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{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alexandra Chando
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|7|28}}
| birth_place = [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2002–present
}}

'''Alexandra Chando''' (born July 28, 1986<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/alexandra-chando-57781835/ |title=Alexandra Chando |website=Hollywood.com |access-date=December 23, 2016}}</ref>) is an American actress and director. She is known for her role as [[Maddie Coleman]] in the [[CBS]] soap opera, ''[[As the World Turns]]'' and for her dual role as identical twins, Emma Becker and Sutton Mercer in the [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] drama series, ''[[The Lying Game]]''.

==Early life and education==
Chando is a native of [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], where she graduated from [[Liberty High School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)|Liberty High School]].<ref name="Morning Call Bethelem native">{{cite news|last=Longsdorf|first=Amy|title=Bethlehem's Alexandra Chando: 'One to watch'|url=https://www.mcall.com/2011/08/11/bethlehems-alexandra-chando-one-to-watch/|newspaper=The Morning Call|date=August 11, 2011}}</ref> Her father, Steve Chando, has his own commercial roofing company in Bethlehem called CHM Contracting, and her mother, Rebecca, is a homemaker.<ref name="Morning Call Bethelem native" /> She has two older brothers.<ref name="TVGuide-bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/alexandra-chando/bio/283324|title=Alexandra Chando - Biography|work=[[TV Guide]]|accessdate=July 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Jennifer|last=Lee |url=http://hardlymagazine.com/Winter2012-3/arts_Alexandra-Chando.php |title=Seeing Double |work=Hardly Magazine |date=Winter 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx0rrxCyenY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/fx0rrxCyenY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Exclusive Interview With Alexandra Chando of The Lying Game|date=January 24, 2013|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Chando attended [[Manhattan College]] before becoming an actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fandango.com/alexandrachando/biography/p574830 |title=Alexandra Chando Biography |work=Fandango |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230021/http://www.fandango.com/alexandrachando/biography/p574830 |archivedate=2013-12-02 }}</ref><ref name="SOD-Maddie" />

==Career==
Chando originated the role of Maddie Coleman on the television [[soap opera]] ''[[As the World Turns]]'', which she played from 2005<ref name="SOD-Maddie">{{cite web |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/meet-atwts-new-maddie-0/ |title=Meet ATWT's New Maddie |work=[[Soap Opera Digest]] |date=July 27, 2005 |access-date=July 9, 2016 |quote=Alexandra Chando debuts as Henry's youngest sister, Madeline "Maddie" Coleman, on AS THE WORLD TURNS July 27. Here is a sneak peek at Maddie and the 19-year-old Pennsylvania native who plays her.}}</ref> to 2007 and again for several months beginning in late 2009 and ended in early 2010. Her experience of being cast on ''As the World Turns'' was chronicled in the episode "I'm Getting My Big Break" from the [[MTV]] documentary series, ''[[True Life]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/chando-wants-her-mtv-0/ |title=Chando Wants Her MTV |work=[[Soap Opera Digest]] |date=May 4, 2006 |access-date=July 9, 2016 |quote=MTV cameras have followed Alexandra Chando since she was cast as Maddie Coleman on AS THE WORLD TURNS last summer. Viewers can now see what it's like joining the soap when she appears on MTV's documentary series TRUE LIFE: I'M GETTING MY BIG BREAK, premiering May 4 at 10 p.m.}}</ref> She received a 2007 [[Daytime Emmy Award]] nomination in the Younger Actress Category.<ref name="2007i">{{cite news|last=Bonawitz |first=Amy |title=34th Annual Daytime Emmy Winners |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/34th-annual-daytime-emmy-winners/ |work=[[CBS News]] |date=February 11, 2009 |access-date=May 24, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928061953/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-207_162-2567033.html |archive-date=September 28, 2013 }}</ref>

In 2009, Chando was cast as Deb in [[The WB]] web series ''Rockville CA'' from [[Josh Schwartz]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Mike|last=Hale |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/arts/television/17rock.html |title=An Opportunity to Hype (and Mock) Indie Bands |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 16, 2009 |access-date=July 9, 2016 |quote=The bespectacled, brunette Alexandra Chando, who plays the talent scout Deb, Hunter’s foil and probable future love interest, looks like a younger Tina Fey and rolls her eyes a lot.}}</ref> She [[screen test|screen-tested]] with [[Robert Pattinson]] for the leading role in the 2010 film ''[[Remember Me (2010 film)|Remember Me]]'', and auditioned for the role of [[Elena Gilbert]], in [[The CW]] television series ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''. In 2011, she played Danielle Anderson in the web series ''Talent'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alloyentertainment.com/shows/talent-web-series/ |title=Shows - Talent |publisher=[[Alloy Entertainment]] |access-date=July 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819230308/http://alloyentertainment.com/shows/talent-web-series/ |archive-date=2016-08-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which is based on the novel series by [[Zoey Dean]]. Later, Chando was cast as identical twins Emma Becker and Sutton Mercer in the [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] series ''[[The Lying Game]]'',<ref name="Morning Call Bethelem native"/><ref name="Deadline Hollywood The Lying Game">{{cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=TV Castings: Actors Board Two ABC Family Pilots And Fox Series 'Terra Nova'|url=https://deadline.com/2010/11/tv-castings-actors-board-two-abc-family-pilots-and-fox-series-terra-nova-80562/|newspaper=Deadline Hollywood|date=November 1, 2010}}</ref> which ran for two seasons until it was cancelled by the network.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abc-family-cancels-lying-game-585515|title=ABC Family Cancels 'The Lying Game'|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 15, 2013|accessdate=April 16, 2018}}</ref> After ''The Lying Game'' ended, she appeared on an episode of the television series ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]'', playing "a [[Lindsay Lohan]]/[[Miley Cyrus]] type".<ref name="TVLine-Castle">{{cite news |first=Matt Webb|last=Mitovich |url=http://tvline.com/2013/10/31/castle-season-6-cast-alexandra-chando/ |title=Castle Scoop: The Lying Game's Alexandra Chando to Make Like Miley Cyrus |work=[[TVLine]] |date=October 31, 2013 |access-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref>

