Alexandra Grey

Alexandra Elisha Grey is an American actress and musician, best known for her role as Elizah Edwards on the TV series Transparent.

Grey was born in Chicago. She grew up in foster care. Grey, a trans woman, knew she wanted to be a girl from the age of four, but didn't know how to discuss this with her foster parents, stating in an interview, "In the African‑American community, this stuff is not even up for discussion."

After graduating from community college, Grey initially came out to her foster parents as gay. They were reluctant to accept her sexuality. Once she told them she was transgender, they threw her out of the house. She moved from Chicago to Los Angeles, and lived in an LGBT homeless shelter until she saved enough money to get her own place. She attended California State University Northridge and studied theater.

Grey moved to Los Angeles with the hopes of beginning a career in singing or acting. In 2016, she was cast as Elizah Edwards in the third season of Transparent.

Grey also guest-starred on Season 2 of the CBS TV medical drama Code Black and Season 4 of the Comedy Central series Drunk History where she portrayed gay rights activist Marsha P. Johnson. On June 3, 2016, it was announced that she was cast alongside Michael K. Williams and Phylicia Rashad in the new ABC mini-series When We Rise. In the fall of 2016, she guest-starred as Denise Lockwood on Chicago Med. She will appear as a guest star on the legal drama Doubt in 2017.

As a singer, Grey opened for singer-songwriter Zara Larsson in October 2016.

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