Alexandra Lydon is an American actress and writer.

Lydon was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.^[1][2] She attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at the affiliated Stella Adler Conservatory,^[3] graduating with honors with a double degree in Drama and Psychology.^[2] Her further studies were with Joseph Chaikin, Larry Moss and Patsy Rodenburg.^{[citation needed]}

Some of Lydon's most prominent roles were as Jane Saunders, daughter of primary villain Stephen Saunders, in the third season of the television series 24 and as Ann Owens in Prison Break. She starred in the independent film Nail Polish and IFC film Bodies, and along with 24 and Prison Break has had recurring roles on CSI: Miami and K-Ville. She has made numerous guest-starring appearances on popular shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Desperate Housewives, House, Private Practice, NCIS and Star Trek: Enterprise.^[3][4]

Lydon co-created and performed in the comedy show Worst Laid Plans at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre^[3] in Los Angeles and New York City. She later adapted the show into a book, Worst Laid Plans: When Bad Sex Happens to Good People, published by Abrams Image.^[5] She wrote and performed in the comedy album Worst Laid Plans at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, published by Random House in May 2010.^[6]

She had the starring role of Beth in Bryan Bertino's 2014 film Mockingbird, released by Universal Studios. ^[2]

Lydon is also a voice-over artist and has narrated and contributed to documentary films, one being the award-winning The Young and the Restless in China as part of the PBS documentary series FRONTLINE.^[7]

Inspired by the first female policewomen in Boston, Lydon developed and produced the pilot "Broad Squad",^[1] which aired as a TV movie on ABC in 2015.^[8] She drafted a book about the Boston Police Department and the history of race and gender relations in policing, receiving a six-figure advance for the preempt by Picador of Pan Macmillan UK imprints, a division of Macmillan Publishers.^[9]