Alex Paxton-Beesley

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Alex Paxton-Beesley
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Alex Paxton-Beesley
Born (1986-09-24) September 24, 1986 (age 35)
Toronto, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Alex Paxton-Beesley (born September 24, 1986) is a Canadian actress. She is noted for her acting roles in several TV series, including Copper, The Strain, Wynonna Earp, Cardinal and Pure.

Early life[]

Paxton-Beesley was born and raised near the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto close to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) which is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] Her first memory of acting on stage was in a playschool production as a rain cloud.[1] When she was in the fourth grade, she moved to Italy for one year attending school there and learned to speak Italian.[1] On her return to Canada, Paxton-Beesley attended the University of Toronto and was involved in a production of Buried Child with the Victoria College Dramatic Society.[1]

Education and theatre work[]

Paxton-Beesley graduated in 2008 from the George Brown Theatre School in Toronto,[2] then went on to graduate from the Actors' Conservatory at the Canadian Film Centre.[3] Paxton-Beesley has been involved in stage work at The Company Theatre in Festen in 2008, at the Canadian Stage Company and the Citadel Theatre on Rock 'n' Roll in 2009, and at the Theatre Aquarius[4] in The Woman in White.[5] Paxton-Beesley was nominated and won an Outstanding Actress (Small) MyTheatre Award for her performance in Slip, for Circlesnake Productions, a complex psychological drama in which she played a detective, at the Harbourfront Centre: World Stage, Toronto.[6][7] The production later moved to the Tarragon Theatre, her performance receiving high praise from Theatre Critic Karen Fricker.[8]

TV and film[]

Paxton-Beesley has performed acting roles in several different TV series, including Copper in 2012, an American Civil War drama,[2] wherein she played Ellen Corcoran for 11 episodes, she also starred as Ann-Marie Barbour in the series 3 of The Strain by Guillermo del Toro in 2014,[9] and Wynonna Earp as Hetty Tate, 2016. She played the role of "Red", a brain-damaged shooting victim, in six episodes of the TV series Cardinal in 2018[10] and in the same year starring as Anna Funk in Pure.[3][11][12]

In 2021, Paxton-Beesley played a lead role as Katherine in the TV movie A Mother’s Lie alongside Sonja Smits who played her mother.[13]

Other work[]

Paxton-Beesley offers advice to budding acting students that they be mentally, physically and emotionally prepared for the reality of rejection in auditions. She was purported to suggest to students at Niagara College Q-and-A session that of around 400 of her auditions (to 2014) only 10 per cent or so were successful. [2]

Personal life[]

Her brother Tommy Paxton-Beesley is a musician, better known by the stage name River Tiber. [14]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role
2004 The Good Shepherd [15] Monica
2012 Your Place or Mine (short) [16] Annie
2013 The Colony [17] Terrified Woman
2014 Burnt Grass (short) [18] Sally
2014 Dirty Singles[19] Meagan
2015 Shavasana (short) [20][21] Claire
2015 Dredger (short) [22] Bird the Wifmaid
2017 Space & Time [23] Frances
2018 The Spadina House (short) [24] The Maid

Television Film[]

Year Title Role / reference
2012 Christmas with Holly Shelby (supporting lead) [4]
2014 Guilty at 17 June Gailey [25]
2017 The Perfect Soulmate Sarah Miles [26]
2020 Proposing Murder - A Crossword Mystery Abby
2020 Is There a Killer in My Family? Lauren [27]
2021 A Mother's Lie Katherine [13]

Television series[]

