81 Facts About Alexis Colby

Alexis Carrington Colby is a fictional character on the American TV series Dynasty.

Alexis Colby is the ex-wife of Blake Carrington and her schemes cause one problem after another for him and their children.

Passionate, shrewd, and vengeful, Alexis Colby loves her children fiercely and will do anything to protect them, but she often ignores their own needs and desires in place of what she thinks is best.

Esther Shapiro later said that the character of Alexis Colby was based on the Roman empress Livia as characterized in the 1934 novel I, Claudius.

The character of Alexis Colby is a foil for "good girl" Krystle, with an opposing moral stature and attitude.

Alexis Colby hoped to reduce costs for the season by, among other things, cutting Collins from 22 episodes to 11.

Alexis Colby had been exiled from Denver by Blake after an affair with Carrington estate manager Roger Grimes; her testimony, that Blake has a violent temper, proves damaging to his case.

Staunchly loyal to Blake, Joseph has a particular dislike for Alexis Colby and has followed her scandalous adventures for years through the tabloids.

Alexis Colby' consistent meddling and intrusions help improve Krystle's relationship with Fallon, Joseph, and the rest of the household staff, and they soon accept her unconditionally as Blake's wife.

Alexis Colby makes an enemy in Krystle when she purposefully fires a shotgun to make Krystle's horse throw her; the pregnant Krystle miscarries and is told she will probably be unable to have more.

Alexis Colby becomes romantically involved with Cecil, now Blake's adversary, but Cecil has a heart attack while in bed with her.

Colby is kidnapped, former spouses Blake and Alexis make a televised plea that he be returned.

Alexis Colby confesses a dark secret from their past: their firstborn son, Adam, had been kidnapped as a baby and had never been returned.

In episode 42, Alexis offers Adam a job at ColbyCo.

In episode 51, Alexis Colby sends Jeff away on a vacation.

In episode 66, Alexis Colby learns that Fallon is investigating Jeff's mysterious illness and warns Adam that if Fallon learns the truth that he's on his own.

In return, Adam tricks Alexis Colby into signing documents that make it look like she ordered the office to be painted.

Alexis Colby becomes more sympathetic to Adam at this point, feeling guilty that they gave up the search for their lost son so many years ago, condemning him to such a tragic life.

In episodes 82 and 83, Dex learns that Alexis Colby has slept with Rashid Ahmed in order to sabotage a deal he has with Blake.

Tracy, fed up with Dex's obsession with Alexis Colby, tells Alexis Colby about Dex's plan.

Alexis Colby is simultaneously angry and intrigued, eventually reuniting with Dex before Fallon's wedding and her arrest for Mark Jennings' murder.

Also around this time, Alexis Colby meets a formidable new adversary in Dominique Deveraux, a glamorous, wealthy black woman who comes to Denver to reveal she is in fact Blake's secret half-sister.

Alexis Colby soon learns that Alexis was pregnant when he banished her decades before.

Unaware of the brief affair Amanda had with Dex when they found themselves snowed in together in a remote cabin, Alexis Colby proposes Dex to marry her and, as he regrets his actions, he accepts the proposal.

Later, Alexis Colby becomes suspicious and tries to keeps Amanda out from Dex by marrying her to Prince Michael of Moldavia, son of King Galen that she had known years ago.

The King is missing and presumed dead Alexis Colby learns that he is being held for ransom.

When Dex catches Alexis Colby imagining herself as Queen of Moldavia in episode 135, he is heartbroken.

Alexis Colby finds out about the book, secretly buys the publishing company and scuttles the project.

In 1986, Alexis Colby turns on Blake as she wants him again in her life.

Alexis Colby commits perjury on the stand and helps Ben to win over Blake during the trial.

Thanks to Ben and Alexis Colby, he loses both the house and the holdings and his lucrative South China Sea oil leases.

Alexis Colby is saved when Krystle pulls Blake off of her.

Alexis Colby has him discharged from the hospital and convinces him that they're still married.

The dead body turns out to be Roger Grimes, the man with whom Alexis Colby was sleeping when she and Blake divorced.

Alexis Colby had been dead for 20 years but the cold temperatures in the lake preserved his body.

In episode 220, the final episode of the series, at the Carlton Hotel Dex confronts Sable and Alexis Colby for using him and throwing him aside.

Two years after her fall at the Carlton, in 1991, Alexis Colby meets Jeremy Van Dorn, head of Trans-Media Relations, who convinces her she needs to diversify her business.

Alexis Colby was nominated for an Emmy Award for Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1984.

Alexis Colby won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in 1984, and again in 1985.

Executive producer Sallie Patrick said in August 2017 that Alexis Colby would be introduced during the first season, but that the role had yet to be cast.

