Alexis Knapp


Alexis Merizalde Knapp is an American actress. She is known for her role as Stacie Conrad in the Pitch Perfect film series. She is also known for her role of Alexis in the party film Project X, and her role on the first season of the TBS comedy Ground Floor.

Early life

Knapp was born in Avonmore, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Marjorie and Bradford Elwood Knapp. She grew up in the Outer Banks of North Carolina before leaving home and moving to Los Angeles at the age of 18.

Career

At age 18, Knapp moved to Los Angeles. There in 2008 she hosted a popular internet video series titled 'Project Lore', a show about the videogame World of Warcraft, and also worked as a model before breaking into acting. She appeared in background roles in as Aphrodite Girl #9 and in Couples Retreat as a Dance Academy Girl. In 2012, Knapp appeared in her first major roles, playing Alexis in Project X, and as Stacie Conrad in the hit film Pitch Perfect, a sex-crazed Barden Bella. She reprised her role in the latter's 2015 sequel, with a brief cameo in the 2017 sequel.
Knapp appeared in the pilot of ABC's short-lived series Super Fun Night, written by and starring her Pitch Perfect co-star Rebel Wilson. Knapp starred in the Tom Vaughan directed film So Undercover, as Taylor Jaffe. Alexis also had a role in TBS' Ground Floor, portraying Tori, a party girl, who catches up on her sleep at work the next morning. Her character was dropped before the second season. Knapp was also cast in the Lifetime pilot Cinnamon Girl, which did not get picked up as a series. Knapp also stars in the independent short film Wracked, as Melissa.

Personal life

Knapp dated actor Ryan Phillippe in mid-2010, though they split up in September that year. After their breakup, Knapp discovered she was pregnant. She gave birth to their daughter in 2011; Phillippe was present during the birth.

Filmography

Film

Television