Alexis Wilkins

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Alexis Wilkins
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Wilkins in 2025
Born (1998-11-03) November 3, 1998 (age 27)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education Belmont University (BBA)
OccupationSinger
Partner Kash Patel (2023–present)

Alexis Wilkins (born November 3, 1998) is an American country singer. [1] [2] [3] Since 2023, she has dated Kash Patel, a Trump administration official who became FBI Director in 2025. After he became FBI Director, he controversially used taxpayer funds to pay for his travels to see Wilkins and for a FBI SWAT unit to serve as her security detail. [4] [5]

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Biography

Wilkins was born on November 3, 1998, in Boston, Massachusetts, [6] to a mother who was a financial specialist in the aerospace industry and a father who was a global consumer products executive for the Gillette Company. They lived in the Boston suburb Weymouth. [7] According to Wilkins, she grew up in Arkansas after having lived in Windsor, Berkshire, and in Switzerland, [8] where she attended elementary school at the Collège du Léman boarding school for a time. [7] As a child, she also appeared in bit parts on two episodes of Modern Family, a television sitcom filmed in Los Angeles, California. [7] She is an only child and was raised Christian. [9] She is of Armenian descent. [10]

Wilkins graduated from Belmont University in 2020, receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration. [9]

In December 2024, Wilkins announced that she would begin to work as the press secretary for Representative Abraham Hamadeh. [6] [11]

In October 2025, Wilkins performed the national anthem before RAF 02 in State College, Pennsylvania. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Lawsuits

In November 2025, Wilkins filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against Samuel Parker, a former banker and social media influencer, who had run in the 2018 Utah Senate Republican primary. Wilkins alleged that he had falsely claimed she was an Israeli spy. [17] [18]

Wilkins also filed two defamation lawsuits against conservative influencers Kyle Seraphin and Elijah Schaffer. Schaffer responded to Wilkins's lawsuit, calling it "delusional and paranoid". [19]

Personal life

In October 2022, Wilkins met Kash Patel, then a board member of Trump Media & Technology Group, at an event as part of the ReAwaken America Tour. They began dating in January 2023.

In 2025, it was reported that Patel had used taxpayer funded trips to bring Wilkins on private planes and pay for her security. [4] [20] [21]

Filmography

YearTitleCredited asNotes
2009 Modern Family Party Guest/Fencer (uncredited)2 episodes
2011 Jack and Jill Sistine Chapel Girl (uncredited)
2012 Dog with a Blog Tiff1 episode
2013 Instant Mom Lola1 episode
2016The Crooked ManAliceTelevision film

References

  1. McGowan, Elisabeth (November 23, 2025). "Who Is Kash Patel's Girlfriend? All About Alexis Wilkins' Age, Career & More". Hollywood Life. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  2. "Alexis Wilkins". Young America's Foundation. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  3. "Who is Alexis Wilkins? Meet Indian-origin Kash Patel's 25-year-old girlfriend". The Times of India. February 4, 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Alan Feuer; Adam Goldman; Glenn Thrush (November 23, 2025). "Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend". The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  5. Washington, Elizabeth WilliamsonReporting from; Dixon; Ill. (February 28, 2026). "Kash Patel's Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331.
  6. 1 2 "Who is Alexis Wilkins? Meet Indian-origin Kash Patel's 25-year-old girlfriend". Times of India. February 4, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 Williamson, Elizabeth (February 28, 2026). "Kash Patel's Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team". The New York Times . Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  8. McLaughlin, Aidan (January 22, 2026). "Meet Alexis Wilkins, The Zoomer First Lady of the FBI". Vanity Fair . Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Who Is FBI Director Kash Patel's Girlfriend? All About Alexis Wilkins". People. November 24, 2025.
  10. King, Ryan (December 16, 2025). "Kash Patel defends private jet use, and his girlfriend slaps down bizarre conspiracies she's Mossad". New York Post . "I'm not Jewish. I'm Christian. I'm Armenian," she went on.
  11. @AlexisWilkins (December 9, 2024). "Honored to be a part of ushering in leadership for a safer, more prosperous, GREATER nation. Excited to be on the team. 🇺🇸 Let's make answering to the people great again. @AbrahamHamadeh" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  12. Folk, Zachary. "FBI Director Patel's Girlfriend Has FBI Security Detail, Report Says". Forbes. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  13. "Report: Patel enraged at SWAT team for leaving girlfriend as she sang national anthem". Baltimore Sun. November 24, 2025. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  14. Gillum, Sadie Gurman, Aruna Viswanatha, Josh Dawsey and Jack (November 12, 2025). "Kash Patel's 'Effin Wild' Ride as FBI Director". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved November 23, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. "Kash Patel's Singer Girlfriend Given Full Security Detail That Includes Elite FBI Unit: Report". Yahoo News. November 17, 2025. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  16. "FBI chief Kash Patel to marry his 19-year younger girlfriend soon? Alexis Wilkins gives surprise hint". The Economic Times. August 11, 2025. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  17. "Country singer dating FBI director sues a Utah man for claiming she is a 'honeypot' Israeli spy". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  18. "Kash Patel's girlfriend files lawsuit over false claims she is an Israeli spy". The Independent. November 6, 2025. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  19. "Full list of people being sued by Kash Patel's girlfriend Alexis Wilkins". Newsweek. November 11, 2025. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  20. "Kash Patel's girlfriend has FBI security detail due to death threats". Newsweek. November 17, 2025. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  21. Folk, Zachary. "FBI Director Patel's Girlfriend Has FBI Security Detail, Report Says". Forbes. Retrieved November 23, 2025.