Alexandra Wilson is best known for playing the original Josie Watts on the soap opera Another World.
14 Facts About Alexandra Wilson
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Alexandra Wilson starred in the television series Homefront and the film Small Soldiers.
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Alexandra Wilson attended Chantilly High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, and was involved in performing and cheerleading.
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In 1980, with her parents' encouragement, Alexandra Wilson moved to New York City to fully pursue a performing career.
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Alexandra Wilson initially lived with her ex-Rockette grandmother and paid for acting, dancing, and singing classes by waitressing for customers like Paul Newman, Mick Jagger, and Matthew Broderick.
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Alexandra Wilson's breakthrough came when she was cast as a regular in television daytime dramas.
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Alexandra Wilson made her soap opera debut as Sage Holland, a recurring character in As the World Turns.
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In 1991, Alexandra Wilson moved to Los Angeles and transitioned to primetime television as a principal cast member of the post-World War II drama Homefront.
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Subsequently, Alexandra Wilson would receive main billing in other short-lived drama series: the Aaron Spelling-produced The Round Table and University Hospital, and the medical science fiction program Mercy Point.
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In 1998, Alexandra Wilson had a role in the movie Small Soldiers, directed by Joe Dante.
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Alexandra Wilson has since starred in independent features, namely the 2002 neo-noir Ocean Park, Bradford Tatum's crime thriller Salt, and the Kickstarter-funded Life Inside Out in 2013.
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Alexandra Wilson is a history buff, and World War II is her favorite subject.
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Alexandra Wilson later shared a two-bedroom Hollywood Hills apartment with Sharon Lawrence.
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Alexandra Wilson is good friends with Homefront co-star Jessica Steen and has stayed in touch with Another World's Matt Crane after leaving the show.