Alexis Knapp

Alexis Merizalde Knapp (born July 31, 1989) is an American actress and singer. She portrays Stacie Conrad in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017) and Alexis in the party film Project X. She also appeared on the first season of the TBS comedy Ground Floor.

Early life Knapp was born in Avonmore, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Marjorie and Bradford Elwood Knapp. She grew up in North Carolina before moving to Los Angeles when she was 18.

Career In 2008, Knapp hosted a popular internet video series titled 'Project Lore', a show about the video game World of Warcraft, and also worked as a model before breaking into acting. She appeared in background roles in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Aphrodite Girl #9 and in Couples Retreat as a Dance Academy Girl. In 2012, Knapp appeared in her first major roles: Alexis in Project X and the sex-crazed singer Stacie Conrad in Pitch Perfect. She reprised the role of Stacie in Pitch Perfect 2, and made a brief cameo appearance in Pitch Perfect 3. In a 2017 interview, Knapp revealed that playing Stacie was difficult for her because the character was so unlike her.

Knapp appeared in the pilot of ABC's short-lived series Super Fun Night, written by and starring her Pitch Perfect co-star Rebel Wilson. She starred in the Tom Vaughan directed film So Undercover, as Taylor Jaffe. Knapp had a starring role in the first season of the TBS comedy, Ground Floor, portraying Tori, a party girl, who catches up on her sleep at work the next morning, but her character was dropped before the second season. She was cast in the Lifetime pilot Cinnamon Girl, which did not get picked up as a series. Knapp also starred in the independent short film Wracked, as Melissa. In 2017, she starred as Samantha in the Lifetime Christmas television film My Christmas Prince.

Personal life Knapp dated actor Ryan Phillippe in mid-2010. The relationship ended that September. After their breakup, Knapp discovered that she was pregnant. She gave birth to their daughter in 2011; Phillippe was present during the birth.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 Couples Retreat San Diego Dance Academy 2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Aphrodite Girl 2012 Project X Alexis Pitch Perfect Stacie Conrad So Undercover Taylor Jaffe 2013 Vamp U Samantha Cavemen Kat 2014 Grace Jessica The Anomaly Dana 2015 Pitch Perfect 2 Stacie Conrad 2016 Urge Joey 2017 Pitch Perfect 3 Stacie Conrad 2021 Phobias Lia 2022 The Accursed Mary Lynn 2024 One More Shot Jennifer LomaxAnother Day in AmericaTracy AndersonDown BelowKarisma

Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Look Dede 1 episode 2012 Like Father Dylan Episode: "Pilot" 2013 Cinnamon Girl: California Dreamin''' Lola Jones Family Guy| Girl #3 (voice) Episode: "Valentine's Day in Quahog" Super Fun Night| Clamantha Episode: "Pilot" 2013–2014 Ground Floor| Tori Main role (season 1) 2014 The Dorm| Vivian Bloom

2017 My Christmas Prince| Samantha Logan 2022 The Orville'' Irillia Episode: "Electric Sheep"