Lexa Doig

Alexandra Lecciones Doig (born June 8, 1973) is a Canadian actress. She played the title role in the science fiction television series Andromeda (2000–2005). She also played the lead female role of Rowan in the science fiction-action horror film Jason X, the tenth installment of the Friday the 13th film series. Since 2015, Doig has appeared in the Aurora Teagarden mystery television film series on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel.

Early life Doig was born and grew up in Toronto, Ontario. Her deceased father was of Scottish descent and her mother is a native of City of Dumaguete, Philippines.

As a child, Doig studied rhythmic gymnastics, and as a teenager studied American Sign Language. She developed a strong interest in acting and was inspired to become an actor at age nine after she watched a theatre production of Porgy and Bess. While auditioning for television and film roles, she worked on theatre productions of Romeo and Juliet and Arsenic and Old Lace.

Acting

Her first television acting role was as "Second Girl" on The Hidden Room in 1993. Her first recurring role was in the TV series TekWar in 1994 where she portrayed the role of Cowgirl. Her first movie role was in Jungleground (1995). Doig got her first big break with a starring role in the movie No Alibi in 2000. She also landed the title role in Gene Roddenberry's sci-fi TV series Andromeda where, from 2000 to 2005, she portrayed the Andromeda Ascendant ship's computer in three personas — as the ship's powerful AI (artificial intelligence) on the ship's screen, as the AI's hologram, and as Rommie, the android avatar of the AI.

In 2001, she played the female lead role of "Dr. Rowan LaFontaine" in the horror film Jason X, the tenth instalment of the Friday the 13th film series. In a recurring role as Dr. Carolyn Lam, Doig appeared in 11 episodes of the ninth and tenth seasons of Stargate SG-1 between 2005 and 2007. In 2012, she began playing the role of Liber8 terrorist Sonya Valentine in the Canadian science fiction TV series Continuum.

In 2017, Doig began playing the recurring role of Talia al Ghul in the fifth season of Arrow.

Personal life Doig dated actor Michael Shanks after they met on the set of Andromeda, where the former starred and the latter guest-starred in the 2001 episode "Star Crossed". They married on August 2, 2003, and they worked together again in the 2003 episode "Day of Judgment, Day of Wrath" of the same TV series. The couple were castmates in the final two seasons of Stargate SG-1. They worked together in the action thriller Tactical Force (2011), in which Doig portrayed an LAPD SWAT officer and Shanks played the role of a Russian mob leader. They worked together on the Netflix Original series Virgin River (2019). They have two children, a son and a daughter, in addition to Shanks' child from a previous relationship.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1995 Jungleground Spider 1999 Teen Sorcery Mercedes Direct-to-video film 2000 No Alibi Camille 2001 Jason X Rowan LaFontaine 2011 Tactical Force Jannard

Television Year Title Role Notes 1993 The Hidden Room Second Girl Episode: "Marion & Jean" 1994 TekWar Cowgirl Television film 1994 TekWar: TekLords Cowgirl Television film 1994–1996 TekWar Cowgirl Recurring role (5 episodes) 1996 Taking the Falls Netta Episode: "From Russia with Love" 1996 F/X: The Series Reporter Episode: "French Kiss" 1996 Flash Gordon Dale Arden Main voice role 1996 Ready or Not Receptionist Episode: "Glamour Girl" 1997 While My Pretty One Sleeps Tse Tse Television film 1999 CI5: The New Professionals Tina Backus Main role 1999–2000 Traders M.J. Sullivan Recurring role (season 5), 5 episodes 2000 Code Name Phoenix Conchita Flores Television film 2000 Earth: Final Conflict Joan Price Episode: Abduction 2001 The Tracker Kim Chang Television film 2002 The Chris Isaak Show Detective Lucy Ramirez Episode: "Home of the Brave" 2004 Human Cargo Rachel Sanders Television miniseries 2005 The 4400 Wendy Paulson 4 episodes 2005 Killer Instinct Hospital Doctor Episode: "Forget Me Not" 2000–2005 Andromeda Andromeda Ascendant / Rommie Main role 2005–2007 Stargate SG-1 Dr. Carolyn Lam Recurring role (seasons 9–10), 11 episodes 2007 Second Sight Jenny Morris Television film 2007–2008 Eureka Dr. Anne Young Episodes: "Maneater", "Best in Faux" 2008 Ba'al: The Storm God Pena Television film 2009 Fireball Ava Television film 2009 Supernatural Risa Episode: "The End" 2010 V Dr. Leah Pearlman Recurring role (season 1), 6 episodes 2010–2011 Smallville Dr. Christina Lamell Episodes: "Harvest", "Scion" (scenes deleted) 2011 Health Nutz Ivonka Episode: "Good News, Bad News" 2013 Primeval: New World Dr. Mara Fridkin Episodes: "The Sound of Thunder, Parts 1 & 2" 2012–2015 Continuum Sonya Valentine Main role (seasons 1–3) 2012–2014 Arctic Air Petra Hossa Recurring role, 9 episodesNominated – Leo Award for Best Guest Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series 2014 Saving Hope Dr. Selina Quintos 3 episodes 2015 A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Sally Allison Television film 2015 Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Sally Allison Television film 2016 Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Sally Allison Television film 2016 The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Sally Allison Television filmNominated Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Television Movie Arrow Talia al Ghul Recurring role (seasons 5, 7–8) 2017–2018 The Arrangement Deann Anderson Main role 2017 Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Sally Allison Television film 2017 A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Sally Allison Television film 2018 Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Sally Allison Television film 2018 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game Sally Allison Television film 2019 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse Sally Allison Television film 2019 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inhertiance to Die For Sally Allison Television film 2019 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play Sally Allison Television film 2019–2023 Virgin River Paige Lassiter Recurring role 2020 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek Sally Allison Television film 2020 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and it Feels So Deadly Sally Allison Television film 2021 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con Sally Allison Television film 2021 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part Sally Allison Television film 2021 Chucky Bree Wheeler Recurring role (season 1) 2022 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder Sally Allison Television film 2023 Goosebumps Sarah Recurring role