Early life

Paul was born in New York City to Sarah, a social worker, and Mark Paul, an investment banker. Paul's mother was originally from England. Paul was raised alongside her identical twin sister, Caroline, and younger brother, Jonathan, in the rural town of Cornwall, Connecticut. According Paul, her mother was "a very liberal Democrat and father was a very conservative Republican." She attended the Cornwall Consolidated School, and the Groton School in Massachusetts. Paul was accepted into Stanford University, but chose not to attend so that she could focus on an acting career.

Career

Paul began her career working as a model in New York City, and later moved to Los Angeles when she decided to pursue a career in acting. Her first role was in the television film Paper Dolls (1982), followed by a role in the independent Canadian horror film American Nightmare (1983). Paul then landed a leading role in John Carpenter's horror film Christine (1983), opposite Keith Gordon, followed by a supporting role in the comedy Just the Way You Are (1984).

She later appeared in the sport drama American Flyers (1985) with Kevin Costner, 8 Million Ways to Die (1986), and in the comedy Dragnet (1987), opposite Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd. Paul worked prominently in television from the late eighties onward, perhaps being most remembered for her starring role on Baywatch, from 1992 to 1997. Additionally, she also starred in the films Death Train (1993) and Nightwatch (1995) opposite Christopher Lee and Pierce Brosnan, as well as the horror films The Paperboy (1994) and Spectre (1996).

Since 1999, she has starred in 14 films for Lifetime Network. She has also starred in the Fox TV series Fire Company 132 and appeared in the last 8 episodes of Melrose Place. She guest starred on Mad Men in 2008. She hosted non-fiction TV shows, including WE's Winning Women and a southern California local environmentalism show, Earth Talk Today. She made a cameo appearance with Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan in a deleted scene parodying her Baywatch role. She did a cameo in the comedy spoofs Spy Hard and 2016's Sharknado 4.

In 2015, Alexandra won Indie Series' Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy webseries.

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. She also produced 8 PSAs on the benefits of driving electric vehicles for the non profit Plug In America.

Personal life

Paul has been married to Ian Murray since 2000. She became a vegetarian at age fourteen after reading the book Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé, and became a vegan in 2010.

Political activism

Paul is an outspoken animal rights, environmental, peace and gay rights activist. She walked 5 1/2 weeks on the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament in 1986. Paul been arrested for civil disobedience over a dozen times at the Nevada Test Site between 1987 and 2000. In 1989, she was arrested for peacefully advocating on behalf of people with HIV. She was arrested twice in 2003 for civil disobedience protesting the Iraq War and spent five days in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center after refusing to pay the $50 fine. In 2005, she was arrested for protesting the crushing of the EV1, and performed 100 hours of community service. Paul's younger brother, Jonathan, is also an animal rights activist, who served 51 months in prison for his role in the arson of a slaughterhouse.

She has traveled to Nicaragua with Operation USA and to South Africa to register voters. Paul volunteered in Sierra Leone with the non profit Population Media Center. In 2006, Paul donated $250 to the Ned Lamont campaign against Joe Lieberman, because Lieberman supported the war in Iraq.

She received the 2014 Vegan of the Year by Last Chance for Animals, and in 2007 received a United Nations Environment Programme honor for her contribution to overpopulation issues.

In discussing her political activism, Paul said:

