Alexa Demie

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Demie gained attention with her supporting role in the 2018 film Mid90s, written and directed by Jonah Hill, as Esmtee, a character who the protagonist Stevie has a sexual encounter with. A year after Demie unsuccessfully auditioned for Augustine Frizzell's 2018 film Never Goin' Back, Frizzell emailed her about an audition for the HBO drama series Euphoria, the pilot episode of which she was directing. Although Demie had planned to take a break from acting to pursue her music career, she was impressed by the script for the series and decided to audition for it. In 2019, she began starring on Euphoria as Maddy Perez, a popular teenage girl in an abusive, on-again, off-again relationship with football quarterback Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi). The character had three extensive mood boards Demie created herself, and she collaborated with the makeup artists of the show on her aesthetic. Demie is called one of Euphoria‘s breakout stars by critics.

Demie went on to star in the 2019 film Waves as Alexis, a teenager who is impregnated by her boyfriend, a popular but troubled high school wrestler played by Kelvin Harrison Jr. She watched videos about codependency and drew on her own experience with an emotional abuse relationship between her and a high school boyfriend, which she described as "very codependent", as the basis for the film's relationship. She also appeared in the comedy-drama film Mainstream in 2020 as Isabelle Roberts, a game show audience member, and made a cameo in The Neighbourhood's video for their 2020 song "Stargazing". In Nineteen on Fire, a 2021 short film written and directed by Ryan Simpkins, Demie played a drug dealer. In September 2021, she released the single "Leopard Limo (Archive LL11)".

After messaging with photographer Petra Collins in the summer of 2020, Demie and Collins created Fairy Tales, a collection of erotic short stories written with Collins and containing photos of Demie dressed as various mythical creatures taken by Collins, which was published by Rizzoli Libri in November 2021. She is set to be a voice actor in the upcoming animated series Fables. In 2024, Demie made a brief appearance onstage with Madonna during the singer's Celebration Tour, participating in a voguing segment. She also had a cameo in the HBO series The Idol. Additionally, Demie is set to appear in the upcoming HBO series Fantasmas, created by Julio Torres, and has been cast in the film I Love Boosters, directed by Boots Riley. Filming for the third season of Euphoria began in early 2025, with Demie reprising her role as Maddy Perez.