{{short description|Canadian actress}} {{Use Canadian English|date=June 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | image = Lexa Doig at Fan Expo 2011 in Toronto.jpg | image_size = | caption = Lexa Doig at Fan Expo 2011 in Toronto | birth_name = Alexandra Lecciones Doig | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|6|8}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1993–present | spouse = {{marriage|Michael Shanks|2003}} | children = 2 }}
'''Alexandra Lecciones Doig''' (born June 8, 1973)<ref name="Tribune.ca" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Lexa Doig |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lexa-doig/3030246064/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=28 October 2025}}</ref> is a Canadian actress. She played the title role in the science fiction television series ''Andromeda'' (2000–2005). She also played the lead female role of Rowan in the science fiction-action horror film ''Jason X'' (2001), the tenth installment of the ''Friday the 13th'' film series. Since 2015, Doig has appeared in the Aurora Teagarden mystery television film series on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel.
== Early life == Doig was born and grew up in Toronto, Ontario.<ref name="Tribune.ca">{{cite web |url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/lexa-doig/5834/ |title=Lexa Doig Biography |publisher=Tribute |access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref> Her deceased father was of Scottish descent and her mother is a native of City of Dumaguete, Philippines.
As a child, Doig studied rhythmic gymnastics,<ref>{{cite web|title=Lexa Doig|url=http://www.littlereview.com/getcritical/interviews/doig.htm|website=littlereview.com|access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref> and as a teenager studied American Sign Language. She developed a strong interest in acting and was inspired to become an actor at age nine after she watched a theatre production of ''Porgy and Bess''.<ref name=icon />
== Career == === Early modelling === While completing secondary education at Don Mills Collegiate Institute, she enrolled in a vocational modelling program. There, at age 16, she was immediately offered representation by a talent agent and booked in various modelling projects. She chose to drop out from her final year in high school to pursue an acting career.<ref name="Tribune.ca" />
The initial media exposure led to her co-hosting the Canadian game show ''Video & Arcade Top 10''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/Blog-Article/b/21175/How-awesome-was-Video-Arcade-Top-10|title=How awesome was Video & Arcade Top 10?|author=T.J. Colello|publisher=Cape Breton Post|access-date=January 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205611/http://www.capebretonpost.com/Blog-Article/b/21175/How-awesome-was-Video-Arcade-Top-10|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> While auditioning for television and film roles, she worked on theatre productions of ''Romeo and Juliet'' and ''Arsenic and Old Lace''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.personal.u-net.com/~carnfort/Professionals/np_stars.htm|title=The Authorised Guide to The New Professionals|publisher=Dave Matthews|access-date=January 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605221847/http://www.personal.u-net.com/~carnfort/Professionals/np_stars.htm|archive-date=June 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== Acting === [[File:Lexa Doig (5839955855).jpg|upright|thumb|Doig as Rommie from ''Andromeda'' in 2004]] Her first television acting role was as "Second Girl" on ''The Hidden Room'' in 1993. Her first recurring role was in the TV series ''TekWar'' in 1994 where she portrayed the role of Cowgirl.<ref name=icon>{{cite web|title=GAME CHANGER: Lexa Doig Talks Career, Her Latest Roles and Creative Evolution!|url=http://www.iconvsicon.com/2017/03/14/game-changer-lexa-doig-talks-career-her-latest-roles-and-creative-evolution/|website=Icon vs. Icon|access-date=May 14, 2017|date=March 14, 2017}}</ref> Her first movie role was in ''Jungleground'' (1995). Doig got her first big break with a starring role in the movie ''No Alibi'' in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lexa_doig|title=Lexa Doig|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=January 15, 2013}}</ref> She also landed the title role in Gene Roddenberry's sci-fi TV series ''Andromeda'' where, from 2000 to 2005, she portrayed the Andromeda Ascendant ship's computer in three personas — as the ship's powerful AI (artificial intelligence) on the ship's screen, as the AI's hologram, and as Rommie, the android avatar of the AI.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.littlereview.com/getcritical/interviews/doig.htm|title=Lexa Doig: The Galaxy's Sexiest Starship|author=Michelle Erica Green|work=SFX|access-date=January 15, 2013}}</ref>
