Alexandra Neil


Alexandra Neil is an American stage, film and television actress. She is also an activist – co-founder of Downtown Women for Change in New York City. Earlier in her career, she was credited as Dianne Thompson-Neil.
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Life and career

Neil was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended middle school and high school at University-Liggett School in Grosse Pointe, MI. She graduated Cum Laude from Williams College in 1977 with a BA in English/Theatre. She also attended the National Theatre  Institute in 1975. She has worked in television, film, and theatre. She is also a playwright, director and acting teacher. She lives in New York City.
Neil made her Broadway debut in Match, and played Candida in the Broadway production of Tom Stoppard’s Rock’n’Roll.
Film credits include: Listen Up Phillip, The Longest Week, Simon Killer, Afterschool, Twelve, nonames, Something’s Gotta Give, and others.
Television: guest stars and guest leads on Madoff, The Blacklist, Forever, Blue Bloods, all the Law & Orders, Madigan Men, Ed, The Sopranos, Dudley and she is well-known for five major roles in daytime drama, including Ruby Wright Wheeler on Texas.
Neil is a member of the Actors Center Workshop Company in NYC. She is included in the 2012 book Now you tell me! – 12 Actors Give the Best Advice They Never Got, by Sheridan Scott and Chris Willman.
Her play Moucheron was read in the Miranda Theatre Company’s Liz Smith Reading Series at the Cherry Lane in March 2019. Her play Strange Fits was read at the Atlantic Theater in 2009, and done in a workshop in 2010 at New York Stage and Film.
She has directed her original work at the Williams College Summer Theater Lab, Williams College Theater, the Friday Series at Michael Howard Studios, and the NY Poetry Project.
Neil has taught acting at The Freeman Studio, Michael Howard Studios, NYU Tisch, the National Theater Institute, the Williams College Summer Theater Lab, the MFA Acting Program at Brooklyn College, Connecticut College, and Marymount College.

Activism

In 2016, Neil co-founded the organization Downtown Women for Change in New York City. DWC is a grassroots organization committed to preserving and advancing women's rights, mentoring women who choose careers in public policy, and working to elect pro-choice, Democratic women and allies to city, state and national office.

Stage credits

Broadway

Rock’n’Roll – as Candida – Dir: Trevor NunnMatch – as Lisa – – Dir: Nicholas Martin

Off and Off-Off Broadway

Reparations – Billie Holiday Theatre, as Ginny PleasanceMystery of Love and Sex – Mitzi Newhouse Theatre at Lincoln Center, as Lucinda An Oak Tree – Barrow Street Theatre, as The FatherMarien’s Kammer – Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon, as MarieThe Cruelties of Mrs. Schnayd – NY Theatre Studio, as MadeleineAsian Shade – WPA Theatre, as JeanThe Matchmaker – Jewish Repertory Theatre, as ErmengardeRocket to the Moon – Jewish Repertory Theatre, as Cleo SingerClear the Range – Theatre at St. Clements, as The GirlSexy St. James – LaMama ETC, as Arden AmiciThe Ride Across Lake Constance – Theatre at St. Clements, as Elisabeth BergnerFour Little Girls — SoHo Rep, as Marie

Regional

Stag's Leap – Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse20th Century Blues CATF, as SilNow or Later – Huntington Theatre Co., as JessicaIn – Pioneer Theatre, as PammieBalm in Gilead – Alley Theatre, Houston, as DarleneOf Mice and Men –Syracuse Stage, as Curley’s WifeOld Sins, Long Shadows – Philadelphia Theatre Company, as DelorahSweet Bird of Youth – Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, as HeavenlyBus Stop – Actors Theatre of Louisville, as CherieThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Hartman Theatre, as Dockdaisy

Filmography

Film

Listen Up Philip – ChelseaThe Longest Week — Maribel ValmontPretty Happy — Cheryl JacobsNonames – Mrs. EllisTwelve – Mimi KentonAfterschool – Gloria Talbert508 Nelson – Tammy MillarMarci X – Woman at AuctionThe Science of Love – IleanaSomething's Gotta Give – Harry's Old FlameSuits – Sally ParkynLongtime Companion – Soap ActressSee No Evil, Hear No Evil – SallyWall Street – Elevator PersonManhunter – Eileen

Television

Prodigal Son – “Wait & Hope” as ConnieBlue Bloods – “Thicker Than Water” as Joan McCandlessMadoff
  • * “Redemptions” as Monica Noel
  • * “Fallout” as Monica Noel
  • * “Catch Me If You Cancer” as Monica Noel
  • * “Millions to Billions” as Monica NoelForever... New York Kids as Beth Forester *The Blacklist – “The Kingmaker” as Ginny MitchellLaw & Order: Criminal Intent – “Playing Dead” as Josie Hayes-FitzgeraldLaw & Order
  • * “Never Say Goodbye“ as Claire Turner
  • * “Lucky Stiff” as Patricia Klein
  • * “Ego” as Alice Marner
  • * “Shadow” as Lisa HarmonOne Life to Live as Paige Miller One Life to Live as Jeannie Johnson Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – “Taboo” as Mrs. DrakeAll My Children as Casey Wexler Ed – “New School” as Mandel's attorneyMadigan Men – “Meet the Wolfes” as CatherineThe Sopranos — “A Hit Is a Hit” as Wendy KrimAs The World Turns as Dawn Wheeler Dudley – unaired pilot as SheilaGuiding Light as Rose McLaren Shayne Another World as Dr. Emily Benson The Edge of Night as Mary LouiseSearch for Tomorrow as GwenSessions as Josh's girlfriendTexas as Ruby Wright Ryan's Hope as Poppy Lincoln / Teresa Donahue