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Occupation. Actress. Years active. 2008–present. Alexandra Essoe (born March 9, 1992) is a Canadian actress [1] who has appeared predominantly in horror films. Essoe had her first lead role in the 2014 American horror film Starry Eyes, [2] and she had a starring role in the 2017 American horror film Midnighters. [3]
Alexandra Essoe is a Saudi Arabian-born actress and writer, known for her roles in horror and supernatural films and TV shows. See her biography, filmography, awards, photos, videos and contact info on IMDb.
- Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- March 9, 1992
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- Starry Eyes
- Tales of Halloween
- Red Island
- Doctor Sleep
- Death of Me
- The Haunting of Bly Manor
- The Pope's Exorcist
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In her breakthrough role, Essoe plays an aspiring actress who risks everything, including her soul, to be cast in a movie made by the mysterious, in retrospect, rather Miramax-esque Astraeus Pictures. "It's still something that I'm incredibly proud of, not just because of the work I got to do, which was great, but I just loved the themes of it so m...
The actress appeared alongside director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, Dolls) and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You're Next) in her segment of the Halloween-set horror anthology, which she remembers was "like walking on air." "I was so happy that I got to meet Stuart Gordon before he passed, which was very sad, because he's one of my favorite directo...
Essoe and Georgie Daburas play a couple tormented by mysterious forces on a remote island in this low-budget project. "I remember being cold the wholetime," Essoe says. "We shot that with a crew of like, five people, myself included. It was very much a trial of wills for sure."
Director Mike Flanagan tasked the actress with matching one of the horror genre's most famous performances, Shelley Duvall's Wendy Torrance from Stanley Kubrick's 1980 movie version of Stephen King's The Shining. Essoe appeared as Wendy in Doctor Sleep, which adapted King's 2013 sequel novel and paid homage to Kubrick's work. "It was a total pinch ...
A sort of horror version of The Hangover, this movie from Darren Bousman (multiple Sawmovies) starred Maggie Q and Luke Hemsworth as a couple who discover they have a gap in their memories after renting an Airbnb in Thailand from Essoe's character. "Darren Bousman is a hilarious and wonderful human being. He's so funny, I hope I get to work with hi...
Following Doctor Sleep, Essoe reteamed with Flanagan on a trio of creepy TV shows, playing the deceased mother of two orphan children in The Haunting of Bly Manor, an elderly woman stricken by dementia in vampire tale Midnight Mass, and a hitchhiker in Flanagan's Christoper Pike adaptation The Midnight Club. "Mike always gives me something challeng...
Essoe visited Ireland to shoot The Pope's Exorcist, the Crowe-starring tale of priests and demons from Overlorddirector Julius Avery. The actress refers to Crowe as "the Richard Burton of our time." "I didn't know that he was the lead in the movie until after I got the job. I had no idea," she says. "It was quite the surprise. I don't know if 'unne...
Alex Essoe is an actress who has appeared in various horror movies and TV shows, such as Starry Eyes, Doctor Sleep, and The Haunting of Bly Manor. She talks about her roles, her inspirations, and her life in horror in this interview with EW.
Mar 9, 1992 · Alex Essoe is a Canadian actress who has appeared in various films and TV shows, such as STARRY EYES, Doctor Sleep, and The Pope's Exorcist. Learn more about her life, career, and upcoming projects on The Movie Database (TMDB).
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Sep 30, 2020 · Alex Essoe talks about her roles in Death of Me, Doctor Sleep, Homewrecker and more. She reveals her love for horror, her writing projects and her experience with Darren Lynn Bousman.
Oct 9, 2020 · Alex Essoe talks about her new movie Death of Me, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, and her roles in Doctor Sleep and The Haunting of Bly Manor. She also shares her experience working with Mike Flanagan and Netflix.
