Alexis Floyd is one of those actors with a rare combination of both being able to entertain and prod the audience to look deeper within themselves through her acting. She is an American actress who is best known for her work in Grey’s Anatomy and Netflix’s Inventing Anna.
What was Alexis Floyd’s early life like?
Alexis was born on 22nd December 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Alexis was raised in a musical family with her mother being a manager of Cleveland Youth Orchestra while her dad was a classically trained tenor who eventually became a lawyer. She has a younger brother Aric who is also an actor.
Alexis started learning how to play the violin when she was only 3. As a child, she was an all-rounder participating in competitive figure skating and doing violin recitals in the Youth Orchestra. Alexis also attended the Cleveland School of ballet. She had developed an interest in musical theater as a result of which she took part in some musical theaters as well.
Some of the places where she performed were Cleveland Public Theatre and Cleveland Playhouse. Alexis attended Hawken School and then went on to study at Carnegie Mellon to learn more about musical theatre. Alexis attended The Rhodopi International Theatre Collective in 2012 in Bulgaria.
Here, she studied Suzuki method, aerial art, and mime. Post her graduation, Alexis moved to Los Angeles and then finally to New York where she currently resides. In fact when Alexis auditioned for Neff’s role in Inventing Anna, she was already working as a concierge at a high-end Yoga studio in New York.
How has Alexis Floyd’s career progressed?
Prior to joining the cast of Inventing Anna, Alexis’ career was primarily off-Broadway. She had a recurring role as Tia Clayton in Bold Type on Freeform. She was also a choreographer for and danced in music videos and short film. Her acting career took off after she starred as Neff in Inventing Anna.
The series is based on the true life event of a Russian-born woman Anna Sorokin pretending to be a German heiress named Anna Delvey and faking her way into New York’s exclusive high society. Alexis says to have had done significant research on the character of Anna Sorokin/Anna Delvy especially since she is a self-claimed social media recluse. She picked up Prince George’s county accent with a hint of New York on it to fit into the role of Neff.
She also met up with the real Neff (Neffatari Davis) several times so that Alexis could study how she was as a person, her friendship with Anna and incorporate that in her character. Neff was supposed to be a concierge at a boutique hotel that Anna was a frequent visitor of.
She was the one who gave Anna the access to VIP parties, luxury shopping and dining services. Alexis stole the show as Neff was appreciated by both critics and viewers alike. Alexis said that her portrayal was so real because she could relate to Davis as someone living in Brooklyn, working at a desk job, and trying to hustle day in day out to make ends meet.
As on 19th July 2022, Alexis was announced to have become s series regular in ABC’s hit series Grey Anatomy.
What is Alexis Floyd’s net worth?
Alexis. Who started her acting career not too long is scaling great heights thanks to her hard work and amazing screen presence that has rendered directors to seek her to be a part of their projects. The current estimate of Alexis’ net worth is $1-2 million.