Year Title Role
2009 Being Erica Laurie (1 episode)
2010 Republic of Doyle Theresa Harris (1 episode)
2011 Suits Kelsey Price (1 episode) [4]
2010–2011 Warehouse 13 Rebecca St. Claire / Young Rebecca (2 episodes)[15]
2011 The Listener Elizabeth Simmonds (1 episode)
2012 Flashpoint Paramedic (1 episode) [4]
2012 Alphas (TV Series) Megan Bates (2 episodes) [28]
2012 Beauty & the Beast Chloe London (1 episode)
2012 Rookie Blue Rachel Finley (1 episode) [4]
2012 The Firm Sarah Holt (9 episodes) [4]
2012–13 Copper Ellen Corcoran (11 episodes) [4]
2013 Lost Girl Lola (1 episode)
2014 The Strain Ann-Marie Barbour (3 episodes - series 3) [9]
2015 Haven Kira Fletcher (2 episodes)
2015 Minority Report Liz Rutledge (1 episode)
2015 Remedy Jennifer Wilson (1 episode)
2016 Private Eyes Robyn Westing (1 episode)
2016 Wynonna Earp Hetty Tate (1 episode)
2009–17 Murdoch Mysteries Winifred Pink / Winifred 'Freddie' Pink / Lillie Dunn (5 episodes) [15]
2018–19 Pure Anna Funk (12 episodes) [29]
2018 Impulse Sabine (3 episodes)
2018 Cardinal [30] Red (6 episodes) [31]
2020 Fortunate Son Pam Tiller (2 episodes)
2020 - 2021 The Bold Type Eva Rhodes (recurring role - 6 episodes) [32]
2021 Sex/Life Judy (2 episodes)

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 MyTheatre Awards Outstanding Actress (Small) Slip (Circlesnake Productions) at the Harbourfront Centre: World Stage, Toronto Won [7][6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Nominee Interview Series:Alex Paxton-Beesley". myentertainmentworld.ca. March 8, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Alex Paxton-Beesley gives niagara College students an inside on acting business". Niagara-news.com. 2014.
  3. ^ a b "CFC alumni 819". Canadian Film Centre. 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Alex Paxton-Beesley". The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation. 2016.
  5. ^ "Alex Paxton-Beesley Ensemble". The Company Theatre. 2018.
  6. ^ a b "The 2016 MyTheatre Award Nominees: Toronto". myentertainmentworld.ca. January 1, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "The 2016 MyTheatre Award Winners: Toronto". myentertainmentworld.ca. April 20, 2017.
  8. ^ "Slip is something to keep savouring - Review". thestar.com. 2017.
  9. ^ a b "The Strain is not for everyone". tvgoodness.com. August 3, 2014.
  10. ^ "Season 2 of Cardinal is solid, but lacks searing sensibility". theglobeandmail.com. 2018.
  11. ^ "Pure Cast - Alex Paxton-Beesley". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2018.
  12. ^ "John Doyle: CBC's Pure is about more than Mennonites – it's about morals". theglobeandmail.com. 2018.
  13. ^ a b "A Mother's Lie". tv.apple.com. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  14. ^ "Grolsch Open House | River Tiber". ION Magazine, September 4, 2014.
  15. ^ a b c "Biography - Alex Paxton-Beesley". TV Guide (CBS). 2018.
  16. ^ "Your Place or Mine". (National Screen Institute). 2018.
  17. ^ "The Colony 2013 Action Horror Sci-Fi". YTS.ph. 2013.
  18. ^ "Burnt Grass". Shortoftheweek.com. 2015.
  19. ^ "Dirty Singles". Calgary International Film Festival. 2018.
  20. ^ "Toronto premiere - Shavasana". Canadian Film Fest. 2016.
  21. ^ "Shavasana". Bahamas International Film Festival. 2018.
  22. ^ "Dredger". 2016 Nouveaucinema.ca. 2016.
  23. ^ "Space and Time". Oakland International Film Festival. 2018.
  24. ^ "The Spadina House". LA Comedy Fest. 2018. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  25. ^ "Chloe Rose – Guilty at 17". starrymag.com. 2014.
  26. ^ "The Perfect Soulmate". themoviescene.co.uk. 2017.
  27. ^ "Is There a Killer in My Family? 2020". fmovies.ge. 2020.
  28. ^ "'Alphas' – Wake Up Call". airlockalpha.com (Nexus media). 2012.
  29. ^ "A conversation with Alex Paxton-Beesley of CBC's "Pure"". Novella Magazine. 2017.
  30. ^ "Tag archives -Alex Paxton-Beesley". tv-eh.com. 2018.
  31. ^ "Karine Vanasse relishes her return to CTV's 'real and raw' Cardinal". montrealgazette.com. 2018.
  32. ^ "Review: 'The Bold Type' Season 4 Spring Finale Makes Bold Moves". forbes.com. 2020.

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