Alexandra Hedison is an American photographer, director, and actress whose fine arts photography collections have been extensively displayed in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums across the United States and Europe. Besides her genius in photography, she has played supporting roles in numerous films and TV series, most notably the character of Dylan Moreland in the TV drama series The L Word (2006, 2009). She has also directed an animated film titled In the Dog House (2005), and a documentary film titled The Making of Suit Yourself (2005).
Born Name
Alexandra Hedison
Nick Name
Alex
Sun Sign
Cancer
Born Place
Los Angeles, California, United States
Residence
Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality
Education
Alexandra, after her high school graduation, had joined the State University of New York at Purchase (SUNY Purchase). She had graduated from there in 1989. She had then attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from where she had graduated in 1992.
Occupation
Photographer, Director, Actress
Family
- Father – Albert ‘Al’ David Hedison Jr. (Actor) (d. July 2019)
- Mother – Bridget Hedison (née Mori)
- Siblings – Serena Hedison (Sister)
- Others – Albert David Hedison, Sr. (Paternal Grandfather), Rose Boghosian (Paternal Grandmother), Renee (Maternal Grandmother), Lucius Fisher Foster III (Father-in-Law) (Real Estate Broker, Former U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel), Evelyn Ella ‘Brandy’ Almond (Mother-in-Law), Lucinda ‘Cindy’ Foster (Sister-in-Law), Constance ‘Connie’ Foster (Sister-in-Law), Lucius Fisher ‘Buddy’ Foster IV (Brother-in-Law) (Former Child Actor, Author), Amy Foster (Sister-in-Law)
Build
Slim
Height
5 ft 10 in or 178 cm
Weight
58 kg or 128 lbs
Girlfriend / Spouse
Alexandra has dated –
- Rosalind Christmas – Rumor
- (2001-2004)
- Jennifer Beals (2008-2010) – Rumor
- (2013-Present) – Alexandra began dating legendary American actress and director Jodie Foster in 2013. They got married in April 2014. She has 2 stepsons named Kit Bernard Foster and Charles Bernard Foster from Jodie’s previous relationship(s).
Race / Ethnicity
White
She is of Armenian descent on her father’s side, and English and Italian descent on her mother’s side.
Hair Color
Salt-and-Pepper
Eye Color
Hazel
Sexual Orientation
Lesbian
Distinctive Features
- Lanky frame
- Frizzy, neck-length hair
- Gleaming face
- Affable smile
Alexandra Hedison Facts
- In 2008, 6 years after her first exhibition, a series of abstract landscapes displayed at the Rose Gallery in Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, she had been selected by Barclays Investment Bank (earlier known as Barclays Capital) for an international sponsorship.
- A year later, in 2009, she had published a series of books that were sponsored by the Center of Cultural Intelligence in Singapore.
- A series of large-format photographs entitled Ithaka, which she had shot years ago in the temperate rain forests of North America, was exhibited in 2009 at the Frank Pictures Gallery in Santa Monica, California. It was a part of the official opening night exhibition at the ‘Month of Photography Los Angeles’ (MOPLA). The following year, the collection was displayed at the Mews 42 Gallery in London.
- A 2016 photography and film installations exhibit of hers titled Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, that had opened at the Centro Cultural de Cascais in Cascais, Portugal, was named by Time Out Magazine as one among the ‘Top 10 Exhibitions of 2016’.
- In 2017, she had co-chaired, with her spouse Jodie Foster, the 14th edition of the Hammer Museum‘s annual Gala in Los Angeles.
Featured Image by Alexandra Hedison / Instagram
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Facts of Alexandra Hedison
- full nameAlexandra Hedison
- Date of Birth July 10, 1969
- Age 55 years 4 months
- Horoscope Cancer
- Lucky Number 6
- Lucky Stone Moonstone
- Lucky Color Silver
- Best Match for Marriage Taurus, Pisces, Scorpio
- weight58 kg
- height5 ft 10 in