Lexi Alexander

• Name — Lexi Alexander • Birth Name — Alexandra Mirai • Born — 23 August 1974 • Birthplace — Mannheim, West Germany • Citizenship — United States • Other Names — Lexi Mirai • Occupation — * Director • martial artist • Years Active — 2002–present • Website — lexi-alexander.com

Alexander was born Alexandra Mirai in Mannheim, Germany, to a German mother and a Palestinian father. She grew up in Mannheim. Alexander's father was born and raised in Ramallah, Palestine. As a teenager, Alexander was a member of Mannheim City Boys, a soccer hooligan group, which was part of the inspiration for Green Street Hooligans.

Alexander began studying martial arts, specifically judo, when she was 8 years old. At 14, she switched to Shotokan karate. She has a third-degree black belt in karate. Alexander excelled at kickboxing, where after two years in the sport, she joined the German National Team. She won the German point fighting championships four times and the European championships two times. In 1994, at the age of 19, Alexander became the World Kickboxing Association world champion in karate-point fighting in Atlantic City. At the age of 19, she retired from professional fighting and moved to the United States. Alexander had met Chuck Norris at a kickboxing event in the United States and she had previously acted in small roles in German TV. Norris encouraged her to come to Hollywood to act and study filmmaking. He was one of her sponsors for immigration. With the assistance of martial artist Pat Johnson, she landed the part of Kitana in Mortal Kombat: Live Tour, and in 1995 and 1996, spent seven months on tour. Alexander went on to work steadily as a stunt person doing fighting stunts and motorcycles, falls from high-rise buildings, going on to learn precision driving and race car driving. She also worked as an unarmed combat instructor for the United States Marine Corps in 1994.

In early 2014, on her Twitter feed and in a blog post that was republished and widely discussed, Alexander discussed the lack of women directors in Hollywood and lifted back the curtain on the lack of gender parity in the entertainment industry. Alexander has been outspoken on Hollywood sexism and has spoken at length about the directorial opportunities she says were denied to her because of her gender. In a 2014 interview she stated that she and director Catherine Hardwicke were denied a meeting to discuss possibly directing The Fighter, as the producers were not interested in hiring a woman to direct. Alexander worked to support the American Civil Liberties Union investigation into gender bias in hiring practices, specifically for women directors, which cast a critical eye on the role of the Directors Guild of America. Film school graduates have gender parity, but once in the industry, the percentage of women hired ranges from 8% in 2017 to less than 6%. In 2015, Alexander testified about her experiences as part of an investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on hiring practices in Hollywood. Alexander has said she is against illegal file sharing but instead supports innovative file sharing over big businesses exploiting digital distribution models. Alexander has condemned the anti-piracy actions of the litigation and lobbying focused Hollywood entertainment industry especially regarding geoblocking, saying that "as a German living in the US it's difficult to get German news, and while in Germany it's difficult to get US shows." She said she approves of neither the millions Hollywood spends on anti-piracy efforts nor the wealth of Kim Dotcom "lining his own pockets". Alexander thinks the money used by the MPAA would be better spent improving diversity and more equitable distribution models. She does, however support Peter Sunde in relation to The Pirate Bay trial and fair use. Alexander frequently advocates for Palestinian rights. In May 2025, she commented on the difficulty of promoting a film during the ongoing Gaza War and her evaluation of Hollywood as a place that promotes liberal ideas but not with respect to Palestine. German-Palestinian-American filmmaker Lexi Alexander pushed an X post on Sept. 1, 2026, appearing to cheer on the stabbing death of Bank of America middle manager Erin Piacenti on Aug. 31, 2026, referencing accused UnitedHealthcare CEO suspected assassin Luigi Mangione. Fox News Article.. She explained her post by stating, "Israel doesn’t care about the woman who got killed, they care about the positive rating BofA gave them in the middle of a genocide. There is huge money at stake".

Alexander has metal screws in her knees from her time as a kickboxer. As of 2017, Alexander has been practicing the Russian martial arts technique called Systema.

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer — Actress — Notes • 1997 — Boy Meets World — Role: Sonya Blade Episode: "Last Tango in Philly" • 2012 — BlackBoxTV — Episode: "AEZP: Execution Style" • 2015 — Arrow — Episode: "Beyond Redemption" • 2016 — Supergirl — Episode: "Truth, Justice and the American Way" • Limitless — Episode: "A Dog's Breakfast" • American Gothic — Episode: "Kindred Spirits" • 2017 — Taken — Episode: "Hail Mary" • How to Get Away with Murder — Episode: "I Love Her" • 2018 — S.W.A.T. — Episode: "Day Off" • 2019 — L.A.'s Finest — Episode: "Thief" • TBA — You Bury Me — Executive — Pre-production

• 1997: Batman & Robin

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