# Alexandra Chando

Alexandra Chando (born July 28, 1986) is an American actress and director. She is known for her role as Maddie Coleman in the CBS soap opera, As the World Turns and for her dual role as identical twins, Emma Becker and Sutton Mercer in the ABC Family drama series, The Lying Game.

## Early life and education

Chando is a native of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she graduated from Liberty High School. Her father, Steve Chando, has his own commercial roofing company in Bethlehem called CHM Contracting, and her mother, Rebecca, is a homemaker. She has two older brothers.
Chando attended Manhattan College before becoming an actress.

## Career

Chando originated the role of Maddie Coleman on the television soap opera As the World Turns, which she played from 2005 to 2007 and again for several months beginning in late 2009 and ended in early 2010. Her experience of being cast on As the World Turns was chronicled in the episode "I'm Getting My Big Break" from the MTV documentary series, True Life. She received a 2007 Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the Younger Actress Category.
In 2009, Chando was cast as Deb in The WB web series Rockville CA from Josh Schwartz. She screen-tested with Robert Pattinson for the leading role in the 2010 film Remember Me, and auditioned for the role of Elena Gilbert, in The CW television series The Vampire Diaries. In 2011, she played Danielle Anderson in the web series Talent, which is based on the novel series by Zoey Dean. Later, Chando was cast as identical twins Emma Becker and Sutton Mercer in the ABC Family series The Lying Game, which ran for two seasons until it was cancelled by the network. After The Lying Game ended, she appeared on an episode of the television series Castle, playing "a Lindsay Lohan/Miley Cyrus type".
In 2018, Chando made her directorial debut with her short film LPM, Likes Per Minute. It screened at the inaugural Mammoth Film Festival, where Chando also serves as Festival Manager.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | The Bleeding House | Gloria Smith / Blackbird | |
| 2015 | Construction | Colleen | |
| 2019 | The Baby Proposal | Layla | also known as ComeBack Kid |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | House Blend | Jenna Harper | Unsold television pilot |
| 2005–2007, 2009–2010 | As the World Turns | Maddie Coleman | Role held: July 27, 2005 – October 26, 2007; September 23, 2009 – February 10, 2010 |
| 2006 | True Life | Herself | Episode: "I'm Getting My Big Break" |
| 2009 | Sherri | Cab Passenger | Episode: "Dating Dad" |
| 2010 | Medium | Melissa Treynet | Episode: "Dead Meat" |
| 2010 | Glory Daze | Annabelle | 2 episodes |
| 2011–2013 | The Lying Game | Emma Becker/Sutton Mercer | Lead role |
| 2014 | Castle | Mandy Sutton | Episode: "Limelight" |
| 2015 | Hindsight | Noelle | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Dead People | Pearl | Unsold television pilot |
| 2016 | Outcast | Lisa Peyton | Episode: "From the Shadows It Watches" |
| 2017 | The Vampire Diaries | Tara | Episode: "We Have History Together" |
| 2017 | Hawaii Five-0 | Monique Sims | Episode: "Make Me Kai" |
| 2017 | Wisdom of the Crowd | Lizzie Moore | Episode: "Alpha Test" |
| 2018 | The Neighborhood | Chloe | Episode: "Welcome to the Dinner Guest" |
| 2019 | Sneaky Pete | Natalie Sheffield | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | The Dinner Party | Herself | Also creator and executive producer; episode: "Pilot" |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Rockville CA | Deb | Main role; 20 episodes |
| 2011 | Talent | Danielle Anderson | Main role; 10 episodes |

### As a director

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2018 | LPM, Likes Per Minute | Short film, also executive producer |
| 2020 | The Dinner Party | Web series |
| 2021 | Deserted | Short film |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series | As the World Turns | Nominated | |