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Alexandra Billings        

Transgender Activist & "Transparent" Actress

Alexandra Billings is an actress, singer, author, teacher and activist.

Billings starred as "Madame Morrible" in the Broadway production of "Wicked," the first trans actor to portray the role. She previously starred on Broadway in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of "The Nap" at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater. Ben Brantley of the NY Times called her performance "a sensational Broadway debut" and "a marvel of glamorous menace."

Billings stars in the upcoming Amazon television series “The Peripheral.” She starred in the award-winning television series “Transparent,” and has been a recurring guest star on “The Conners,” “Never Have I Ever,” and many other television series. She stars in and is the Executive Producer of the upcoming feature film Queen Tut.

Billings was honored to receive the Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). She is the recipient of five After Dark Awards and a Joseph Jefferson Award. In 2016, she moderated a panel during Transgender Awareness Month at the (Obama) White House; she won the TPA Award, The Rainbow Spirit Award, and was inducted into the Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in Chicago.

Her autobiographical memoir "This Time for Me" is published by Amazon Books.

Billings earned her Master's Degree at CSU LB. She is currently an Associate Professor of Theater at USC. She is a Viewpoints Associate at The Steppenwolf Theater.

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