, Alexandra; Kindred, Laura (2010). Worst Laid Plans at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Random House. ASIN B003KQMG5S. ISBN 9780307714824.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Lydon, Alexandra (2014). Worst Laid Plans: When Bad Sex Happens to Good People. Abrams Image. ISBN 9781613128121. ISBN 1613128126.

References

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  1. ^ "Alexandra Lydon". moviefone.com. Moviefone. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "Alexandra Lydon". happyhappybirthday.net. Hello World Digital. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "ABC picks up Boston cop show 'Broad Squad'". The Boston Globe. 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Alexandra Lydon". The Bent Agency. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "Alexandra Lydon". Upright Citizens Brigade. 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  6. ^ "We Hear: Ben Affleck, Alexandra Lydon, Richard Gere and more..." Boston Herald. 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2016. (Subscription required.)
  7. ^ "Worst Laid Plans at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre". penguinrandomhouse.com. Random House. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  8. ^ "Worst Laid Plans: When Bad Sex Happens to Good People". abramsbooks.com. Abrams Books. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  9. ^ "Young & Restless In China | Young And Restless In China | FRONTLINE | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  10. ^ "Broad Squad". tvguide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  11. ^ Deahl, Rachel (July 29, 2016). "Book Deals: Week of August 1, 2016 | Lydon Probes Boston PD for Picador". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
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