Contributor

Alexandra Paul

Actress, Health Coach, Activist

Alexandra has appeared in 100 feature films and television programs. Internationally recognized for her 5-year starring role as Lt. Stephanie Holden in the hit series BAYWATCH, Alexandra began her acting career at age 18 and starred in the motion picture AMERICAN FLYERS opposite Kevin Costner, DRAGNET opposite Tom Hanks & Dan Aykroyd, EIGHT MILLIONS WAYS TO DIE opposite Jeff Bridges & Andy Garcia, Stephen King's CHRISTINE, SPYHARD with Leslie Nielsen and two films opposite Pierce Brosnan. For 4 years, Alexandra hosted the extreme sports series WILD WATERS on the Outdoor Life Network; concurrently hosting the WE network series WINNING WOMEN for two seasons. For 7 years, she co-hosted the environmental cable access talk show EARTH TALK TODAY. Alexandra was featured in the award winning documentary, WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? In 1997, the United Nations commended Alexandra for her environmental activism. In 1999, she won the International Green Cross award. Alexandra was honored by the ACLU of Southern California as their 2005 Activist of the Year for her long history of fighting for the environment, voting rights and non-violence. In 2003, she spent 5 days in jail after peacefully protesting the Iraq War. In 2005, Alexandra garnered worldwide attention when she was arrested for protesting the crushing of GMโ€™s electric vehicle, the EV1. She has been arrested over a dozen times for civil disobedience at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site and in 2014 was Last Chance for Animals' Vegan of the Year. Alexandra has been a vegetarian she was 14 and is now a vegan. She composts, has owned electric cars for 27 years, and will not use any products tested on animals. She has traveled to Nicaragua with a medical aid group, to South Africa to register voters and to Sierra Leone to support human overpopulation education. She speaks fluent French, is a certified Emergency Medical Technician and registered voters once a week for over 20 years. She is a weekly volunteer with the Santa Monica chapter of Food Not Bombs. In 1997, Alexandra competed in the HAWAII IRONMAN, a grueling 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile marathon. In 2006, she swam 10 miles from Lanai to Maui, and in 2014 she swam 14 miles in the Reto Acapulco, finishing in 7 hours 20 minutes. Alexandra wrote, produced and hosted the award winning films JAMPACKED, about the human overpopulation crisis, and THE COST OF COOL, on happiness and materialism. Alexandra has also personally spoken, classroom-by-classroom, to over 6,000 Los Angeles teenagers on the issue of human overpopulation. She has a TEDx talk on the benefits of the one child family. In 1986, she co-founded YOUNG ARTISTS UNITED, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping teenagers in need. Alexandra is a certified health coach working with clients through Alexandra Paul Wellness Coaching.