Lexi Ainsworth

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Lexi Ainsworth
Born
Alexandra Danielle Ainsworth

(1992-10-28) October 28, 1992 (age 31)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Websitelexiainsworth.com

Alexandra Danielle Ainsworth (born October 28, 1992[1]) is an American actress, best known for her role as Kristina Davis on General Hospital.

She won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress for her role on General Hospital in 2017. She also received a nomination in 2011.

Early life[edit]

She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her father is a dentist and her mother is a school teacher. She began dancing with a local ballet company at age six. This led to her appearing in several theater productions, including The Wizard of Oz (as a munchkin) and To Kill A Mockingbird (as Scout).[2][3]

Ainsworth was mostly home-schooled.[4]

Career[edit]

After attending acting camps in New York City and Los Angeles, Ainsworth landed a national commercial for Barbie dolls.[3] After several more commercials, she guest starred on Medical Investigation and Gilmore Girls. She then appeared in a short film, Caroline Crossing.[5]

Ainsworth went on to land roles in the feature film The Gray Man, and TV Movies Wild Child, Westside, and Death Clique. She also guest-starred on iCarly, Cougar Town, and Criminal Minds.[5]

In June 2009, she joined the cast of General Hospital as Kristina Davis.[6] She received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2011.[7] In October 2011, it was announced that Ainsworth had been released from her contract.[8] She returned to the role of Kristina in 2015.[9]

Ainsworth played Jessica Burns, a high schooler driven to the point of suicide by bullying, in the found-footage film A Girl Like Her in 2015.[10][11]

In 2017, Ainsworth landed a recurring role on Major Crimes.[12] Soon after, it was announced that she would be leaving General Hospital.[13] She won a 2017 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Kristina on GH.[14]

She returned to General Hospital in 2018, appearing off and on until May 2023.[15] She was then dismissed from the show and the role was recast with Kate Mansi.[16]

In 2023, Ainsworth guest-starred on NCIS.[17] She also produced and acted in the film Masterpiece.[18]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Caroline Crossing Caroline Price
2007 The Gray Man Grace Budd Previously known as Wisteria: The Horrible Story of Albert Fish
2008 Wild Child Molly Moore [19]
2013 So This Is Christmas Ashley
2015 A Girl Like Her Jessica Burns Previously known as The Bully Chronicles

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Medical Investigation Kaitlin Ronson Episode 1.16
2005 Gilmore Girls Tillie Episodes: "Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out", "Just Like Gwen and Gavin"
2007 iCarly Lexi Episode: "iLike Jake"
2009–2011, 2015–2023 General Hospital Kristina Davis Recurring role
2012 Criminal Minds Abby Miller Episode: "I Love You, Tommy Brown"
2013 Westside Nico Carver Unsold television pilot[20]
2014 Chosen Cassidy 4 episodes
2014 Death Clique Sara Cowan Television film (Lifetime movie)
2015 iZombie Tate Episode: "Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Rat"
2015 Teen Wolf Beth Episode: "Lies of Omission"
2016 Rizzoli & Isles Claire Episode: "Shadow of Doubt"
2017–2018 Major Crimes Ella 4 episodes
2020 Shameless Amber Episode: "Go Home, Gentrifier!"

Awards and nominations[edit]

List of acting awards and nominations
Year Award Category Title Result Ref.
2011
 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series General Hospital Nominated [7]
2011
 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actress General Hospital Won [21]
2012
 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actress General Hospital Nominated [22]
2017
 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series General Hospital Won [23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lexi Ainsworth profile". Hollywood.com. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  2. ^ TV.com. "Lexi Ainsworth". TV.com. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  3. ^ a b "Lexi Ainsworth Archives". SoapOperaDigest.com. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  4. ^ O'Hare, Kate (May 9, 2010). "'General Hospital': Nancy Lee Grahn and Lexi Ainsworth Tackle Tough Family Issues". Zap2it. Retrieved July 8, 2016. In real life, Ainsworth is a mostly home-schooled teen taking online college courses...
  5. ^ a b "Lexi Ainsworth - A Biography". Soap Hub. Retrieved April 29, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Introducing Lexi Ainsworth as General Hospital's New Kristina!". Soaps. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b Kroll, Dan J (May 11, 2011). "Supporting winners are back, first-timer winner guaranteed in Younger fields". Soap Central. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  8. ^ Kroll, Dan J. (October 7, 2011). "Lexi Ainsworth confirms exit as GH's Kristina". Soap Central. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "LEXI AINSWORTH RETURNS TO GH!". Soap Opera Digest. United States. American Media, Inc. July 29, 2015. Archived from the original on July 31, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  10. ^ Linden, Sheri (March 25, 2015). "'A Girl Like Her': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  11. ^ Chang, Justin (March 30, 2015). "Film Review: 'A Girl Like Her'". Variety. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  12. ^ Eades, Chris (October 10, 2017). "GENERAL HOSPITAL's Lexi Ainsworth Announces She's Appearing on MAJOR CRIMES!". Soaps in Depth. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Clifford, Kambra (October 13, 2017). "REPORT: Both Lexi Ainsworth and Ashley Jones OUT at GH". Soap Central. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ AIELLO, MCKENNA (30 April 2017). "Daytime Emmy Awards 2017 Winners: The Complete List". Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  15. ^ Clifford, Kambra (July 26, 2018). "Lexi Ainsworth returns to GH". Soap Central. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Lexi Ainsworth on her GH exit". Soap Opera Digest. May 22, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Lewis, Errol (April 5, 2023). "'General Hospital' Actress Lexi Ainsworth to Guest Star in Season Finale Episode of 'NCIS'". Soap Opera Network. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ Eades, Chris (October 5, 2023). "Lexi Ainsworth Teases Her New Movie". Soaps in Depth. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "Wild Child (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  20. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 14, 2013). "Actors Board Pilots 'Undateable', 'Reckless' & 'Westside'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 8, 2016. General Hospital alum Lexi Ainsworth has been added to ABC's Romeo & Juliet-esque pilot Westside, about the haves and the have-nots of California's most seductive city, Venice.
  21. ^ "32nd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  22. ^ "33rd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  23. ^ "The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York City: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.

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