Elle Alexander

Elle Alexander is a former stuntwoman, stunt actress, and stunt coordinator who performed stunts in eight episodes of and . For most of her appearances she received no credit.
Several costumes worn by Alexander in Star Trek were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, including the costumes from the episodes and , which was a re-used dress from actress Tricia O'Neil in her role as Korinas, , and . The two latter costumes list her name as Ellen Alexander. The call sheet for the episode listed her under her maiden name Ellen Itkoff.
Alexander was born in California. She has doubled for stars such as , , , , Diane Salinger, , and , and has started her career as Danger, a female wrestler, in the wrestling series WOW: Women of Wrestling. For this series she also served as stunt coordinator and appeared alongside several Star Trek performers such as Nikki Flux, Katie Rowe, and Rosine "Ace" Hatem. She was also a regular stunt performer on (2002-2004, alongside Spice Williams, Brian Avery, Mark Chadwick, Lisa Hoyle, Alex Madison, Lin Oeding, Nicole Randall, Justin Sundquist, and Todd Bryant).
Other television series Alexander has performed in include , The Bold and the Beautiful, One World (2000, episode Crushed, with Michelle Krusiec and Randy Hall), (2003, with regular cast member Miguel Ferrer and Alicia Coppola), , , (2003, with Richard McGonagle and Barry Wiggins, and coordinated by Diamond Farnsworth), (2007, with Zachary Quinto and stunts by Ian Quinn and Justin Sundquist), (2007), and several episodes of (2005-2007) and (2003-2004).
Alexander's film roles include supporting roles in (1997) and (1999), (2000, with Adrienne Barbeau and fellow stuntwomen Dorenda Moore and Rosine "Ace" Hatem), Michelle Strigo in (2003, with Leland Orser, Robert Pine, and stunts by Chuck Borden and Dyanna Lynn), and stunt performances in (1998, with Dan Butler and Kane Hodder), (1999, with Vincent Schiavelli, Tracey Walter, Christopher Lloyd, and Carol Kane, with stunts by Jennifer Caputo, Gene LeBell, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, J. Suzanne Rampe, Lynn Salvatori, and Spice Williams-Crosby), (2000, with Joan Collins), (2002, starring Gina Philips), (2003, with Ray Wise), and Bringing Down the House (2003) where she doubled Missi Pyle in the legendary cat fight.
Alexander has also appeared in and coordinated several music videos for artists such as the ("Black Balloon" and "Dizzy"), ("One Wild Night"), and ("Celebrity Skin"), performed in many television commercials such as the Imandi commercial as a wrestling maid against fellow stuntwoman Rosine "Ace" Hatem, and has coordinated and performed in the operas Carmen, Tosca, and Don Giovanni.
In 2007 she made guest appearances in (with Christopher Lloyd and Wil Wheaton), Chocolate News (2008, with Rico E. Anderson, Willie Garson, and Kevin Derr), and (with stunts by Erica Grace). Other projects include (2008), alongside Star Trek performers Christopher McDonald, Brent Spiner, Michael Ensign, and stunt performers Chris Antonucci, Rick Avery, and Greg Barnett and (2008), with Richard Riehle and Patrick Fischler) in which she doubled actresses and .
The following years she performed stunts in episodes of (2009) and The Cleaner (2009), portrayed the Zombie meter maid in (2009, with stunts by Derek Graf, Michelle Sebek, Victor Paguia, Kimberly Shannon Murphy, and Johnny Martin) and doubled actress in the comedy You Again (2010, with Victor Garber).
More recently Alexander performed stunts as Lena the leader of the underworld in the science fiction film San Francisco 2177 (2010, with Michael Rose, Michael Duisenberg, and fellow stuntwoman Boni Yanagisawa) and doubled again Sigourney Weaver in (2011, with Simon Pegg, John Carroll Lynch, and stunts by Bobby Burns) and in (2011, with Wallace Shawn, Malcolm McDowell, Scott Thomson, and Marty Murray). She also worked as stunt double for Lisa Wyatt on an episode of The Suite Life on Deck (2011, with Kim Rhodes and Brenda Strong), as stunt double for Louise Fletcher in three episodes of Shameless (2012, with Ed Lauter and Diora Baird), as stunt double for Melanie Camp on True Blood (2012, with Peter Mensah, Henry Kingi, Jr., and Mark Wagner), appeared as Molly in an episode of (2011), performed on stage as Mazeppa in the Los Angeles musical "Gypsy", and worked as stunt coordinator on the comedy Ex-Free (2012, with Mark Rolston and Cheryl Lewis).
After twenty-five years as stuntwoman and actress, Alexander was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy called OPMD in the fall of 2022. She is unable to work since January 2023, her stuntwork in being her last appearance. The film stars Michelle Yeoh as well as stunt performers Anthony Molinari, Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom, Kiera O'Connor, and Brian Simpson. 
== Star Trek appearances ==
File:Huss.jpg|Huss(uncredited)
File:Ajilon Prime guard, female.jpg|Ajilon Prime guard
File:Sakari 2.jpg|Female Sakari(uncredited)
File:Taresian woman 10.jpg|Taresian woman(uncredited)
File:USS Voyager security officer 1, Dauntless bridge.jpg|Security officer(uncredited)
File:Vulcan baseball player 2.jpg|Vulcan baseball player(uncredited)
File:Cardassian civilian 1, 2375.jpg|Cardassian civilian(uncredited)
File:Salvage alien 2.jpg|Female Salvage alien(uncredited)
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