Alex Paxton-Beesley

Alex Paxton-Beesley (born September 24, 1986) is a Canadian actress. She is noted for her acting roles in several TV series, including Copper, The Strain, Good Witch, Wynonna Earp, Cardinal and Pure.

Alex Paxton-Beesley
Alex Paxton-Beesley
Born (1986-09-24) September 24, 1986
Toronto, Ontario
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Education and theatre work

Paxton-Beesley graduated in 2008 from the George Brown Theatre School in Toronto,[1] then went on to graduate from the Actors' Conservatory at the Canadian Film Centre.[2] Paxton-Beesley has been involved in stage work at The Company Theatre in Festen in 2008, at the Canadian Stage Company and the Citadel Theatre on Rock 'n' Roll in 2009, and at the Theatre Aquarius[3] in The Woman in White.[4] She returned to the stage in 2017 in Slip, a complex psychological drama in which she played a detective, at the Tarragon Theatre, her performance receiving high praise from Theatre Critic Karen Fricker.[5]

TV and film

Paxton-Beesley has performed acting roles in several different TV series, including Copper in 2012, an American Civil War drama,[1] wherein she played Ellen Corcoran for 11 episodes, The Strain by Guillermo del Toro in 2014, Good Witch as Eve in 2015, and Wynonna Earp as Hetty Tate, 2016. She played the role of "Red", a brain-damaged shooting victim, in six episodes of the TV series Cardinal in 2018[6] and in the same year starring as Anna Funk in Pure.[2][7][8]

Other work

Paxton-Beesley offers advice to budding acting students that they be mentally, physically and emotionally prepared for the reality of rejection in auditions. She was purported to suggest to students at Niagara College Q-and-A session that of around 400 of her auditions (to 2014) only 10 per cent or so were successful. [1]

Personal life

Her brother Tommy Paxton-Beesley is a musician, better known by the stage name River Tiber. [9]

Filmography
Year Title Role
2004 The Good Shepherd [10] Monica
2012 Your Place or Mine (short) [11] Annie
2013 The Colony [12] Terrified Woman
2014 Burnt Grass (short) [13] Sally
2014 Dirty Singles[14] Meagan
2015 Shavasana (short) [15][16] Claire
2015 Dredger (short) [17] Bird the Wifmaid
2017 Space & Time [18] Frances
2018 The Spadina House (short) [19] The Maid
2020 Proposing Murder - A Crossword Mystery (TV movie) [20] Abby
2020 Is There a Killer in My Family? (TV Movie) [21] Lauren

TV
Year Title Role
2009 Being Erica (TV series) Laurie (1 episode)
2010 Republic of Doyle (TV series) Theresa Harris (1 episode)
2011 Suits [3] Kelsey Price (1 episode)
2010–2011 Warehouse 13 (TV series) [10] Rebecca St. Claire / Young Rebecca (2 episodes)
2011 The Listener Elizabeth Simmonds (1 episode)
2012 Christmas with Holly (TV Movie) [3] Shelby (supporting lead)
2012 Flashpoint [3] Paramedic (1 episode)
2012 Alphas (TV Series) [22] Megan Bates (2 episodes)
2012 Beauty & the Beast Chloe London (1 episode)
2012 Rookie Blue (TV Series) [3] Rachel Finley (1 episode)
2012 The Firm [3] Sarah Holt (9 episodes)
2012–13 Copper [3] Ellen Corcoran (11 episodes)
2013 Lost Girl (TV Series) Lola (1 episode)
2014 The Strain Ann-Marie Barbour (3 episodes)
2014 Guilty at 17 (TV Movie) [23] June Gailey
2015 Haven Kira Fletcher (2 episodes)
2015 Minority Report Liz Rutledge (1 episode)
2015 Remedy Jennifer Wilson (1 episode)
2015 Good Witch Eve (2 episodes)
2016 Private Eyes Robyn Westing (1 episode)
2016 Wynonna Earp Hetty Tate (1 episode)
2017 The Perfect Soulmate (TV Movie)[24] Sarah Miles
2009–17 Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series) [10] Winifred Pink / Winifred 'Freddie' Pink / Lillie Dunn (5 episodes)
2018–19 Pure [25] Anna Funk (12 episodes)
2018 Impulse Sabine (3 episodes)
2018 Cardinal [26] Red (6 episodes) [27]
2020 The Bold Type [28] Eva Rhodes (recurring role)

References
  1. "Alex Paxton-Beesley gives niagara College students an inside on acting business". Niagara-news.com. 2014.
  2. "CFC alumni 819". Canadian Film Centre. 2018.
  3. "Alex Paxton-Beesley". The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation. 2016.
  4. "Alex Paxton-Beesley Ensemble". The Company Theatre. 2018.
  5. "Slip is something to keep savouring - Review". thestar.com. 2017.
  6. "Season 2 of Cardinal is solid, but lacks searing sensibility". theglobeandmail.com. 2018.
  7. "Pure Cast - Alex Paxton-Beesley". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2018.
  8. "John Doyle: CBC's Pure is about more than Mennonites – it's about morals". theglobeandmail.com. 2018.
  9. "Grolsch Open House | River Tiber". ION Magazine, September 4, 2014.
  10. "Biography - Alex Paxton-Beesley". TV Guide (CBS). 2018.
  11. "Your Place or Mine". (National Screen Institute). 2018.
  12. "The Colony 2013 Action Horror Sci-Fi". YTS.ph. 2013.
  13. "Burnt Grass". Shortoftheweek.com. 2015.
  14. "Dirty Singles". Calgary International Film Festival. 2018.
  15. "Toronto premiere - Shavasana". Canadian Film Fest. 2016.
  16. "Shavasana". Bahamas International Film Festival. 2018.
  17. "Dredger". 2016 Nouveaucinema.ca. 2016.
  18. "Space and Time". Oakland International Film Festival. 2018.
  19. "The Spadina House". LA Comedy Fest. 2018. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  20. "Movie Review: Proposing Murder - A Crossword Mystery". carstairsconsider. 2019.
  21. "Is There a Killer in My Family? 2020". fmovies.ge. 2020.
  22. "'Alphas' – Wake Up Call". airlockalpha.com (Nexus media). 2012.
  23. "Chloe Rose – Guilty at 17". starrymag.com. 2014.
  24. "The Perfect Soulmate". themoviescene.co.uk. 2017.
  25. "A conversation with Alex Paxton-Beesley of CBC's "Pure"". Novella Magazine. 2017.
  26. "Tag archives -Alex Paxton-Beesley". tv-eh.com. 2018.
  27. "Karine Vanasse relishes her return to CTV's 'real and raw' Cardinal". montrealgazette.com. 2018.
  28. "Review: 'The Bold Type' Season 4 Spring Finale Makes Bold Moves". forbes.com/. 2020.
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