Chyler Leigh

Chyler Leigh is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Dr Lexie Grey on Greys Anatomy and Alex Danvers on Supergirl Born in Charlotte North Carolina and raised in Virginia Beach and Miami Beach Chyler began her career in front of the camera at age 12 modeling for magazines and catalogues Her success in print later led to national commercials for Coca Cola and Wendys among others By age 16 she had already completed several pilots ABCs Wilder Days 2000 and the WBs Saving Graces 1999 at the onset Aaron Spelling confirmed the young actresss talent when he hired her a few years ago as a series regular in the WB series Safe Harbor 1999 after seeing her performance on Saving Graces 1999 She also gueststarred on 7th Heaven 1996 in a powerful threestory arc wherein her character Frankie a young inept mother had adversely influenced the family Leigh made her film debut in the ColombiaTriStar hit comedy spoof Not Another Teen Movie 2001 which opened nationwide December 2001 She originally auditioned for a smaller role but the producers and directors were so impressed with her performance that they invited her to read for the lead Leigh was stunned by her good fortune By January of 2002 Leigh had already landed a series role on the Fox comedy That 80s Show 2002 from the producers of That 70s Show The mid season comedy series portrayed Leigh as a rebellious teenager on the Fox Network After the shortlived run the series was canceled and Leigh was immediately brought to executive producer David E Kelley for consideration in his new Fox series Girls Club 2002 Three days later Leigh was flown for the New York upfronts where she was introduced as one of the new series leads Sarah Mickle a young attorney on Foxs 2002 Girls Club 2002 After only two episodes of Girls Club 2002 had aired Leigh received a personal phone call from Kelley informing her of the shows cancellation and his desire to bring her forward to his already established series The Practice 1997 With only a matter of weeks between shows Leigh was at work on the set of ABCs The Practice 1997 as Claire Wyatt a new Series Regular for the 20022003 season In 2004 Leigh was reunited with Fox for their new half hour comedy pilot Lucky Us Chyler landed the starring role of the freewheeling conservative young architect Lucy Reed Weeks later Leigh made a guest starring appearance as Kate Spangler a feisty young ad exec in Foxs new drama series North Shore 2004 Later in the season Leigh took a brief break from Fox to shoot a series lead role opposite Billy Campbell in the WBs drama pilot Rocky Point 2005 The series was centered on a young woman Leigh living on Hawaiis North Shore who takes in her estranged father Campbell