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


Early life

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


Education and theatre work

Paxton-Beesley graduated in 2008 from the George Brown Theatre School in Toronto, then went on to graduate from the Actors' Conservatory at the
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.


Theatre

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 ''
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'' in 2009, and at the Theatre Aquarius in ''The Woman in White''. 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. The production later moved to the Tarragon Theatre, her performance receiving high praise from Theatre Critic Karen Fricker.


TV and film

Paxton-Beesley first appeared on screen in 2004 in '' The Good Shepherd'' (also known as The Confessor (film), alongside Christian Slater and Molly Parker. Her television debut was in 2009, in ''
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'' and ''
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''. She was Young Rebecca in '' Warehouse 13'', In 2012, she had a recurring role in '' The Firm'' as Sarah Holt for 9 episodes, the same year had a regular role in ''
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'', an American Civil War drama, wherein she played Ellen Corcoran for 11 episodes. In 2014, she starred as Ann-Marie Barbour in series 3 of ''
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'' by
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. The same year, she also starred in the film '' Dirty Singles'', which featured at the 2014
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. In 2016, she played Hetty Tate in '' Wynonna Earp''. In 2018, she played the role of "Red", a brain-damaged shooting victim, in six episodes of the TV series ''
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'', and in the same year starring as Anna Funk in '' Pure''. In 2021, Paxton-Beesley played a lead role as Katherine in the TV film ''A Mother's Lie'' alongside Sonja Smits who played her mother.


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 a Niagara College Q&A session that of around 400 of her auditions (to 2014), only 10% or so were successful.


Personal life

Her brother Tommy Paxton-Beesley is a musician, better known by the stage name
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''ION Magazine'', September 4, 2014.


Filmography


Film


Television film


Television series


Awards and nominations


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paxton-Beesley, Alex 1986 births Living people Actresses from Toronto Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses