Alexandra Paul

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caption = Paul competing in the Bonaire EcoSwim 10K race
birthdate = birth date and age|1963|07|29
birthplace = New York City

Alexandra Elizabeth Paul (born July 29, 1963) is an American actress. She is probably best known for her role as Lt. Stephanie Holden in the television series "Baywatch" from 1992–97. She has appeared in over 50 movies and television programs.

Biography

Personal life

Paul was born in New York City, the daughter of Sarah, a social worker, and Mark Paul, an investment banker. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/35/Alexandra-Paul.html Alexandra Paul Biography (1963-) ] ] Paul is married to triathlon coach Ian Murray and has competed in triathlons herself.

Her identical twin sister, Caroline Paul, became one of the first women to join the San Francisco Fire Department and has written a memoir entitled "Fighting Fire: A Personal Story" about her experiences. Her younger brother is Jonathan Paul, a convicted arsonist. Accused by the U.S. federal government of being an eco-terrorist, he is currently serving a sentence of four years, three months for the 1997 arson of the Cavel West Slaughterhouse in Redmond, Oregon. He was a member of the underground Animal Liberation Front.

Acting career

Apart from "Baywatch", Paul is known for movies such as "Christine" (1983), based on the book by Stephen King; the bicycle-racing film "American Flyers" (1985) with Kevin Costner and the film version of the classic television series "Dragnet" starring Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd. She has also hosted non-fiction TV shows, including 's "Winning Women" and a southern California local environmentalism show, "Earth Talk Today".

Paul co-wrote and co-produced two documentaries: "Jampacked", a documentary on the world population crisis, and "The Cost of Cool: Finding Happiness in a Materialistic World". "Jampacked" received a Bronze Apple Award and first place recognition at the EarthVision Environmental Film and Video Festival. "The Cost of Cool" won a CINE Golden Eagle Award.

Paul is one of only two leading "Baywatch" actresses without breast enlargements. Her character was a competitive swimmer and Olympic swim coach, mirroring her own real-life athletic interests.

She made a cameo appearance in "" in a deleted scene parodying her "Baywatch" role.

Paul is co-starring in "Tru Loved" (2008) and is currently filming a feature film "Family of Four", written and directed by John Suits, also to be released in 2008.

As athlete

Paul is a competitive endurance athlete. She competed at the 1997 Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii, a grueling 2.44 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile marathon, which she completed in 13:18:52. In 2004, Alexandra competed in the Bonaire 10k race, a 6 mile swim off the island of Bonaire. In 2006, she raced in the Maui Channel Crossing, a 10 mile swim from the Hawaiian island of Lanai to Maui.

Political activism

Paul is a dedicated environmental and political activist. In 2005, she was named "Activist of the Year" by the ACLU of Southern California. She avidly recycles, and will not use any products tested on animals. She has traveled to Nicaragua with a medical aid group and to South Africa to register voters, and has been registering voters locally every Wednesday night for the past eighteen years. The United Nations honored her in 1997 for her environmental work.

She has often committed herself to civil disobedience to protest against some policy or action that she believes is wrong. She has been arrested over a dozen times at the Nevada Nuclear Test site in peaceful protests. On March 19 2003 she was arrested for trespassing onto federal property during a protest against the Iraq war and spent 5 days in jail. In 2006, Paul donated $250 to the Ned Lamont campaign against Joe Lieberman, because Lieberman supports the war in Iraq. [ [http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-senate3jul18,0,1069378.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines Home - The Advocate ] ] She supported Representative Dennis Kucinich for President and had donated $2,300 to his campaign, the max allowable.

She was arrested again on March 14 2005 while protesting the crushing of the environmentally friendly electric vehicles (EV1), in Burbank, California. This arrest was featured in the documentary film "Who Killed The Electric Car". As part of the protest, she parked her car in the way of the truck carrying the EV1s to the junkyard. She personally drives an EV, the fourth one she has owned.

Paul is an active member of Plug In America, an advocacy group supporting the development and promotion of electric cars.

