Alexandra Castillo

Alex Castillo
Born
Alexandra Cecilia Castillo-Smith

(1971-06-14) 14 June 1971 (age 54)[1]
OccupationsActress, dancer
Years active1997–present

Alexandra Castillo (born 14 June 1971) is a Chilean-Canadian actress and dancer, known for her roles on both Canadian and American television. She has been credited, in almost equal distribution throughout her career, as Alex Castillo.

Life and career

Castillo was born in Santiago, Chile as Alexandra Cecilia Castillo-Smith. As a child, her family moved to Toronto, where she was raised.[2] She got her start on stage through dance, having studied both ballet and flamenco from childhood. Through high school and university, she did theatre and commercials. After completing a master's degree in Latin American studies.[2][1] As of late 1990s, Castillo appeared in several television series and films. She made her television debut in 1999 appearing in an episodes of television series Dead Man's Gun and Seven Days, and the following year played a minor role in the science fiction action film The 6th Day.[1]

Castillo made guest-starring appearances in more than 50 television series, include The Dead Zone, Missing, The Eleventh Hour, Degrassi: The Next Generation, The Border, Heartland, Fringe,The Listener, Warehouse 13, Murdoch Mysteries, Rookie Blue, Saving Hope, Designated Survivor, The Expanse, The Handmaid's Tale and The Boys. She starred in Guidestones, a Canadian award-winning web series from 2012 to 2014. In 2004 she had the recurring role during the first season of CBC legal drama series, This Is Wonderland. In film she appeared in Traitor (2008), 2012 (2009) and Miss Sloane (2016), and as well appeared in a made-for-television movies Miracle on the 17th Green (1999), The Wool Cap (2004), Plague City: SARS in Toronto (2005), The Path to 9/11 (2006), Eye of the Beast (2007), Taken in Broad Daylight (2009) and Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018).

In 2013, Castillo starred as a series regular on the short-lived ABC drama series, Lucky 7.[3] In 2016 she had recurring role in the Starz drama series, The Girlfriend Experience and from 2017 to 2018 starred in the Global drama series Mary Kills People. In 2020 she starred as Chancellor Diara in the Hulu science fiction series, Utopia Falls and had recurring role in the Netflix teen drama Grand Army. In 2021 she had recurring role in the CW series Legends of Tomorrow as Gloria Cruz and the following year co-starred in the Apple TV+ miniseries Five Days at Memorial. In 2023 she had recurring roles in the Paramount+ thriller Rabbit Hole and the AMC science fiction series Orphan Black: Echoes.[4]

Partial filmography

‡ denotes credited as Alex Castillo

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Mutant X Gina Episode: "The Breed"
2004 Missing Rita Brinden ‡ Episode: "Lost Sister"
2004 This Is Wonderland Larissa Munoz ‡ Recurring role (season 1)
2004 The Wool Cap TV movie
2004 The Eleventh Hour Sister Beatriz Episode: "Megan Ice Cream"
2005 Kevin Hill Mariel Arden ‡ Episode: "Homeland Insecurity"
2005 Degrassi: The Next Generation Nurse Davies Episode: "Moonlight Desires"
2005 Kojak NYPD Lazzerio 2 episodes
2005 Plague City: SARS in Toronto Aline ‡ TV movie
2005–2006 Jeff Ltd. Constanble Seagram 2 episodes
2006 Naked Josh Dawn Joyce Episode: "Pistols at Dawn"
2006 The Path of 9/11 Monica Smith Miniseries, main cast
2007 Eye of the Beast Katrina Tomas TV movie
2007 72 Hours: True Crime Girlfriend Episode: "Bull's Eye"
2008 Sold Zeze TV movie
2008 Tomboy Mom Short film
2008 The Border Araceli ‡ Episode: "Normalizing Relations"
2008 Traitor Dark Haired Woman ‡ Feature film
2009 Taken In Broad Daylight Agent Reynolds ‡ TV movie
2009 2012 Paris Reporter Feature film
2010 Ninety-one Vivian Short film
2016 Miss Sloane Pru West ‡ Feature film
2016 11.22.63 Mayor Episode: "The Day in Question"
2020 Utopia Falls Chancellor Diara Feature film
2021 Legends of Tomorrow Gloria Cruz 4 episodes
2022 Reacher Professor Castillo ‡ Episode: "Papier"
2023 Gen V Vanessa ‡ Episode: "God U."
2023 Orphan Black: Echoes Neva ‡ Recurring role
2024 Sharp Corner Tamara Jones-Reed Feature film
2025 Untamed Lana ‡ 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b c "Alexandra Castillo - Actress, Dancer". TV Insider.
  2. ^ a b "ABC Medianet". ABC Medianet. 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  3. ^ Masters, Megan (July 17, 2013). "Items: Ravenswood Recast, Sherlock Vet to Thrones, Psych Casting News and More". TVLine. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "Rabbit Hole: Why 24 Fans Will Love Kiefer Sutherland's New Show". 28 March 2023.