Alexandra Billings Delves Into HIV, Sex Work, Hollywood in New Memoir
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning. She’s appeared in numerous films and TV shows throughout her career (including How to Get Away With Murder and Grey’s Anatomy) and received critical acclaim for her scene-stealing role as Davina on the hit Amazon series Transparent.
She also showed off her musical theater chops when she starred as Madame Morrible in the Broadway megahit Wicked.Arguably, her work in Transparent has been some of her most influential.
In addition to being the first out trans actress to do a full-frontal nude scene on TV, she convinced the show’s writers to include HIV narratives in the series.Billings is funny, frank, and charming, with wit and wisdom that makes you want to listen for hours.However, Billings, 60, says she wasn’t just magically born with all that wit, wisdom, and charm (OK, maybe the charm).
It mostly comes from living a life so rich in experience, with amazing highs and traumatic lows and everything in between, that it makes your average telenovela seem like Leave It to Beaver.
