Lex Scott Davis | |
|---|---|
 Davis in 2018 | |
| Born | Alexis Scott Davis February 26, 1991 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Alexis Scott Davis (born February 26, 1991 [1] ) is an American actress. She is known for playing Nya in The First Purge and Toni Braxton in the 2016 Lifetime television film Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart . In 2017, she had a starring role in the short-lived CBS drama series Training Day . She played Quiara in The L Word: Generation Q .
Davis was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a life coach mother and a real estate firm owner father. [2] She attended Drexel University as a Dance and Physical Therapy major before she moved to New York City in 2013 and continued her studies at the New York Film Academy. [3]
In 2015, Davis was cast as Toni Braxton in the Lifetime television movie Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart . [4] [5] [6] After making her television debut with this role, she next co-starred in the single season of the CBS crime drama series Training Day . [7]
In 2018, Davis made her big screen debut with starring roles in three films: the action film Superfly , the horror film The First Purge , and the legal drama Foster Boy. [8] In 2018, Davis also played a leading role in the ABC pilot for the magic-mystery drama For Love, that not was picked up to series. [9] [10] The following year, she was cast in a recurring role in the Showtime drama series The L Word: Generation Q . In 2020, she was cast as Katey Sagal's title character's daughter in the ABC series Rebel . [11] Later that year, she was cast in the film A Lot of Nothing directing by Mo McRae. [12] She also starred in The Roku Channel comedy series The Now . [13]
Davis married actor Mo McRae on July 21, 2019, after less than a year of being engaged. They had an "unplugged" wedding to ensure that all of their guests were "present in the moment" as they shared personalized vows. The couple met on the set of The First Purge . [14] They have two children, born in 2020 [15] and 2022. [16]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ColorBlind | Lili | Short film |
| 2016 | The Reunion | Sasha | Short film |
| 2018 | Superfly | Georgia | |
| The First Purge | Nya | ||
| 2019 | Foster Boy | Keisha James | |
| 2020 | Son of the South | Joanne | |
| 2021 | Sweet Girl | FBI Detective Sarah Meeker | |
| 2022 | A Lot of Nothing | Candy | |
| 2024 | Ricky Stanicky | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Exes | Waitress | Episode: "Along Came Holly" |
| 2016 | Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart | Toni Braxton | Television film |
| 2017 | Training Day | Alyse Craig | Series regular, 8 episodes |
| Tales | Angie | Episode: "You Got Me" | |
| 2018 | For Love | Hope Castille | Pilot |
| 2019–2020 | The L Word: Generation Q | Quiara Thompson | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2020 | All Rise | Rosa Walker | Episode: "Dancing At Los Angeles" |
| 2021 | Rebel [17] | Cassidy [18] | Main role |
| The Now | Kendra | 4 episodes | |
| 2023 | Florida Man | Iris | Main role |
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