Chyler Leigh

Chyler Leigh is an American actress, singer, and model who was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She began acting young, made her film debut at 15 in Kickboxing Academy, and did modeling and local television hosting before taking the lead as Janey Briggs in the comedy Not Another Teen Movie (2001), opposite Chris Evans. In 2002 she took roles in two short-lived series, Girls Club and That '80s Show, then joined the ABC legal drama The Practice for a season and the cast of Reunion in 2005. She became known as Dr. Lexie Grey on Grey's Anatomy, a regular from the fourth season through the eighth, and as Alex Danvers in Supergirl from 2015 to 2021, a part she reprised in crossovers of Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow. She made her directorial debut on a Supergirl episode and has co-starred in the Hallmark series The Way Home since 2023.