In 2001, she played the female lead role of "Dr. Rowan LaFontaine" in the horror film ''Jason X'', the tenth instalment of the ''Friday the 13th'' film series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conventionscene.com/2013/01/07/emerald-city-comicon-2013-adds-lexa-doig|title=Emerald City Comicon 2013 Adds Lexa Doig|author=Brian Pate|publisher=Convention Scene|date=January 7, 2013}}</ref> In a recurring role as Dr. Carolyn Lam, Doig appeared in 11 episodes of the ninth and tenth seasons of ''Stargate SG-1'' between 2005 and 2007.<ref name=con /> In 2010, Doig appeared in six episodes in the remake of ''V'' as the alien physician Dr. Leah Pearlman.<ref>{{cite web|title='V' casts Charles Mesure, Lexa Doig|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/v-the-series/news/a201379/v-casts-charles-mesure-lexa-doig/|website=Digital Spy|access-date=May 15, 2017|language=en|date=February 4, 2010}}</ref> In 2012, she began playing the role of Liber8 terrorist Sonya Valentine in the Canadian science fiction TV series ''Continuum''.<ref name=con>{{cite web|title=Taking Charge: Interview with Continuum's Lexa Doig|url=http://scifiandtvtalk.typepad.com/scifiandtvtalk/2013/06/taking-charge-interview-with-continuums-lexa-doig.html|website=SciFiAndTvTalk|access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
In 2017, Doig began playing the recurring role of Talia al Ghul in the fifth season of ''Arrow''.<ref name=icon /> The same year she began portraying DeAnn Anderson, one of the main roles in the E! television series ''The Arrangement''.<ref name=icon /> In 2019, Doig joined the cast of the Netflix television series ''Virgin River'', based on the ''Virgin River'' series of novels by Robyn Carr, playing Paige Lassiter.<ref name="Virgin River">{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |last2=Petski |first2=Denise |title='Virgin River': Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson, Tim Matheson & Annette O'Toole To Star In Netflix Series |url= https://deadline.com/2018/12/virgin-river-alexandra-breckenridge-martin-henderson-tim-matheson-annette-otoole-to-star-in-netflix-series-1202522991/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 19, 2018 |access-date=October 21, 2020}}</ref>
== Personal life == Doig dated actor Michael Shanks after they met on the set of ''Andromeda'',<ref name=post>{{cite web|title=How They Met: How Lexa Doig and Michael Shanks make marriage work|url=http://www.postcity.com/Eat-Shop-Do/Do/April-2017/How-They-Met-How-Lexa-Doig-and-Michael-Shanks-make-marriage-work/|website=postcity.com|date=April 27, 2017 |access-date=May 14, 2017|language=en}}</ref> where the former starred and the latter guest-starred in the 2001 episode "Star Crossed". They married on August 2, 2003, and they worked together again in the 2003 episode "Day of Judgment, Day of Wrath" of the same TV series. The couple were castmates in the final two seasons of ''Stargate SG-1''. They worked together in the action thriller ''Tactical Force'' (2011), in which Doig portrayed an LAPD SWAT officer and Shanks played the role of a Russian mob leader. They worked together on the Netflix Original series ''Virgin River'' (2019). They have two children, a son and a daughter, in addition to Shanks' child from a previous relationship.<ref name=post />
Doig and Shanks are actively involved as charity fundraising partners for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=MSOL Annual Auction Kicks Off Today (Sept. 27) – Solutions Blog|url=http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/2010/09/msol-annual-auction-kicks-off-today-sept-27/|website=Solutions Blog|access-date=May 15, 2017|date=September 27, 2010}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1995 | ''Jungleground'' | Spider | |- | 1999 | ''Teen Sorcery'' | Mercedes | Direct-to-video film |- | 2000 | ''No Alibi'' | Camille | |- | 2001 | ''Jason X'' | Rowan LaFontaine | |- | 2011 | ''Tactical Force'' | Jannard | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1993 | data-sort-value="Hidden Room, The" | ''The Hidden Room'' | Second Girl | Episode: "Marion & Jean" |- | 1994 | ''TekWar'' | Cowgirl | Television film |- | 1994 | ''TekWar: TekLords'' | Cowgirl | Television film |- | 1994–1996 | ''TekWar'' | Cowgirl | Recurring role (5 episodes) |- | 1996 | ''Taking the Falls'' | Netta | Episode: "From Russia with Love" |- | 1996 | ''F/X: The Series'' | Reporter | Episode: "French Kiss" |- | 1996 | ''Flash Gordon'' | Dale Arden | Main voice role |- | 1996 | ''Ready or Not'' | Receptionist | Episode: "Glamour Girl" |- | 1997 | ''While My Pretty One Sleeps'' | Tse Tse | Television film |- | 1999 | ''CI5: The New Professionals'' | Tina Backus | Main role |- | 1999–2000 | ''Traders'' | M.J. Sullivan | Recurring role (season 5), 5 episodes |- | 2000 | ''Code Name Phoenix'' | Conchita Flores | Television film |- | 2000 | ''Earth: Final Conflict'' | Joan Price | Episode: ''Abduction'' |- | 2001 | data-sort-value="Tracker, The" | ''The Tracker'' | Kim Chang | Television film |- | 2002 | data-sort-value="Chris Isaak Show, The" | ''The Chris Isaak Show'' | Detective Lucy Ramirez | Episode: "Home of the Brave" |- | 2004 | ''Human Cargo'' | Rachel Sanders | Television miniseries |- | 2005 | data-sort-value="4400, The" | ''The 4400'' | Wendy Paulson | 4 episodes |- | 2005 | ''Killer Instinct'' | Hospital Doctor | Episode: "Forget Me Not" |- | 2000–2005 | ''Andromeda'' | Andromeda Ascendant / Rommie | Main role |- | 2005–2007 | ''Stargate SG-1'' | Dr. Carolyn Lam | Recurring role (seasons 9–10), 11 episodes |- | 2007 | ''Second Sight'' | Jenny Morris | Television film |- | 2007–2008 | ''Eureka'' | Dr. Anne Young | Episodes: "Maneater", "Best in Faux" |- | 2008 | ''Ba'al: The Storm God'' | Pena | Television film |- | 2009 | ''Fireball'' | Ava | Television film |- | 2009 | ''Supernatural'' | Risa | Episode: "The End" |- | 2010 | ''V'' | Dr. Leah Pearlman | Recurring role (season 1), 6 episodes |- | 2010–2011 | ''Smallville'' | Dr. Christina Lamell | Episodes: "Harvest", "Scion" (scenes deleted{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}) |- | 2011 | ''Health Nutz'' | Ivonka | Episode: "Good News, Bad News" |- | 2013 | ''Primeval: New World'' | Dr. Mara Fridkin | Episodes: "The Sound of Thunder, Parts 1 & 2" |- | 2012–2015 | ''Continuum'' | Sonya Valentine | Main role (seasons 1–3) |- | 2012–2014 | ''Arctic Air'' | Petra Hossa | Recurring role, 9 episodes<br />Nominated – Leo Award for Best Guest Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series |- | 2014 | ''Saving Hope'' | Dr. Selina Quintos | 3 episodes |- | 2015 | data-sort-value="Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, A" | ''A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2015 | ''Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2016 | ''Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2016 | data-sort-value="Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, The" | ''The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery'' | Sally Allison | Television film<br />Nominated {{ndash}} Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Television Movie |- | {{no wrap|2017–2020}} | ''Arrow'' | Talia al Ghul | Recurring role (seasons 5, 7–8) |- | 2017–2018 | data-sort-value="Arrangement, The" | ''The Arrangement'' | Deann Anderson | Main role |- | 2017 | ''Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2017 | data-sort-value="Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, A" | ''A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2018 | ''Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2018 | ''Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2019 | ''Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2019 | ''Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inhertiance to Die For'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2019 | ''Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play '' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2019–2023 | ''Virgin River'' | Paige Lassiter | Recurring role |- | 2020 | ''Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2020 | ''Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and it Feels So Deadly'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2021 | ''Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2021 | ''Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2021 | ''Chucky'' | Bree Wheeler | Recurring role (season 1) |- | 2022 | ''Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder'' | Sally Allison | Television film |- | 2023 | ''Goosebumps'' | Sarah | Recurring role |}
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