Alexandra Lydon


Alexandra Martin Lydon is an American actress and writer.

Early life and education

Lydon was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. She attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at the affiliated Stella Adler Conservatory, graduating with honors with a double degree in Drama and Psychology.

Career

Lydon played Jane Saunders, daughter of primary villain Stephen Saunders, in the third season of the television series 24 and Ann Owens in Prison Break. She starred in the independent film Nail Polish and Bryan Bertino’s film Mockingbird, released by Universal Studios. She had recurring roles on CSI: Miami and K-Ville and made guest star appearances on shows including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Desperate Housewives, House, Private Practice, NCIS and Star Trek: Enterprise.
Lydon co-created and performed in the comedy show Worst Laid Plans at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles and New York City. She wrote and performed in the comedy album Worst Laid Plans at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, published by Random House in May 2010. She later adapted the show into a book, Worst Laid Plans: When Bad Sex Happens to Good People, published in 2014 by Abrams Image.
Lydon is also a voice-over artist and has narrated and contributed to documentary television films, including The Young and the Restless in China, part of the PBS documentary series FRONTLINE.
Lydon created and produced the 2015 ABC TV movie Broad Squad. As of 2016, she was writing a book about race and gender dynamics in policing for a six-figure preempt by Picador of Pan Macmillan UK imprints, a division of Macmillan Publishers.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004BodiesMicheleShort film
2005Ten Souls RisingSarahShort film
2006Nail PolishAllison Silverman
2014MockingbirdBethFound footage film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003HackJulie ReedEpisode: "All Others Pay Cash"; as Alexander Lydon
2003EdRileyEpisode: "Just a Formality"
200424Jane Saunders5 episodes
2005Star Trek: EnterpriseJhamelEpisode: "The Aenar"
2005Without a TraceAgnes DeschampsEpisode: "Second Sight"
2005CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSusan HemmingtonEpisode: "Iced"
2005Desperate HousewivesRita RivaraEpisode: "You Could Drive a Person Crazy"
2005–06CSI: MiamiJennifer Wilson3 episodes
2006Prison BreakAnn Owens3 episodes
2007NCISNatalie DaltonEpisode: "Skeletons"
2007K-VilleSam Winston3 episodes
2008Eli StoneCori MitchellEpisode: "One More Try"
2008Cold CaseMiriam ForresterEpisode: "Wednesday's Women"
2008The OaksHelenEpisode: Pilot
2008HouseMelindaEpisode: "Emancipation"
2008The Young and the Restless in ChinaNarratorPart of the PBS documentary series FRONTLINE
2009Private PracticeEleanorEpisode: "Wait and See"
2009Single DadsBethEpisodes: "Meeting Girls in the Park", "Having Girls Over"
2010In Plain SightNatalie VickersEpisode: "Love's Faber Lost"
2011Lie to MeClaire HansonEpisode: "Killer App"
2011Borderline MurderHalie MorganTelevision movie
2013VegasShelly EversonEpisode: "The Third Man"
2015Broad SquadProducerTelevision movie

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Make Sure It's MeSandraWilliamstown Theatre Festival, Berkshires, MA
2016Berkshire Theatre FestivalVarious partsBerkshires, MA
2018RickshawCaroline Boston, MA
2019War StoriesLeadStella Adler Theatre