Alexa Yeames

Alexa was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She moved several times in her youth, being a "military brat," with the main constant being her love of the arts and passion for acting on stage and in film. Graduated in 2012 from the highly selective drama program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She was a National Semi-Finalist at The English Speaking Union's National Shakespeare Competition held at Lincoln Center in New York City, and attended the North Carolina Governor's School Summer Conservatory for theater in 2011. Alexa was invited to speak at TEDx Raleigh and spoke about female roles in Shakespeare's plays. A Merit Award Winner of the Young Arts Award given by the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts for Theater.