In 2018, Chando made her directorial debut with her short film ''LPM, Likes Per Minute''.<ref name="LPM">{{cite news |first=Kate|last=Erbland |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/mammoth-film-festival-john-wayne-slamdance-winners-1201924012/ |title=First-Ever Mammoth Film Festival Includes Tribute to John Wayne-Starring 'North to Alaska' |work=Indiewire |date=February 1, 2018 |access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> It screened at the inaugural Mammoth Film Festival, where Chando also serves as Festival Manager.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jack|last=Lunch |url=http://thesheetnews.com/2018/02/09/stars-come-out-in-mammoth/ |title=Stars Come out in Mammoth |work=The Sheet |date=February 9, 2018 |access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2011
| ''[[The Bleeding House]]''
| Gloria Smith / Blackbird
|
|-
| 2015
| ''Construction''
| Colleen
|
|-
| 2019
| ''The Baby Proposal''
| Layla
| also known as ''ComeBack Kid''
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2002
| ''House Blend''
| Jenna Harper
| Unsold television pilot
|-
| 2005–2007, 2009–2010
| ''[[As the World Turns]]''
| [[Maddie Coleman]]
| Role held: July 27, 2005 – October 26, 2007; September 23, 2009 – February 10, 2010
|-
| 2006
| ''[[True Life]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "I'm Getting My Big Break"
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Sherri (2009 TV series)|Sherri]]''
| Cab Passenger
| Episode: "Dating Dad"
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]''
| Melissa Treynet
| Episode: "Dead Meat"
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Glory Daze (2010 TV series)|Glory Daze]]''
| Annabelle
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2011–2013
| ''[[The Lying Game]]''
| Emma Becker/Sutton Mercer
| Lead role
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''
| Mandy Sutton
| Episode: "Limelight"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Hindsight (TV series)|Hindsight]]''
| Noelle
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2015
| ''Dead People''
| Pearl
| Unsold television pilot<ref>{{cite news |first=Lesley|last=Goldberg |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lying-games-alexandra-chando-star-779891 |title='Lying Game's' Alexandra Chando to Co-Star in The CW's 'Dead People' |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=March 6, 2015 |accessdate=July 9, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Outcast (TV series)|Outcast]]''
| Lisa Peyton
| Episode: "From the Shadows It Watches"
|-
| 2017
| ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''
| Tara
| Episode: "We Have History Together"
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]''
| Monique Sims
| Episode: "Make Me Kai"
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Wisdom of the Crowd]]''
| Lizzie Moore
| Episode: "Alpha Test"
|-
| 2018
| ''[[The Neighborhood (TV series)|The Neighborhood]]''
| Chloe
| Episode: "Welcome to the Dinner Guest"
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Sneaky Pete]]''
| Natalie Sheffield
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''The Dinner Party''
| Herself
| Also creator and executive producer; episode: "Pilot"
|}

===Web===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2009
| ''Rockville CA''
| Deb
| Main role; 20 episodes
|-
| 2011
| ''Talent''
| Danielle Anderson
| Main role; 10 episodes
|-
|}

===As a director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2018
| ''LPM, Likes Per Minute''
| Short film, also executive producer<ref name="LPM" />
|-
| 2020
| ''The Dinner Party''
| Web series
|-
| 2021
| ''Deserted''
| Short film<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stagerightsecrets.com/musical-short-film-deserted-prepares-for-special-virtual-viewing/|title=Musical Short Film "Deserted" Prepares for Special Virtual Viewing|work=Stage Right Secrets|last=Justin|first=Trevor|date=January 22, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2007
| [[Daytime Emmy Award]]
| [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series]]
| ''[[As the World Turns]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="2007i" />
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1322469}}
*{{Instagram}}{{Twitter}}

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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century American actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:American child actresses]]
[[Category:American film actresses]]
[[Category:American soap opera actresses]]
[[Category:Liberty High School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) alumni]]
[[Category:Manhattan College alumni]]
[[Category:People from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]]

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