Alexandra Lydon

Alexandra Martin Lydon (born April 5, 1979) is an American actress and writer.

Lydon was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. She attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at the affiliated Stella Adler Conservatory, graduating with honors with a double degree in Drama and Psychology.

Lydon played Jane Saunders, daughter of primary villain Stephen Saunders, in the third season of the television series 24 and Ann Owens in Prison Break. She starred in the independent film Nail Polish and Bryan Bertino’s film Mockingbird, released by Universal Studios. She had recurring roles on CSI: Miami and K-Ville and made guest star appearances on shows including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Desperate Housewives, House, Private Practice, NCIS and Star Trek: Enterprise. Lydon co-created and performed in the comedy show Worst Laid Plans at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles and New York City. She wrote and performed in the comedy album Worst Laid Plans at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, published by Random House in May 2010. She later adapted the show into a book, Worst Laid Plans: When Bad Sex Happens to Good People, published in 2014 by Abrams Image.

Lydon is also a voice-over artist and has narrated and contributed to documentary television films, including The Young and the Restless in China, part of the PBS documentary series FRONTLINE.

Lydon created and produced the 2015 ABC TV movie Broad Squad. As of 2016, she was writing a book about race and gender dynamics in policing for a six-figure preempt by Picador of Pan Macmillan UK imprints, a division of Macmillan Publishers.