Annie Murphy

Anne Frances Murphy (born December 19, 1986) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her starring role as Alexis Rose in the sitcom Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), for which she garnered universal acclaim and won a Primetime Emmy Award and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. She has since starred in the dark comedy series Kevin Can F**k Himself (2021–2022), the second season of the comedy-drama series Russian Doll (2022), and the episode "Joan Is Awful" of the anthology series Black Mirror (2023), and also voiced Chelsea the mermaid in the DreamWorks Animation film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023). Early life Murphy was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on December 19, 1986. Both her parents were teachers. She attended high school at Elmwood School in Ottawa, where she performed in stage productions. Murphy enrolled at Queen's University for one year before transferring and receiving a degree in theatre performance at Concordia University. She then trained at the Canadian Film Centre Actors' Conservatory. She moved to Los Angeles at age 22 to pursue an acting career.