1. Alexa Demie is best known for her role as high school student Maddy on the HBO teen drama television series Euphoria.
18 Facts About Alexa Demie
1. 2.
Alexa Demie was raised by her mother, Rose Mendez, a make-up artist.
3.
Alexa Demie has said that she "didn't grow up with the best male figures in [her] life" or "much respect for men".
4.
Alexa Demie lived in an apartment across the street from a meth lab and next door to several meth addicts, with the Black Eyed Peas recording studio being around the corner from her.
5.
From elementary to high school, Alexa Demie was bullied by her classmates, describing herself during that time as "quite a loner".
6.
Alexa Demie got involved with performing arts in high school during her senior year.
7.
Alexa Demie had plans to become a fashion designer but, after attending orientation for an art school in New York, she decided against it.
8.
Alexa Demie made her first onscreen appearance as a video vixen in Azealia Banks' 2013 music video for the song "ATM Jam".
9.
Alexa Demie's professional acting career began with a role in the 2015 short film Miles, through which she found an agency to represent her.
10.
Alexa Demie went on to guest star on the television series Ray Donovan and Love, guest starring on the second season of the drama television series The OA as Ingrid, a bilingual gamer.
11.
Alexa Demie appeared in the music video for JMSN's 2017 song "Slide" and made her debut feature film appearance in the 2017 comedy-drama film Brigsby Bear, in which she played Merideth.
12.
The character had three extensive mood boards Alexa Demie created herself, and she collaborated with the makeup artists of the show on her aesthetic.
13.
Alexa Demie is called one of Euphoria's breakout stars by critics.
14.
Alexa Demie went on to star in the 2019 film Waves as Alexis, a teenager who is impregnated by her boyfriend, a popular but troubled high school wrestler played by Kelvin Harrison Jr.
15.
Alexa Demie watched videos about codependency and drew on her own experience with an emotionally abusive relationship between her and a high school boyfriend, which she described as "very codependent", as the basis for the film's relationship.
16.
Alexa Demie appeared in the comedy-drama film Mainstream in 2020 as Isabelle Roberts, a game show audience member, and made a cameo in The Neighbourhood's video for their 2020 song "Stargazing".
17.
In Nineteen on Fire, a 2021 short film written and directed by Ryan Simpkins, Alexa Demie played a drug dealer.
18.
Alexa Demie is set to be a voice actor in the upcoming animated series Fables.