Alexandra Jensen
Alexandra Jensen is an Australian actress. Her television roles include Abby on Frayed, Sophie on Amazing Grace and Audrey on The Messenger. For her performance in the 2022 horror film Talk to Me, she was nominated for the 2024 AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She plays a lead role as Amy in the 2025 dark comedy thriller Penny Lane Is Dead.
Early life and education
Alexandra Jensen was born in in Toronto, near Newcastle, New South Wales. During primary school she took drama lessons to overcome her shyness, anxiety and a speech problem.Jensen completed her secondary education at Hunter School of the Performing Arts.
While still at school, Jensen took the role of Cogsworth in an amateur stage musical production of Beauty and the Beast Jnr at Young Peoples Theatre, Newcastle from April to May 2015. In June to July 2018, she played Elia, a secondary student, in Impending Everyone by Michael Andrew Collins, at the SBW Stables Theatre, Kings Cross, for the Australian Theatre for Young People.
Career
Jensen's first professional audition was for a Foxtel TV series and, despite missing out on the role, Foxtel introduced her to a talent manager.She had her debut lead role in the 2022 independent feature film Beat. Other major screen roles include the 2022 horror film Talk to Me.
Jensen starred in the TV series Frayed, Amazing Grace, and The Messenger.
She plays Miss Miller in the 2024 horror film The Moogai.
Jensen plays a lead role as Amy in the 2025 dark comedy thriller Penny Lane Is Dead, in writer-director Mia'Kate Russell's feature film debut.