Babe of All My Children

Background:

New Mexico-born, Arizona-raised actress Alexa Havins is popular among soap opera fans as Babe Carey on “All My Children,” a role she played from 2003 to 2007. She earned nominations at Daytime Emmy and Soap Opera Digest Awards for her work on the show. She also has made guest appearances in “Reno 911!,” “Rescue Me”, “Cold Case,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “CSI: Miami” as well as appeared in small roles in the movies “Fat Girls” (2006), “27 Dresses” (2008), “Hancock” (2008) and “Old Dogs” (2009). Prior to becoming an actress, Havins was a professional dancer.

Moviegoers should look forward for her performances in the forthcoming films “Desert Fox” (2009) and “When in Rome” (2010).

“I'm bicoastal. To me, it's about going where the work is. Africa, Canada, bring it on! The only thing I'll tell you is that you will not catch me in New York in February ever again.” Alexa Havins

Havins is of Swedish and Irish descent. She is good friends with her ex-on screen mother Bobbie Eakes and good friends with former “All My Children” costar Billy Miller.

Ice Maiden

Childhood and Family:

Alexa Carole Havins was born on November 16, 1980, in Artesia, New Mexico. Her family moved to Chandler, Arizona when she was a child. She was educated at Chandler High School in Chandler, AZ and later was accepted into the influential Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York City, where she first discovered acting. She said, “You go through a lot of changes when you move to New York. It's a totally different lifestyle. I've learned to love time alone. I've learned to relax. I feel very focused right now. Very grown up.” Alexa also studied acting under Brian Reise in Los Angeles, California.

On June 2005, Alexa married “All My Children” costar Justin Bruening (born on September 24, 1979) in the Virgin Islands. The couple moved to Los Angeles in the fall of 2007 after they both left “All My Children .”

Alexa was given the nickname the “Ice Maiden” because she was very shy as a youth. Her mother used to call her “Babe” before she got the part of “Babe” on “All My Children.”

Fat Girls

Career:

Alexa Havins first developed a love for dancing, which she discovered at the tender age of 3, and later danced professionally at the Universal Dance Association. It was not until she attended NYC's Circle in the Square Theatre School that she began paying attention to acting, and after realizing her true calling, she made the move to Los Angeles to pursue her ambitions. She recalled, “ At one point in my career, I had to decide if I wanted to dance professionally or become an actor. I chose theater.”

Spotted by acclaimed acting coach Jean Fowler, Havins landed guest spots in the TV series “Secret Lives” and Comedy Central's “Reno 911!” (both 2003), but she did not hit the big time until she joined the cast of the ABC soap opera “All My Children” in the role of Arabella 'Babe' Carey Chandler in October that same year. She would go on to play the role for the next four years until October 2007. For her fine acting, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series and a Soap Opera Digest for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress (both 2005). Havins also played the role in 22 episodes of the soap “One Life to Live” during 2003 to 2005.

Havins made her first feature film appearances in “Joe Killionaire” (2004), a comedy/horror directed and written by Sean Morton and that won the Audience Award - Honorable Mention for Feature Film at the 2004 Dances With Films and Gold Medal for Excellence, Feature Film: Best Integration of Styles, at the 2005 Park City Film Music Festival, and in the low budget comedy “Bank Brothers” (also 2004), directed, written and starred by Kenneth Guertin. The following years, she could be seen as Samantha in the short film “First Kiss” (2005), helmed and written by Tracy Michele Tabb, Trish Unger in Travis Betz's horror, “Joshua” (2006), and Tina in the quirky comedy “Fat Girls” (2006), where she appeared together with husband Justin Bruening. Directed and written by Ash Christian, who also had the leading role of Rodney Miller, the latter film won an Outfest Achievement for Outstanding Emerging Talent at the 2006 L.A. Outfest Awards. She was featured as a blonde - Brooklyn rirl in the crime/drama “Brooklyn Rules” (2007), directed by Michael Corrente.

After leaving “All My Children,” Havins had a bit part as boat bride in director Anne Fletcher's “27 Dresses” (2008), starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden. The film received positive reviews from critics and was also a hit with audiences, especially females. She next had an uncredited part as hot fan in the action film “Hancock” (2008), directed by Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman, was cast as Maureen in Richard Temtchine's comedy “How to Seduce Difficult Women” (2009) and Walt Becker's family/comedy “Old Dogs,” starring John Travolta, Justin Long, Robin Williams, Seth Green, Kelly Preston, Matt Dillon and others. On the small screen, Havins starred as Sarah in the short-lived comedy “Turbo Dates” (2009), opposite Haynes Brooke. She also appeared in episodes of “Cold Case,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “CSI: Miami” (all 2009), playing Joannie Pogue '67, Elaine Beuliss and Kim Hewitt, respectively.

Havins has completed filming “Desert Fox” (2009), an action film Keith Schwebel and written by Alejandro Becker-Barreto, and “When in Rome” (2010), a romance from director Mark Steven Johnson. She will costar with Rebecca Cardon, Mark Irvingsen, Kevin Schwebel and Ricky Moore in the first and with Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston, Will Arnett and Jon Heder in the latter.

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