Alexa Demie

Alexa Demie is an American actress best known for her role as Maddy Perez in the HBO drama series Euphoria.

Alexa Demie
Demie in 2019
Born
Alexa Demie

1994/1995 (age 24–25) [1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2014–present
Parent(s)Rose Mendez

Early life

Demie was born and raised in Los Angeles, California by her single mother Rose Mendez, a make-up artist.[2] She is of Mexican descent on her mother's side.[3][4]

Career

Demie has guest starred on TV series such as Ray Donovan, Love, and The OA.[5]

In 2018, Demie appeared in Mid90s.[6] In 2019, she began starring as Maddy Perez in the HBO drama series Euphoria.[7][8]

In August 2018, [9] joined the cast of Waves[10] alongside Sterling K. Brown and that of Mainstream, directed by Gia Coppola.[11]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Miles Sara Short film
2017 Brigsby Bear Merideth
2017 To the Moon Virginia Dawson Short film
2018 Mid90s Estee
2019 Waves Alexis Lopez
2020 Mainstream Post-production
TBA Nineteen on Fire Paisley Short film; post-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Ray Donovan Shairee 3 episodes
2018 Love Marina 2 episodes
2019 The OA Ingrid Episode: "Treasure Island"
2019 Euphoria Maddy Perez Main role; 8 episodes

Music videos

Guest appearances
Year Title Artist Director
2013 "ATM Jam (Kaytranada Remix)" Azealia Banks featuring Pharrell Rony Alwin
2017 "Slide" JMSN JMSN, Solomon Gross, Ian Randolph
2017 "Angelica" JMSN Cameron McCool

Director
Year Title Artist Director
2018 "Talk Is Cheap" JMSN Alexa Demie, Natalie Falt
gollark: Here we go, LibreOffice open PDFs, if poorly.
gollark: I'm working on getting it. Firefox wants to restart at an unhelpful time.
gollark: I have a paper about implementing computation using humans' 3D visual perception system, too.
gollark: This was apparently published 9 years ago but nobody noticed: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241716110_Collision-based_computing_implemented_by_soldier_crab_swarms
gollark: There was a recent paper suggesting that large amounts of some kind of crab could be used for computation due to complex swarm behaviour.

References
  1. Oswaks, Molly (September 8, 2019). "Alexa Demie, a Breakout Star of 'Euphoria,' Has Hidden Talents" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. McCarthy, Lauren (June 14, 2019). "New Faces: Alexa Demie, Euphoria's Fearless Breakout Star". W Magazine. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  3. Morales de la Cruz, Atenea (July 3, 2019). "Alexa Demie nos cuenta sobre su papel en Euphoria, la serie que te va a dejar sin aliento". Vogue (in Spanish). Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  4. "'Euphoria' Star Alexa Demie Is Ready for Someone to Cast Her in a Comedy". People en Español.
  5. Thomas, Leah Marilla (June 23, 2019). "Who Plays Maddy On 'Euphoria'? Alexa Demie Says Her Character Is A "Female Patrick Bateman"". Bustle.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  6. N'Duka, Amanda (August 1, 2017). "Alexa Demie Set For Jonah Hill's 'Mid '90s'; Tommy Dorfman Cast In 'Fluidity'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  7. Andreeva, Nellie; Hipes, Patrick (June 5, 2018). "Zendaya To Topline HBO's Drama Pilot 'Euphoria'; Storm Reid, Maude Apatow, Astro & Eric Dane Co-Star". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  8. Petski, Denise (July 11, 2019). "'Euphoria' Renewed For Season 2 By HBO". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  9. Harris, Hunter (2019-11-14). "You Can't Make a Coming-of-Age Movie Without Alexa Demie". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  10. Kroll, Justin (August 15, 2018). "'Mid90s' Actress Alexa Demie Joins Lucas Hedges, Sterling K. Brown in A24's 'Waves' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  11. Fleming, Mike, Jr. (May 14, 2019). "Johnny Knoxville, Chris Messina, Alexa Demie, Colleen Camp Join Gia Coppola's 'Mainstream'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
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