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Alex Belcourt Biography

Birth Name:Alex Belcourt

Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession Actress

Fast Facts

  • Volunteers as an instructor for Roots of Empathy, a classroom program aimed at increasing social/emotional competence in children, and supports Plan Canada, Amnesty International, and WSPA USA
  • Graduated from the University of Liverpool with a degree in Languages (French & Italian) in 1992 and from the Drama Centre London with an Acting and Drama diploma in 1997
  • Has a variety of yoga certifications from the Octopus Garden Yoga Centre, the Insight Yoga Institute, and the American Institute of Vedic Studies
  • Founded the Yoga Project, "a place where life, art and yoga meet," in June of 2009 in Toronto
  • Best known as a voice actor who has worked on "Jane and the Dragon" and "Skyland․"
  • Has appeared in a number of stage productions, including an opera directed by Simon Callow, several West End and London Fringe plays, and the West End and Broadway play "Private Lives" starring Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan
  • Has been practicing yoga from a young age, due to her mother being a yoga teacher, but didn't start teaching others until 2008