- Born
- Nicknames
- Alexa Skye Swinton
- Skye Swinton
- Height1.61 m
- Alexa Swinton (aka Alexa Skye Swinton) is an American actress, singer, and writer with Scottish/Canadian and Russian Jewish heritage. She is known for her roles in television, film and theater. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity.
Alexa is a season regular in And Just Like That in the role of Rock Goldenblatt. She is also in the soon to be released Maestro where Alexa acts opposite Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maya Hawke and Sam Nivola. You can see Alexa in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller feature film - Old - released in July 2021. She also stars in the feature, Sometime Other Than Now, acting opposite Donal Logue and Kate Walsh.
Alexa starred as "Piper" in the ABC prime-time series "Emergence" in 2019-2020. Alexa also acts opposite Paul Giamatti and Maggie Siff in all five seasons of Showtime's Billions as Eva Rhoades.
Alexa is a singer, songwriter and recording artist. She debuted her first original single in July of 2020 entitled "You, My and My Purple Docs." She released her second original single "Happy As I Wanna Be" in August 2021. Both songs are available on iTunes, Spotify and other major music platforms.
On the stage, Alexa originated the role of Addie in Make Believe, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Jackson Gay at the Hartford Stage. Alexa also originated the role of Young Inna in the world premiere of Kooky Spook, written by Inna Swinton and directed by Maria Smushkovich, at the New York New Works Theatre Festival. She also appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions including Annie Warbucks and Madeline's Christmas.
Alexa began her professional acting career performing at age three in Matthew Barney's River of Fundament where she performed opposite Paul Giamatti and Elaine Stritch. She made her television debut playing the younger version of the lead character Claire, in Starz's "Flesh and Bone". Alexa has also appeared in a range of broadcast TV shows including Manifest, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show,Today, and The View.
Alexa was born in New York City and lives in New Jersey. Her father, Rolfe Swinton, is a technology and data entrepreneur, her mother, Inna Swinton, is an actress, lawyer, and author. She has two siblings, Maxim Swinton who is an actor, stand up comedian and singer, and Ava who is a singer and musician.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- Parents
- RelativesTilda Swinton(Cousin)Maxim Swinton(Sibling)Ava Swinton(Sibling)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Alexa, whose father is the 36th head of the Swinton clan, is a distant cousin of Tilda Swinton. She was born Alexa Skye Swinton in New York City. Her mother, Inna Swinton (née Idelchik), was originally from Riga, Latvia, and her father, Rolfe Swinton, is Canadian-born. Her ancestry is Scottish and English on her father's side and Russian Jewish on her mother's, including a long tapestry of prominent Scottish ancestors.
- Her family is one of the oldest in Scotland.
- Her mother is a Russian Jewish, and now an American citizen - she immigrated to the USA as a young girl from Riga, Latvia.
- Her father is Canadian.
- Alexa was truly born to entertain. She sang Happy Birthday before her 1st birthday, and she stopped people in the street by her joyful dancing that started as soon as she could walk.
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