Alexandra Paul

Alexandra has starred in over 50 feature films and television shows, although she is most known for her five years as Lt. Stephanie Holden on the international hit series Baywatch. She has starred in such movies as American Flyers (with Kevin Costner), Dragnet (with Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd), Eight Million Ways to Die (with Jeff Bridges and Andy Garcia), Stephen King’s Christine, and Spyhard, since her acting debut at age 18 in the highly rated TV movie Paper Dolls.

Alexandra’s most recent roles include the final season of Melrose Place; starring in the films Landslide (with Vincent Spano); Rough Air (with Eric Roberts); Above and Beyond (with Adam Baldwin and Costas Mandylor); Exposure (with Ron Silver); Redemption of the Ghost (with Diane Ladd and John Savage); and the Disney Channel comedy Brainiacs. She has hosted an extreme sports series on the Outdoor Life Network, hosts Winning Women on the new WE Network, and is the co-host of an environmental talk show called EarthTalk Today.

But acting is far from Alexandra’s only interest. In 1997, Alexandra spent nine months training for the World Ironman Triathlon Championships in Hawaii (a grueling 2.44 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile marathon), which she completed in 13:18:52. That same year the United Nations commended Alexandra for her environmental activism. In 1999, she won the International Green Cross award.

She walked across America for over five weeks on The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament, and has been arrested a dozen times for protesting at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site. Alexandra recycles, drives an electric car, installed solar panels on her Malibu residence, and will not use any products tested on animals. She has traveled to Nicaragua with a medical aid group and to South Africa to register voters. She is also a certified EMT (Emergency Medical Technician), registers voters every Wednesday night, and speaks fluent French.

In addition, Alexandra Paul wrote, produced and hosted Jampacked, an educational film broadcast on PBS about the human overpopulation crisis, which has won several environmental awards. She followed that up with The Cost of Cool—Finding Happiness in a Materialistic World, which won a CineEagle award. In 1986, she (along with producer/manager Daniel Sladek) founded the entertainment industry philanthropy Young Artists United, a successful nonprofit organization dedicated to helping teenagers in need. Alexandra has personally spoken, classroom-by-classroom, to over six thousand Los Angeles teenagers on the issue of human overpopulation. In 2000, Alexandra and her twin sister Caroline were the recipients of the Christopher Street West Rainbow Award for their ongoing support of gay and lesbian rights.

In 2003, Alexandra spent five days in federal jail for protesting the war in Iraq.

In 2004, Alexandra competed in a 6.2-mile ocean swim race off the coast of Bonaire.

Alexandra's favorite book is Atlas Shrugged, her favorite food is chocolate, and her favorite man is her husband, triathlon coach Ian Murray.