Early life

Davalos, an only child, was born Alexa Davalos Dunas in France, to American parents, actress Elyssa Davalos and photographer Jeff Dunas. Her maternal grandfather is actor Richard Davalos. Davalos spent most of her childhood in France and Italy, before settling in New York. She has stated "I tend to curse in French more often than I do in English." Her father's family is Jewish (her paternal ancestors lived in Vilnius in Lithuania). She was raised "without much religion", though she attended Hebrew school for a time.

Davalos struck out on her own at seventeen and headed to New York City. She supported herself by modeling for photographers like Peter Lindbergh. "I had a mission," she recalls. "I wanted to be out in the world, doing my own thing. Working in a theater, I discovered that I really wanted to act." Her passion soon grew towards acting, and she attended the Off Broadway Flea Theater in New York.

Career

In 2002, Davalos co-starred with Charlie Hofheimer in the short film The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald, which screened at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival. In September 2003, she was seen opposite Antonio Banderas in the HBO film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself. Davalos made her feature film debut in 2004 starring in The Chronicles of Riddick as Kyra.

Davalos also appeared as the mutant Gwen Raiden in three episodes of the TV show Angel and in 2005 co-starred in the Fox show Reunion. In 2007, she was featured in the romantic drama Feast of Love, which starred Greg Kinnear and Morgan Freeman. She also played Sally in The Mist (directed by Frank Darabont), co-starred Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden and Marcia Gay Harden.

In 2008, Davalos co-starred as the love interest of Daniel Craig in the war film Defiance, directed by Edward Zwick. She played Andromeda in the remake of Clash of the Titans, alongside Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson. She did not return for the 2012 sequel, Wrath of the Titans, due to a scheduling conflict.

In 2013, she reunited again with Frank Darabont playing the female lead on the television series Mob City.

Personal life

Davalos is a close friend of actress Amanda Righetti, and was Righetti's bridesmaid at her wedding. Davalos considers herself to be a "dork" and loves to travel and read. She guards her private life stating, “I think it’s a choice. I think it’s a conscious choice, and what you allow to affect you and what you don’t."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Coastlines	Eddie Vance's Girlfriend	Uncredited
2002	Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald, TheThe Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald	Bess Gunther	Short film
2004	The Chronicles of Riddick	Kyra
2007	Feast of Love	Chloe Barlow
2007	The Mist	Sally
2008	Defiance	Lilka Ticktin
2010	Clash of the Titans	Andromeda

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Untitled Secret Service Project	Eliza Randolph	Unsold pilot
2002	Undeclared	Susan	Episode: "The Day After"
2002-03	Angel	Gwen Raiden	3 episodes
2003	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself	Teddy Sampson	Television film
2005-06	Reunion	Samantha Carlton	Main role, 13 episodes
2006	Surrender, Dorothy	Sara	Television film
2007	Raines	Sandy Boudreau	Episode: Pilot
2013	Mob City	Jasmine Fontaine	Main role, 6 episodes
2015	The Man in the High Castle	Juliana Crain	Main role

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