Alexandra Vandernoot (born 19 September 1965) is a Belgian actress.

Career

While having starred in a number of French films, she is known internationally as Tessa Noël, Duncan MacLeod's girlfriend, in the fantasy television series Highlander: The Series. Her character was introduced in the series premiere, and she appeared through the fourth episode of season 2, " The Darkness," in which her character was killed off. She later returned in the Highlander second-season finale, " Counterfeit Part Two," as a woman made-up to look like Tessa, and also in the series finale as Tessa Noël.

Vandernoot had a small part as a French television reporter in the 1994 film Pret-a-Porter (Ready to Wear). She also appeared in Le Dîner de Cons as Christine Brochant.

In 2007, she played an engineer in Ondes de choc, a mini-series produced by the French public channel France 3 retracing an accident at a chemical factory comparable to the AZF factory disaster, a chemical factory which exploded on 21 September 2001 in Toulouse, France. ^{[1] [2]}

In 2008, she played a role in the made-for-television movie Un vrai Papa Noël by comedian Jean-Marie Bigard. ^[3]

Personal life

She is the daughter of Yugoslavia-born ballerina Dušanka Sifnios and Belgian conductor André Vandernoot.

Vandernoot has two children with Bernard Uzan.

Filmography

• 1991 : Les secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück
• 1992 : The Supper
• 1992–1998 : Highlander: The Series (TV series, 28 episodes)
• 1994 : Prêt-à-Porter
• 1998 : The Dinner Game
• 2000 : Sabotage!
• 2001 : The Closet
• 2010 : Joséphine, ange gardien TV Series (1 Episode : "Chasse aux fantômes")

References

External links

• Alexandra Vandernoot at IMDb