I am sure there are some who do not like me for my outspokenness and my views, and I totally respect their right to boycott my projects. I actually respect folks who stand up for their beliefs - even if I disagree with them- than the folks who do not care, are afraid to “get involved”, or who cannot be bothered. I admire passion and commitment. A woman once told me she could not watch those slaughterhouse videos because she “loves animals so much” and it would upset her. I would prefer to hang out with a hunter who believes he is doing the right thing, than a wuss like her.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Paper Dolls	Laurie Caswell	Television film
1983	American Nightmare	Isabelle
1983	Christine	Leigh Cabot
1984	Getting Physical	Kendall Gibley	Television film
1984	Just the Way You Are	Bobbie
1985	American Flyers	Becky
1986	8 Million Ways to Die	Sunny
1987	Dragnet	Connie Swail
1988	Out of the Shadows	Jan Lindsey	Television film
1988	After the Rain	Petra Guera
1989	Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin	Amy Hastings	Television film
1989	Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder	Amy Hastings	Television film
1989	Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson	Amy Hastings	Television film
1990	Laker Girls	Heidi/Jennie	Television film
1991	In Between	Amy
1991	Miliardi	Giulia Ferretti
1992	Prey of the Chameleon	Carrie
1992	Kuffs	The Chief's Wife	uncredited
1993	Sunset Grill	Anita
1993	Death Train	Sabrina Carver	Television film
1994	The Paperboy	Melissa Thorpe
1994	Nothing to Lose	Natasha
1995	Cyber Bandits	Rebecca Snow
1995	Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise	Lt. Stephanie Holden
1995	Piranha	Maggie McNamara	Television film
1995	Night Watch	Sabrina Carver	Television film
1995	Mixed Blessings	Beth	Television film
1995	Daytona Beach	Annie Gibson	Television film
1996	Spectre	Maura South	Also known as: House of the Damned
1996	Kid Cop	Sarah Hansen
1996	Spy Hard	Woman in Murphy Bed
1997	Kiss & Tell	Bambie the Manicurist
1997	Naked in the Cold Sun
1997	Echo	Olivia Jordan	Television film
1998	12 Bucks	Epiphany Lovejoy
1999	Revenge	Laura Underwood
1999	Arthur's Quest	Caitlin Regal	Television film
2000	For the Love of May	Emily
2000	Exposure	Jackie Steerman
2000	Green Sails	Laura Taylor	Television film
2000	The Brainiacs.com	Kara Banks
2001	10 Attitudes	Leslie
2001	Above & Beyond	Jill Amorosa
2001	Facing the Enemy	Olivia McCleary
2001	Danger on Flight 534	Katy Phillips	Television film
2001	Diary of a Sex Addict	Katherine
2001	Breaking Up Really Sucks	Charlie
2001	The Cost of Cool: Finding Happiness in a Materialistic World	Herself	Golden Eagle Award
2002	Redemption of the Ghost	Audrey Powell
2003	A Woman Hunted	Lainie Wheeler
2003	Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding	Allison Ford	Television film
2004	Landslide	Emma Decker
2004	Saving Emily	Cheryl	Television film
2005	A Lover's Revenge	Liz Manners
2006	Love Thy Neighbor	Laura Benson	Television film
2006	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Herself	Documentary
2006	Trapped!	Samantha	Television film
2006	Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York	Susan	Television film
2006	Borat	Herself	Scene cut
2006	Gospel of Deceit	Emily Wendell	Television film
2006	A.I. Assault	Marlon Adams	Television film
2007	Demons from Her Past	Allison	Television film
2007	Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness	Mall Gal
2007	He's Such a Girl	Linda
2008	A Date with Murder (Murder Dot Com)	Stacy
2008	Tru Loved	Leslie
2008	Family of Four	Janice Baker
2009	A Sister's Secret	Katherine	Television film
2009	Christmas Crash	Christine Johnson
2010	In My Sleep	Roxana
2010	The Boy She Met Online	Tori Winters
2010	The Frankenstein Brothers	Laurie Martinson
2010	What Is the Electric Car?	Herself	Documentary
2011	Betrayed At 17	Michelle Ross	Television film
2011	Christmas Spirit	Winnie	Television film
2012	Love at the Christmas Table	Eve Reed	Television film
2012	16-Love	Margo Mash
2013	Mentor	Alexandra	Indie Series Award for Best Supporting Actress
2014	Firequake	Dr. Eve Carter
2014	Dinner at Le Cruel	Wife	Short film
2015	The Bride He Bought Online	Det. Kathy Schumaker
2015	Dirty	Asst. DA Sara Dunlap

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1987	The Hitchhiker	Julie	1 episode
1993	Johnny Bago	Erica	1 episode
1992-97	Baywatch	Lt. Stephanie Holden	66 episodes
1997	Baywatch Nights	Stephanie Holden	1 episode
1996-97	L.A. Firefighters	Firefighter T.K. Martin	7 episodes
1998	The Love Boat: The Next Wave	Gillian Stansfield	1 episode
1999	Melrose Place	Terry O'Brien	8 episodes
2000	Chicken Soup for the Soul	Leann Richards	1 episode
2002	Rendez-View	Herself	1 episode
2003	She Spies	Christine Black	1 episode
2008	Mad Men	Pauline Phillips	1 episode

Charities

Alexandra Paul supports the following charitable causes: Animals, Environment.

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