Filmography

* Family of Four (2008) (production) .... Janice Baker
* Tru Loved (2008) .... Leslie, Tru's mother
* In My Sleep (2007) .... Roxana
* He's Such a Girl (2007) .... Linda
* Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness (2007) .... Mall Gal
* Demons from Her Past (2007) (TV) .... Allison
* A.I. Assault (2006) (TV) .... Marlon Adams
* Gospel of Deceit (2006) (TV) .... Emily Wendell
* (2006) (TV) .... Susan
* Trapped! (2006) (TV) .... Samantha
* Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) .... Herself
* Love Thy Neighbor (2005) (TV) .... Laura Benson
* A Lover's Revenge (2005) .... Liz Manners
* Saving Emily (2004) (TV) .... Cheryl
* Landslide (2004) (TV) .... Emma Decker
* She Spies .... Christine Black (1 episode, 2003)
* A Woman Hunted (2003) .... Lainie Wheeler
* Redemption of the Ghost (2002) .... Audrey Powell
* Rendez-View .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
* Breaking Up Really Sucks (2001) .... Charlie
* Diary of a Sex Addict (2001) (V) .... Katherine
* (TV) .... Flight Attendant Katy Phillips
* Facing the Enemy (2001) .... Olivia McCleary
* 10 Attitudes (2001) .... Leslie
* Above & Beyond (2001) .... Jill Amorosa
* The Brainiacs.com (2000) .... Kara Banks
* Chicken Soup for the Soul .... Leann Richards (1 episode, 2000)
* Green Sails (2000) (TV) .... Laura Taylor
* Exposure (2000/I) (V) .... Jackie Steerman
* For the Love of May (2000) .... Emily
* Melrose Place .... Terry O'Brien (8 episodes, 1999)
* Arthur's Quest (1999) (TV) .... Caitlin Regal
* Revenge (1999) .... Laura Underwood
* .... Gillian Stanfield (1 episode, 1998)
* 12 Bucks (1998) .... Epiphany Lovejoy
* "L.A. Firefighters" .... Firefighter T.K. Martin (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
* Baywatch Nights .... Stephanie Holden (1 episode, 1997)
* Baywatch .... Lt. Stephanie Holden / ... (66 episodes, 1992-1997)
* Echo 1997 Film (TV) .... Olivia Jordan
* Naked in the Cold Sun (1997)
* Kid Cop (1996) (V) .... Sarah Hansen
* Spy Hard (1996) .... Woman in Murphy Bed
* Kiss & Tell (1996) .... Bambi the Manicurist
* House of the Damned (1996) .... Maura South
* Daytona Beach (1996) (TV) .... Annie Gibson
* Mixed Blessings (1995) (TV) .... Beth
* Night Watch (1995) (TV) .... Sabrina Carver
* Piranha (1995) (TV) .... Maggie McNamara
* (1995) (V) .... Lt. Stephanie Holden
* Cyber Bandits (1995) .... Rebecca Snow
* Nothing to Lose(1994) .... Natasha
* The Paper Boy (1994) .... Melissa Thorpe
*Death Train (1993) (TV) .... Sabrina Carver
*Sunset Grill (1993) .... Anita
*Johnny Bago .... Erica (1 episode, 1993)
*Kuffs (1992) (uncredited) .... The Chief's Wife
*Prey of the Chameleon (1992) .... Carrie
*Miliardi (1991) .... Giulia Ferretti
*In Between (1991) .... Amy
*Laker Girls (1990) (TV) .... Heidi/Jenny
*Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (1989) (TV) .... Amy Hastings
*Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989) (TV) .... Amy Hastings
*Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989) (TV) .... Amy Hastings
*After the Rain (1988) .... Petra Guera
*Out of the Shadows (1988) (TV) .... Jan Lindsey
*Dragnet (1987) .... Connie Swail
*"The Hitchhiker" (1 episode, 1987)
*8 Million Ways to Die (1986) .... Sunny
*American Flyers (1985) .... Becky
*Just the Way You Are (1984) .... Bobbie
*Getting Physical (1984) (TV) .... Kendall Gibley
*Christine (1983) .... Leigh Cabot
*American Nightmare (1983) .... Isabelle
*Paper Dolls (1982) (TV) .... Laurie Caswell

References

External links

* [http://www.alexandrapaul.com Official website]
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