Since we live in a world that already knows about Alexis Colby and knows about Joan Collins, we thought it'd be fun to build up that wonderful, delicious character before her grand entrance.

Alexis Colby wanted it, and she will be great in it.

Alexis Colby is a disrupting force, she is that diva.

Alexis Colby last appeared in the season two episode "Motherly Overprotectiveness".

Alexis Colby made it her own, and she developed such a following with her version of Alexis.

The CW noted that "Alexis Colby is back in Atlanta, with a new look, a new man, and plenty of scores to settle".

Alexis Colby is back to reclaim both of her children and help them onto a different path.

Alexis Colby has the experience and the wisdom that comes with age.

Alexis Colby didn't go into that marriage expecting to like Jeff.

Alexis Colby did develop feelings for him, and when she walks in on Jeff with Mia, it does hit her harder than she expected.

Fallon soon discovers that Alexis Colby has not been living a life of luxury abroad, but is housed in a trailer nearby, and has stayed in touch with Steven.

Alexis Colby's renewed influence over the household staff sets off Blake, who issues an ultimatum to them.

Fallon manipulates Alexis Colby into confessing, but Steven is more mad at Fallon for endangering Sam.

Distrusting of Fallon's faux husband Liam Ridley, Alexis Colby tries to get between him and Fallon in "Use or Be Used".

Alexis Colby reveals to Fallon that Liam is really a journalist named Jack Lowden writing a tell-all, and Fallon cuts him loose.

Things go awry in "Dead Scratch" when Fallon is unexpectedly promoted to CEO of the company, and Alexis Colby loses influence over Jeff and Monica, who are determined to take from the Carringtons what they believe is owed to them.

In "Ship of Vipers", Alexis Colby joins forces with Sam to determine if Melissa Daniels is really pregnant.

Alexis Colby gives Hank a painting to use as collateral until she can get him the money owed.

Alexis Colby follows the Carringtons to Paraguay to mend her relationship with Steven, who in turn convinces Fallon to forgive Alexis Colby.

In "Queen of Cups", Hank starts to grow impatient with Alexis Colby, who finds herself competing with Cristal Jennings for Blake's affections.

Alexis Colby gives this check to Hank, officially paying off her debt to him.

Alexis Colby later convinces Hank's former accomplice, the mentally unstable Claudia Blaisdel, that he was a figment of her imagination in order to ensure her silence regarding Alexis Colby's criminal activity.

Alexis Colby is less than thrilled to hear that Cristal is pregnant.

Alexis Colby feels, sad, unwanted, and replaced by Cristal in "The Sight of You", and plots Cristal's exile from the Manor once and for all.

Alexis Colby discovers that Cristal is unsure about the paternity of her unborn child in "Filthy Games", and sees to it that this information gets back to Blake.

In "Even Worms Can Procreate", Alexis Colby tries to manipulate Mark's unresolved feelings for Cristal in order to pit him against Blake, only to find herself continually pushed away by everyone around her.

Alexis Colby rejects Adam's claims and maintains that Hank is her son, all the while disposing of any evidence tying her to Hank's impersonation.

Once Adam passes a DNA test, he confronts Alexis Colby, knowing what she did, and she regretfully apologizes.

Jeff offers to let Alexis Colby recover at his home, but Adam convinces her to stay under his own care at the hospital.

In "How Two-Faced Can You Get", the bandages come off and Alexis Colby's face is shaped to resemble Fallon's.

Adam unveils Alexis Colby's new face at a masquerade party in "Life is a Masquerade Party", but Alexis Colby is met with shock and horror from the entire family, particularly Fallon.

In "This Illness of Mine", Alexis Colby is disgusted to learn that Adam is the reason she now has Fallon's face.

Alexis Colby makes amends with her daughter before leaving for Europe to have an entirely new face constructed.

Alexis Colby asks that Fallon keep her leaving the country a secret from Adam, and warns her that Adam is dangerous.

In "The Caviar, I Trust, Is Not Burned", she testifies that she saw Blake murder Mack, but Fallon is able to prove that Alexis Colby is lying, resulting in a mistrial.

In "Up a Tree", Alexis Colby coerces Adam into helping an ailing Jeff by procuring experimental drugs not yet approved for Jeff's condition.

In "Robin Hood Rescues", Fallon is sued for bad advice Alexis Colby gave in her podcast, but mother and daughter discover it is a scam.

Alexis Colby finds Jeff in bed with Mia in "My Hangover's Arrived", and he asks for a divorce.

Alexis Colby conspires to make Jeff think Mia is a prostitute, but he sees through the ruse.

Alexis Colby tends to Fallon on her wedding day in "Vows Are Still Sacred" before claiming ownership of the manor once Blake is unable to pay back the loan.

Alexis Colby refuses to sign the divorce papers, so Jeff moves into the manor.