Alexandra Billings

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... or Alexandra Billings?

Alexandra Billings.

Who's that?

Alexandra Billings is an incredible historic Broadway performer, also, um, was in Transparent.

Oh, okay.

She's a brilliant actress and-

You might just hear us read it out on the show.

And to prove it, after listening to our recent episode with historian Susan Stryker, Alexandra Billings wrote on Instagram, "'Brilliant.

Thank you for this.

I feel like I just took a huge breath.'" This episode of the TransLash podcast was produced by TransLash Media.

She was also the subject of the 2020 film Giselle's Story, directed by Susan O'Brien.

Bird most recently produced When We Arrive as Flowers, starring choreographer Diovanna Obafumilayo alongside Alexandra Billings and her production company, Shmengi.

Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, Bird earned her BFA at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

After graduating, she moved to New York, where she apprenticed as a casting assistant before joining the Katz Company.

Yeah, wasn't it Vivian Wilson?

Even Alexandra Billings didn't know at first.

And Vivian Wilson.

And Vivian Wilson.