Alexa Swinton
Alexa Swinton | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 2, 2009 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Alexa Skye Swinton is an American actress, singer and songwriter.[1][2][3][4] She appeared in a lead role as Piper in the 13-episode ABC Prime Time series called Emergence,[5] has a recurring role as Eva Rhoades in Billions,[6] and the HBO series And Just Like That..., where she plays the character of Rock Goldenblatt.[7] She appeared in M. Night Shyamalan's Old, playing the role of Young Maddox.[8][9]
Career
[edit]Swinton originated the role of Addie in Make Believe, written by Bess Wohl, and directed by Jackson Gay at the Hartford Stage.[10] Swinton's first leading role in television was as Piper in Emergence.[5] The show ran for 13 episodes from 2019 to 2020.[11] She first performed her original song "You, Me and My Purple Docs" publicly on Canadian TV station CHCH-DT in Hamilton, Ontario.[12] Swinton has a recurring role as Eva Rhoades, the daughter of main characters Chuck and Wendy Rhoades in Showtime's television drama Billions.[9][13] She acted in M. Night Shyamalan's feature film Old playing the role of young Maddox.[9]
She plays the recurring role of Rock Goldenblatt, child of Charlotte York Goldenblatt in the HBO series And Just Like That...[9][14] Swinton's role has been called "groundbreaking".[15]
Personal life
[edit]Swinton is of Scottish heritage and is distantly related to the actress Tilda Swinton. She is Jewish, as is her mother. [16]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | River of Fundament | Norman Mailer's daughter | Feature Film |
| 2014 | Little Brain Surgeries | Girl from the Vision | Short |
| 2017 | Speed of Light | Young Rose | Short |
| 2018 | I've Lost Her | Young Maggie | Short |
| 2018 | Nettles | Sam | Short |
| 2018 | BeLoved | Julia | Short |
| 2019 | Reverb | Annie | Short |
| 2019 | Sometime Other Than Now | Molly | Feature Film |
| 2021 | Old | Young Maddox | Feature Film |
| 2022 | Love's Baby Soft | Dolores | Short |
| 2023 | Maestro | Nina Bernstein | Feature Film |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Mythos | Ellie | 4 Episodes |
| 2014 | Zach Fox Show | Kid Playing with Toy | |
| 2015 | Flesh and Bone | Young Claire | Scorched Earth |
| 2015 | Today | Badly Behaving Child | Rossen Reports |
| 2015 | The View | Herself | Modeling appearance |
| 2016 | Saturday Night Live | Daughter of Big Family | Selena Gomez Guest Host |
| 2016–2023 | Billions | Eva Rhoades | Appears in multiple episodes each season |
| 2017 | Saturday Night Live | Girl in Immigration Line | Alec Baldwin Guest Host |
| 2018 | The Tonight Show | Punk Kid | Ice Cube / Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
| 2019 | Manifest | Chloe | Upgrade |
| 2019–2020 | Emergence | Piper | Series appeared on ABC television in the USA and other networks around the world including CTV in Canada. |
| 2021– | And Just Like That... | Rock Goldenblatt | 17 Episodes |
Theater
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Annie Warbucks | Molly | Signature Theatre |
| 2017 | Madeline's Christmas | Anne | Lion Theatre |
| 2017 | Kooky Spook | Young Inna | Duke Theatre |
| 2017 | Santa Doesn't Come to the Holiday Inn | Daughter | Ensemble Studio Theatre |
| 2017 | The Department Party | Violet | Playwright Horizons |
| 2018 | Make Believe | Addie | Hartford Stage |
Discography
[edit]- Studio recording
- You, Me and My Purple Docs (2020)[17]
- Happy As I Wanna Be (2021)
- What Would I Change It To (2022)
References
[edit]- ^ "Meet Alexa Swinton, The Young Star Leading One Of Fall TV's Most Mysterious New Shows". Bustle. September 14, 2019.
- ^ "What And Just Like That Gets Right About Parenting a Nonbinary Child, According to an Expert". Time. January 20, 2022.
- ^ "Sex and the City-Alexa Swinton estará no elenco do revival da HBO Max". Omelete (in Spanish). July 26, 2021.
- ^ "'And Just Like That' Star Alexa Swinton Talks Taking on the Responsibility of Playing Charlotte's Child Rock". KFMB-TV. January 19, 2022.
- ^ a b "New Drama "Emergence" Coming to ABC". ABC. May 14, 2019.
- ^ "'Billions' Recap, Season 5, Episode 10: You Can't Make an Omelet …". NY Times. September 19, 2019.
- ^ "'And Just Like That' actress who plays Charlotte's nonbinary child helped craft character's coming-out scene and loves that it's not 'forcibly sad'". December 31, 2021.
- ^ "Who Is Playing Rose in 'Sex and the City' Reboot? Everything to Know About Alexa Swinton". cheatsheet.com. July 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Cordero, Rosy (July 27, 2021). "'And Just Like That..': Alexa Swinton Joins 'Sex and the City' Revival From HBO Max".
- ^ Collins-Hughes, Laura (2018-09-26). "Review: 'Make Believe' Has a Cast of Children, but No Fairy Tales". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (May 11, 2019). "Allison Tolman Pilot 'Emergence' Moves from NBC to ABC With Series Order". Variety. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^ Ko, Tansy. "'Emerging' star – CHCH". www.chch.com.
- ^ "Emergence Casts Billions Actress Alexa Swinton". February 27, 2019.
- ^ "Cathy Ang, Niall Cunningham, Alexa Swinton And Cree Cicchino Join The Max Original AND JUST LIKE THAT… From Executive Producer Michael Patrick King | Pressroom". pressroom.warnermedia.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ "And Just Like That Star Alexa Swinton Talks About Groundbreaking Role in SATC Franchise". E! Online. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ^ https://jewishjournal.org/2023/06/30/and-just-like-that-star-alexa-swinton-is-having-her-bat-mitzvah-in-israel/
- ^ Lotter, Judah Charles (2020-07-29). "Alexa Swinton's debut single 'You, Me, and My Purple Docs' will mark 11-year-old's entry into music industry". Meaww.
