Alex Paxton-Beesley

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. Her first memory of acting on stage was in a playschool production as a rain cloud. then went on to graduate from the Actors' Conservatory at the Canadian Film Centre.

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 Rock 'n' Roll 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.

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. In 2012, she had a recurring role in The Firm as Sarah Holt for 9 episodes, The same year, she also starred in the film Dirty Singles, which featured at the 2014 Calgary International Film Festival. 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.

Filmography Film Year Title Role 2004 The Good Shepherd Monica 2012 Your Place or Mine (short) Annie 2012 Malody Malody 2013 The Colony Sally 2014 Dirty Singles Claire 2015 Dredger (short) Bird the Wifmaid 2017 Space & Time Frances 2018 The Spadina House (short) The Maid 2021 PAW Patrol: The Movie additional voices 2021 The Desperate Hour Off-Screen reader 2023 Close to You Megan

Television film YearTitleRole / reference 2012 Christmas with Holly Shelby (supporting lead) 2017 The Perfect Soulmate Sarah Miles 2020 Proposing Murder - A Crossword Mystery Abby Is There a Killer in My Family? Lauren 2021 A Mother's Lie Katherine Beauty & the Beast Chloe London (1 episode) Rookie Blue Rachel Finley (1 episode) 2018 Impulse Sabine (3 episodes) Cardinal Red (6 episodes) 2020 Fortunate Son Pam Tiller (2 episodes) 2020–2021 The Bold Type Eva Rhodes (recurring role - 6 episodes) 2021 Sex/Life Judy (2 episodes) 2022 Astrid & Lilly Save the World Newscaster (voice)(S1.E1) 2023 Chucky Gretchen (2 episodes) 2025 Motorheads Kelly (4 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