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Doig in 2013, photo by Joe Seer /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Alexandra Lecciones Doig
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: June 8, 1973
Ethnicity: * father – Scottish, Irish * mother – Filipino
Lexa Doig is a Canadian television and film actress. Her roles include the films Jason X and Tactical Force , and television’s TekWar , Traders , Human Cargo , Andromeda , Stargate SG-1 , V , Continuum , Arctic Air , An Aurora Teagarden Mystery , Arrow , The Arrangement , Virgin River , and Chucky .
She is the daughter of Gloria, a nurse, and David Doig, an engineer. Her father is of Scottish and Irish ancestry. Her mother is Filipino, originally from Dumaguete City, Philippines. She is married to actor, writer, and director Michael Shanks, with whom she has two children.
Lexa’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Lecciones.