Elle Alexander

From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference

Real World article
(written from a Production point of view)

Elle Alexander is a stuntwoman, stunt actress, and stunt coordinator who performed stunts in several episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. For most of her appearances she received no on-screen credit.

Several costumes worn by Alexander were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, including the costume from the episodes "Imperfection" [1] and "The Dogs of War", [2] which was a re-used dress from actress Tricia O'Neil in her role as Korinas in "Favorite Son" [3] and "Blood Fever". [4] The two latter costumes list her name as Ellen Alexander.

Elle Alexander was born in California. Alexander has doubled for stars such as Natasha Henstridge, Kristen Johnston, Courtney Love, Tracy Needham, Diane Salinger, Claudia Schiffer, and Missi Pyle, and has started her career as Danger, a female wrestler, in the wrestling series WOW: Women of Wrestling. For this series she also served as stunt coordinator and appeared alongside several Star Trek performers such as Nikki Flux, Katie Rowe, and Rosine "Ace" Hatem. She was also a regular stunt performer on the television series She Spies (2002-2004, alongside Spice Williams-Crosby, Brian Avery, Mark Chadwick, Lisa Hoyle, Gail Monian, Lin Oeding, Nicole Randall, Justin Sundquist, and Todd Bryant).

Other television series Alexander has performed in include Silk Stalkings, The Bold and the Beautiful, One World (2000, episode Crushed, with Michelle Krusiec and Randy Hall), Crossing Jordan (2003, with regular cast member Miguel Ferrer and Alicia Coppola), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Pacific Blue, JAG (2003, with Richard McGonagle and Barry Wiggins, and coordinated by Diamond Farnsworth), Heroes (2007, with Zachary Quinto and stunts by Ian Quinn and Justin Sundquist), David E. Kelley's The Wedding Bells (2007), and several episodes of Zoey 101 (2005-2007) and Passions (2003-2004).

Alexander's film roles include supporting roles in the academy award nominated Donnie Brasco (1997) and Gloria (1999), the burning mother superior in the horror film The Convent (2000, with Adrienne Barbeau and fellow stuntwomen Dorenda Moore and Rosine "Ace" Hatem), Michelle Strigo in the acclaimed crime thriller Confidence (2003, with Leland Orser, Robert Pine, and stunts by Chuck Borden and Dyanna Lynn), and stunt performances in Enemy of the State (1998, with Dan Butler and Kane Hodder), Man on the Moon (1999, with Vincent Schiavelli, Tracey Walter, Christopher Lloyd, and stunts by Jennifer Caputo, Gene LeBell, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, J. Suzanne Rampe, Lynn Salvatori, and Spice Williams-Crosby), The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000, with Joan Collins), Jeepers Creepers and Jeepers Creepers 2 (2001 and 2003, starring Gina Philips in the previous one and Ray Wise in the latter one), and Bringing Down the House (2003) where she doubled Missi Pyle in the legendary cat fight.

Alexander has also appeared in and coordinated several music videos for artists such as the Goo Goo Dolls ("Black Balloon" and "Dizzy"), Bon Jovi ("One Wild Night"), and Hole ("Celebrity Skin"), performed in many television commercials such as the Imandi commercial as a wrestling maid against fellow stuntwoman Rosine "Ace" Hatem, and has coordinated and performed in the operas Carmen, Tosca, and Don Giovanni.

In 2007 she made guest appearances in Numb3ers (with Christopher Lloyd and Wil Wheaton) and My Name is Earl (with stunts by Erica Grace). More recently, she filmed scenes for the action comedy Superhero! (2008), alongside Star Trek performers Christopher McDonald, Brent Spiner, Michael Ensign, and stunt performers Chris Antonucci, Rick Avery, and Gregory J. Barnett and the comedy Miss Nobody (2008), with Richard Riehle and Patrick Fischler) in which she doubled actresses Missi Pyle and Leslie Bibb.

[edit] Star Trek appearances

Huss DS9: "Apocalypse Rising" (uncredited)	Ajilon Prime guard DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong"	Female Sakari VOY: "Blood Fever" (uncredited)	Taresian woman VOY: "Favorite Son" (uncredited)
Vulcan baseball player DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" (uncredited)	Security officer VOY: "Hope and Fear" (uncredited)	Female Salvage alien VOY: "Imperfection" (uncredited)