Alexia Fast Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Leo Award for best actress for her role in "Past Tense․"
• Won the 2011 Leo Award for best supporting performance by a female in a feature length drama
• Quote: "Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters․ It's something that I need as an outlet, so that's why I always stuck with it․"
• Quote: "I kind of view everybody like a rainbow․ Everybody on the planet has all the colors of the rainbow inside․ When I'm acting, I may search for a strange shade of purple to bring out and portray a character․"
• Quote: "[On dealing with bullying growing up] "Acting has been like therapy for me․ When I acted out a role, whatever problems I had went away when I was on set․""
• Quote: "[on the pressures of her role on the big-budgeted "Jack Reacher"] "You have to be confident, and not get distracted, and remember that they hired you because they were confident you could play the character․""
• Her appearance on the film "Fido" at the age of 11 launched her career to the next level