Alexis Knapp
American actress (born 1989) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexis Merizalde Knapp (born July 31, 1989) is an American actress.[1][2] She portrayed Stacie Conrad in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017) and Alexis in the party film Project X (2012). She also appeared on the first season of the TBS comedy Ground Floor.
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| Born | Alexis Merizalde Knapp July 31, 1989 Avonmore, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Children | 1 |
Early life
Knapp was born in Avonmore, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Marjorie and Bradford Elwood Knapp.[1] She grew up in North Carolina before moving to Los Angeles when she was 18.[3][4]
Career
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In 2008, Knapp hosted a popular internet video series titled 'Project Lore', a show about the video game World of Warcraft, and also worked as a model before breaking into acting. She appeared in background roles in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Aphrodite Girl #9 and in Couples Retreat as a Dance Academy Girl. In 2012, Knapp appeared in her first major roles, playing Alexis in Project X, and as Stacie Conrad in the hit film Pitch Perfect, a sex-crazed Barden Bella. She reprised her role in the latter's 2015 sequel and made a brief cameo in the 2017 sequel.
Knapp appeared in the pilot of ABC's short-lived series Super Fun Night, written by and starring her Pitch Perfect co-star Rebel Wilson.[5][6] She starred in the Tom Vaughan directed film So Undercover, as Taylor Jaffe. Knapp had a starring role in the first season of the TBS comedy, Ground Floor, portraying Tori, a party girl, who catches up on her sleep at work the next morning,[7] but her character was dropped before the second season. She was cast in the Lifetime pilot Cinnamon Girl,[8] which did not get picked up as a series. Knapp also starred in the independent short film Wracked, as Melissa.[9] In 2017, she starred as Samantha in the Lifetime Christmas television film My Christmas Prince.[10]
Personal life
Knapp dated actor Ryan Phillippe in mid-2010.[11] The relationship ended that September.[12] After their breakup, Knapp discovered that she was pregnant. She gave birth to their daughter in 2011;[13] Phillippe was present during the birth.[14]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Couples Retreat | San Diego Dance Academy | |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Aphrodite Girl | |
| 2012 | Project X | Alexis | |
| Pitch Perfect | Stacie Conrad | ||
| So Undercover | Taylor Jaffe | ||
| 2013 | Vamp U | Samantha | |
| Cavemen | Kat | ||
| 2014 | Grace | Jessica | |
| The Anomaly | Dana | ||
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Stacie Conrad | |
| 2016 | Urge | Joey | |
| 2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 | Stacie Conrad | [15] |
| 2021 | Phobias | Lia | |
| 2022 | The Accursed | Mary Lynn | [16] |
| 2024 | One More Shot | Jennifer Lomax | Direct-to-video |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Look | Dede | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Like Father | Dylan | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2013 | Cinnamon Girl: California Dreamin' | Lola Jones | |
| Family Guy | Girl #3 (voice) | Episode: "Valentine's Day in Quahog" | |
| Super Fun Night | Clamantha | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2013–2014 | Ground Floor | Tori | Main role (season 1) |
| 2014 | The Dorm | Vivian Bloom | Television film |
| 2017 | My Christmas Prince | Samantha Logan | |
| 2022 | The Orville | Irillia | Episode: "Electric Sheep" |
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