Alexandra Wilson

Alexandra Muriel Wilson is an American actress. She is best known for playing the original Josie Watts on the soap opera Another World (1988–1991). She also starred in the television series Homefront (1991-1992) and the film Small Soldiers.

Biography

Early life

Alexandra Wilson attended Chantilly High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, and was involved in performing and cheerleading. Wilson then studied theater and history at Broward Community College in the Miami area, but left after a year to avoid the drug scene.

Wilson's grandmother was one of the first Rockettes. Her mother (Elaine Wilson), an award-winning drama teacher at Chantilly High School, sparked her interest in acting, as early as age five. Wilson recounted her mother's influence: "She put me in some of her productions, and she taught me in high school. I was never sure I could do it, but I knew I had to be an actor."

After graduating from high school, Wilson held drama seminars for her mother's students.

Career In 1980, with her parents' encouragement, Wilson moved to New York City to fully pursue a performing career. From the age of 19, she has supplemented her income by appearing in a number of commercials, most notably for Pizza Hut, Tide, Coke, and later, Claritin. In 1994, she would turn down an offer to portray Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live.

In 1991, Wilson moved to Los Angeles and transitioned to primetime television as a principal cast member of the post-World War II drama Homefront. Her appearance as Sarah Brewer Metcalf in Season One, opposite Kyle Chandler, allowed her to play a grown-up character for the first time. It also showcased her longtime fascination with history, particularly the World War II dynamics of both the battlefront and civilian life, and the importance of women in factories. Despite winning the 1992 People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Dramatic Series, Homefront had an abbreviated run and was not renewed for a third season. Subsequently, Wilson would receive main billing in other short-lived drama series: the Aaron Spelling-produced The Round Table (1992) and University Hospital (1995), and the medical science fiction program Mercy Point (1998-1999).

After Homefront, in the early 1990s, Wilson briefly returned to high school roles as the love interest of Billy Cranston (David Yost) in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the girlfriend of Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestley) in Beverly Hills, 90210. The latter reunited her with former Loving/Another World co-star Luke Perry. Wilson is also good friends with Homefront co-star Jessica Steen and has stayed in touch with Another Worlds Matt Crane after leaving the show. 1991–92 Homefront Sarah Brewer Main role (season 1)Won''' – 18th People's Choice Awards for Favorite New Dramatic Series 1992 Beverly Hills, 90210|Brooke Alexander "Sex, Lies and Volleyball/Photo Fini", "Shooting Star/American in Paris", "Castles in the Sand" 1992 |Kaitlin Cavanaugh 6 episodes (2 unaired) 1993 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Marge "Peace, Love and Woe" 1995 University Hospital|Sam McCormick Main role 1995 One West Waikiki| "Unhappily Ever After" 1996 If Looks Could Kill| TV film 1996 Mr. & Mrs. Smith|Elena Rossini "The Grape Escape" 1997 High Tide|Liddy Parker "Two Barretts and a Baby" 1997 |Caroline Dawes TV film 1998 |Allison Paxton "Vision Quest" 1998 |Julia TV film 1998–99 Mercy Point|Dr. Dru Breslauer Main role 1999 In My Sister's Shadow|Laurie Connor TV film 1999 V.I.P.|Sharon Carter "Valma and Louise" 2001 Any Day Now| "It's Not Just a Word: Part 1" 2002 First Monday|Mary Willis "Strip Search" 2002 Curb Your Enthusiasm'' Mary "Mary, Joseph and Larry"