Alexa Swinton

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Alexa Swinton
Born (2009-07-02) July 2, 2009 (age 15)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, songwriter
Years active2012–present

Alexa Jacqueline Skye Idelchik Swinton [1] is an American actress, singer and songwriter. [2] [3] [4] [5] She appeared in a lead role as Piper in the 13-episode ABC Prime Time series called Emergence , [6] has a recurring role as Eva Rhoades in Billions , [7] and the HBO series And Just Like That... , where she plays the character of Rock Goldenblatt. [8] She appeared in M. Night Shyamalan's Old , playing the role of Young Maddox. [9] [10]

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Career

Swinton originated the role of Addie in Make Believe, written by Bess Wohl, and directed by Jackson Gay at the Hartford Stage. [11] Swinton's first leading role in television was as Piper in Emergence. [6] The show ran for 13 episodes from 2019 to 2020. [12] She first performed her original song "You, Me and My Purple Docs" publicly on Canadian TV station CHCH-DT in Hamilton, Ontario. [13] Swinton has a recurring role as Eva Rhoades, the daughter of main characters Chuck and Wendy Rhoades in Showtime's television drama Billions . [10] [14] She acted in M. Night Shyamalan's feature film Old playing the role of young Maddox. [10]

She plays the recurring role of Rock Goldenblatt, child of Charlotte York Goldenblatt in the HBO series And Just Like That... [10] [15] Swinton's role has been called "groundbreaking". [16]

Personal life

Swinton is of paternal Scottish heritage and is distantly related to the actress Tilda Swinton. A resident of New Jersey, she is Jewish, as is her mother, and celebrated her bat mitzvah in Israel in 2023. [17]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 River of Fundament Norman Mailer's daughterFeature Film
2014Little Brain SurgeriesGirl from the VisionShort
2017Speed of LightYoung RoseShort
2018I've Lost HerYoung MaggieShort
2018NettlesSamShort
2018BeLovedJuliaShort
2019ReverbAnnieShort
2019Sometime Other Than NowMollyFeature Film
2021 Old 15-year-old Maddox CappaFeature Film
2022Love's Baby SoftDoloresShort
2023 Maestro Nina BernsteinFeature Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012MythosEllie4 Episodes
2014Zach Fox ShowKid Playing with Toy
2015 Flesh and Bone Young ClaireScorched Earth
2015 Today Badly Behaving ChildRossen Reports
2015 The View HerselfModeling appearance
2016 Saturday Night Live Daughter of Big FamilySelena Gomez Guest Host
2016–2023 Billions Eva RhoadesAppears in multiple episodes each season
2017 Saturday Night Live Girl in Immigration LineAlec Baldwin Guest Host
2018 The Tonight Show Punk KidIce Cube / Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2019 Manifest ChloeUpgrade
2019–2020 Emergence PiperSeries appeared on ABC television in the USA and other networks around the world including CTV in Canada.
2021– And Just Like That... Rock Goldenblatt17 Episodes

Theater

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Annie WarbucksMollySignature Theatre
2017Madeline's ChristmasAnneLion Theatre
2017Kooky SpookYoung InnaDuke Theatre
2017Santa Doesn't Come to the Holiday InnDaughter Ensemble Studio Theatre
2017The Department PartyViolet Playwright Horizons
2018Make BelieveAddie Hartford Stage

Discography

Studio recording

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References

  1. ↑ "In the Matter of the Application of Inna Idelchik Swinton to Change the Name of Alexa Jacqueline Idelchik Swinton To: Alexa Jacqueline Skye Idelchik Swinton", The Record , January 14, 2016. Accessed January 22, 2025, via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Meet Alexa Swinton, The Young Star Leading One Of Fall TV's Most Mysterious New Shows". Bustle. September 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ "What And Just Like That Gets Right About Parenting a Nonbinary Child, According to an Expert". Time. January 20, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sex and the City-Alexa Swinton estará no elenco do revival da HBO Max". Omelete (in Spanish). July 26, 2021.
  5. ↑ "'And Just Like That' Star Alexa Swinton Talks Taking on the Responsibility of Playing Charlotte's Child Rock". KFMB-TV. January 19, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "New Drama "Emergence" Coming to ABC". ABC. May 14, 2019.
  7. ↑ "'Billions' Recap, Season 5, Episode 10: You Can't Make an Omelet …". NY Times. September 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ "'And Just Like That' actress who plays Charlotte's nonbinary child helped craft character's coming-out scene and loves that it's not 'forcibly sad'". December 31, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Who Is Playing Rose in 'Sex and the City' Reboot? Everything to Know About Alexa Swinton". cheatsheet.com. July 30, 2021.
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  11. ↑ Collins-Hughes, Laura (2018-09-26). "Review: 'Make Believe' Has a Cast of Children, but No Fairy Tales". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  12. ↑ Otterson, Joe (May 11, 2019). "Allison Tolman Pilot 'Emergence' Moves from NBC to ABC With Series Order". Variety . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  13. ↑ Ko, Tansy. "'Emerging' star – CHCH". www.chch.com.
  14. ↑ "Emergence Casts Billions Actress Alexa Swinton". February 27, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Cathy Ang, Niall Cunningham, Alexa Swinton And Cree Cicchino Join The Max Original AND JUST LIKE THAT… From Executive Producer Michael Patrick King | Pressroom". pressroom.warnermedia.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  16. ↑ "And Just Like That Star Alexa Swinton Talks About Groundbreaking Role in SATC Franchise". E! Online. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  17. ↑ "And Just Like That… star Alexa Swinton is having her bat mitzvah in Israel", The Jewish Journal , June 30, 2023. Accessed January 22, 2025. "In real life, Swinton, a prolific actress who has starred in shows like Billions and Emergence, is celebrating the debut of the second season of HBO’s And Just Like That…, which premiered last week — and her own bat mitzvah.... It will take place next week at Apollonia National Park in Herzliya, her mother told Kveller."
  18. ↑ Lotter, Judah Charles (2020-07-29). "Alexa Swinton's debut single 'You, Me, and My Purple Docs' will mark 11-year-old's entry into music industry". Meaww.
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