Alexandra L Doig (born 8 June 1973) is a Canadian actress, known by her stage name Lexa Doig. She portrayed the role of Rommie in the science fiction TV series Andromeda, and had a recurring character (Carolyn Lam) on Stargate SG-1.
Toronto native Alexandra Doig was born on June 8th, 1973, to Filipina mother Gloria and English-Scottish father David. Her parents held season tickets to their local theater, and Lexa was inspired to begin acting after seeing a production of "Porgy and Bess" at the age of nine. She dropped out of high school in grade 13, did modeling and commercial work, and hosted YTV's "Video & Arcade Top 10" with friend Gordon Michael Woolvett.
At sixteen, she enrolled in a modelling course and was immediately picked up by an agent. Doig did commercials and model work, before dropping out of high school during her final year to pursue an acting career. She worked on stage productions of Romeo and Juliet and Arsenic and Old Lace while auditioning for film and television roles including the role of Anne Lindsay in Highlander:The Series.her first acting role was in The Hidden Room. While her first movie role was in Jungleground opposite Roddy Piper. But her first significant role was on William Shatner's series TekWar. Doig played "Cowgirl", a specialist in tracking and obtaining information from the net. She said, "I walked out of the audition absolutely convinced I had blown it, and then my agent called to tell me I got the part. I was leaping around my parents' house and screaming at the top of my lungs. I knew then I'd chosen the right profession and I've never looked back since".[citation needed]
Doig landed the role of Tina Backus on the short-lived series CI5: The New Professionals in 1998. In 2000 Doig was in another Roddenberry series, Andromeda. She portrayed the artificial intelligence of the title ship in dual roles - as seen on viewscreens or holograms, and a separate android avatar called Rommie. In 2002, Doig was the female lead in the horror film Jason X. Doig also appeared in several episodes for the ninth and tenth seasons of Stargate SG-1 in a recurring role as Dr. Carolyn Lam. She also had a recurring role as college professor Wendy Paulson in the second season of The 4400.
Doig was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of a Filipino mother, Gloria, and a father of Irish and Scottish descent, David.[1][2] She was raised in Toronto, where her family held season tickets to their local theatre. Doig enjoys reading, rollerblading, playing RPG computer games, and Dungeons & Dragons. She wanted to be an actress at the age of nine after seeing a production of Porgy and Bess.
After working with husband-to-be and guest star Michael Shanks on Andromeda, in the episodes "Star Crossed" in 2001 and "Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath" in 2003, the two actors were married on August 2 of the same year. They have two children: daughter Mia Tabitha Shanks (born September 13, 2004) and son, Samuel David Shanks (born March 19, 2006).
