Alexandra Jensen

Alexandra Jensen was born in 1999 or 2000 in Toronto, near Newcastle, New South Wales.^[1] During primary school she took drama lessons to overcome her shyness, anxiety and a speech problem.^[1] Jensen completed her secondary education at Hunter School of the Performing Arts.^[1] While still at school, Jensen took the role of Cogsworth in an amateur stage musical production of Beauty and the Beast Jnr at Young Peoples Theatre, Newcastle from April to May 2015.^[2]

In 2017 Jensen undertook separate workshops for voice and accent, screen acting, playwriting and monologue.^[3] She followed with further workshops or short courses, in the next year: monologue and scene, playwrighting and acting technique.^[3] In June to July 2018, she played Elia, a secondary student,^[4] in Impending Everyone by Michael Andrew Collins, at the SBW Stables Theatre, Kings Cross, for the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP).^[5]

Jensen's first professional audition was for a Foxtel TV series and, despite missing out on the role, Foxtel introduced her to a talent manager.^[1] She appeared as Abby, a secondary student in the Newcastle-based comedy-drama TV series Frayed for two seasons in 2019 and 2021.^[6] Jensen followed with further TV roles including Sophia in Amazing Grace (2021),^[7] and co-lead as Audrey in The Messenger (2023).^[8]

In feature films, Jensen's debut lead role occurred in the 2022 independent, Beat.^[9][10] Also in that year she took the major role of Jade in the horror film, Talk to Me.^[11] Jensen portrayed Miss Miller in the 2024 horror film The Moogai.^[12] She played a lead role as Amy in the 2025 dark comedy thriller Penny Lane Is Dead, in writer-director Mia'Kate Russell's feature film debut.^[13]

For her performance in Talk to Me, Jensen was nominated for the 2024 AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.^[11][14]