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Lexa Doig - Biography |
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Doig was born in Toronto, Ontario,
to a Filipina mother, Gloria, and a father of Irish and Scottish descent,
David. She was raised in Toronto, where her family held season tickets to
their local theatre. Doig enjoys reading, rollerblading, and 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 got 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).
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. Doig had a small role on
Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, 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.
"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."
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 2001, 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
has a recurring role as college professor Wendy Paulson in the second
season of The 4400. |
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Lexa Doig - Personal Quotes |
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"I don't believe in regrets.
Some of the worst mistakes I've made in my life have yielded the
most powerful lessons that I may not have learned otherwise."
"I'm a really big geek. I do dorky things, I snort when I laugh, I'm
clumsy, I'm a sucker for RPG games on my computer, I watch cartoons
("Pinky and the Brain" (1995) and "South Park" (1997) are my faves)
. . . and I have a really bad potty mouth." |
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Lexa Doig - Filmography |
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"Stargate SG-1" .... Dr.
Carolyn Lam (11 episodes, 2005-2007)
... aka Porte des étoiles, La (Canada: French title: dubbed version)
- Family Ties (2007) TV Episode .... Dr. Carolyn Lam
- Talion (2007) TV Episode .... Dr. Carolyn Lam
- Ripple Effect (2006) TV Episode .... Dr. Carolyn Lam
- The Fourth Horseman: Part 2 (2006) TV Episode .... Dr. Carolyn Lam
- Prototype (2005) TV Episode .... Dr. Carolyn Lam
(6 more)
"Killer Instinct" .... Hospital Doctor (1 episode, 2005)
- Forget Me Not (2005) TV Episode .... Hospital Doctor
"The 4400" .... Wendy Paulson (4 episodes, 2005)
- Hidden (2005) TV Episode .... Wendy Paulson
- As Fate Would Have It (2005) TV Episode .... Wendy Paulson
- Weight of the World (2005) TV Episode .... Wendy Paulson
- Voices Carry (2005) TV Episode .... Wendy Paulson
"Andromeda" .... Andromeda Ascendant (103 episodes, 2000-2005)
... aka Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (USA: complete title)
- The Heart of the Journey: Part 2 (2005) TV Episode .... Andromeda
Ascendant
- The Heart of the Journey: Part 1 (2005) TV Episode .... Andromeda
Ascendant
- Chaos and the Stillness of It (2005) TV Episode .... Andromeda
Ascendant
- One More Day's Light (2005) TV Episode .... Andromeda Ascendant
- Quantum Tractate Delirium (2005) TV Episode .... Andromeda
Ascendant
(98 more)
"Human Cargo" (2004) (mini) TV Series .... Rachel Sanders
"The Chris Isaak Show" .... Detective Lucy Ramirez (1 episode, 2002)
- Home of the Brave (2002) TV Episode .... Detective Lucy Ramirez
Jason X (2001) .... Rowan
"Earth: Final Conflict" .... Joan Price (1 episode, 2000)
... aka EFC (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict (USA: complete
title)
... aka Invasion planète Terre (Canada: French title)
... aka Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns (Germany)
- Abduction (2000) TV Episode .... Joan Price
No Alibi (2000) .... Camille
"Traders" .... M.J. Sullivan (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
- Nice Guys Finish Last (2000) TV Episode .... M.J. Sullivan
- The One You Bury (2000) TV Episode .... M.J. Sullivan
- The Running of the Bulls (2000) TV Episode .... M.J. Sullivan
- Scents and Sensibilities (2000) TV Episode .... M.J. Sullivan
- Episode #5.1 (1999) TV Episode .... M.J. Sullivan
Code Name Phoenix (2000) (TV) .... Conchita Flores
The Tracker (2000) (TV) .... Kim Chang
"CI5: The New Professionals" .... Tina Backus (13 episodes, 1999)
- Glory Days (1999) TV Episode .... Tina Backus
- Souvenir (1999) TV Episode .... Tina Backus
- High Speed (1999) TV Episode .... Tina Backus
- Orbit (1999) TV Episode .... Tina Backus
- Miss Hit (1999) TV Episode .... Tina Backus
(8 more)
Teen Sorcery (1999) (V) .... Mercedes
While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997) (TV) .... Tse Tse
... aka Mary Higgins Clark's 'While My Pretty One Sleeps' (USA:
complete title)
"F/X: The Series" .... Reporter (1 episode, 1996)
- French Kiss (1996) TV Episode .... Reporter
"Taking the Falls" .... Netta (1 episode, 1996)
- From Russia with Love (1996) TV Episode .... Netta
"Flash Gordon" (1996) TV Series (voice) .... Dale Arden
"Ready or Not" .... Receptionist (1 episode, 1996)
... aka Premières fois, Les (Canada: French title)
- Glamour Girl (1996) TV Episode .... Receptionist
"TekWar" .... Cowgirl (2 episodes, 1995)
... aka TekWar: The Series (USA: promotional title)
- Cyberhunt (1995) TV Episode .... Cowgirl
- Promises to Keep (1995) TV Episode .... Cowgirl
Jungleground (1995) .... Spider
TekWar: TekLords (1994) (TV) .... Cowgirl
TekWar (1994) (TV) .... Cowgirl
... aka TekWar: The Movie
... aka TekWar: The Original Movie
"The Hidden Room" .... Second Girl (1 episode, 1993)
- Marion & Jean (1993) TV Episode .... Second Girl
"Video & Arcade Top 10" (1991) TV Series .... Host |
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Lexa Doig - Related Links |
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