Alexis Knapp | |
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Born | Alexis Merizalde Knapp July 31, 1989
Avonmore, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2007–present |
Children | 1 |
Alexis Merizalde Knapp (born July 31, 1989) is an American actress. [1] [2] She portrayed Stacie Conrad in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017) and Alexis in the party film Project X (2012). She also appeared on the first season of the TBS comedy Ground Floor.
Knapp was born in Avonmore, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Marjorie and Bradford Elwood Knapp. [1] She grew up in North Carolina before moving to Los Angeles when she was 18. [3] [4]
In 2008, Knapp hosted a popular internet video series titled 'Project Lore', a show about the video game World of Warcraft, and also worked as a model before breaking into acting. She appeared in background roles in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Aphrodite Girl #9 and in Couples Retreat as a Dance Academy Girl. In 2012, Knapp appeared in her first major roles, playing Alexis in Project X, and as Stacie Conrad in the hit film Pitch Perfect, a sex-crazed Barden Bella. She reprised her role in the latter's 2015 sequel, with a brief cameo in the 2017 sequel.
Knapp appeared in the pilot of ABC's short-lived series Super Fun Night, written by and starring her Pitch Perfect co-star Rebel Wilson. [5] [6] She starred in the Tom Vaughan directed film So Undercover, as Taylor Jaffe. Knapp had a starring role in the first season of the TBS comedy, Ground Floor, portraying Tori, a party girl, who catches up on her sleep at work the next morning, [7] but her character was dropped before the second season. She was cast in the Lifetime pilot Cinnamon Girl, [8] which did not get picked up as a series. Knapp also starred in the independent short film Wracked, as Melissa. [9] In 2017, she starred as Samantha in the Lifetime Christmas television film My Christmas Prince. [10]
Knapp dated actor Ryan Phillippe in mid-2010. [11] The relationship ended that September. [12] After their breakup, Knapp discovered that she was pregnant. She gave birth to their daughter in 2011; [13] Phillippe was present during the birth. [14]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Couples Retreat | San Diego Dance Academy | |
2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Aphrodite Girl | |
2012 | Project X | Alexis | |
2012 | Pitch Perfect | Stacie Conrad | |
2012 | So Undercover | Taylor Jaffe | |
2013 | Vamp U | Samantha | |
2013 | Cavemen | Kat | |
2014 | Grace | Jessica | |
2014 | The Anomaly | Dana | |
2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Stacie Conrad | |
2016 | Urge | Joey | |
2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 | Stacie Conrad | [15] |
2021 | Phobias | Lia | |
2022 | The Accursed | Mary Lynn | [16] |
2024 | One More Shot | Jennifer Lomax | Direct-to-video |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Look | Dede | 1 episode |
2012 | Like Father | Dylan | Unaired Fox pilot |
2013 | Cinnamon Girl: California Dreamin' | Lola Jones | Unaired television pilot ( Lifetime) |
2013 | Family Guy | N/A | Voice role; episode: " Valentine's Day in Quahog" |
2013 | Super Fun Night | Clamantha | Episode: Pilot |
2013–2014 | Ground Floor | Tori | Main role (season 1) |
2014 | The Dorm | Vivian Bloom | Television film |
2017 | My Christmas Prince | Samantha Logan | Television film (Lifetime) |
2022 | The Orville | Irillia | Episode: " Electric Sheep" |