Most people know Alexa Demie as Maddy Perez, AKA the feisty on-again, off-again girlfriend to Nate Jacobs, in HBO’s hit series Euphoria. But, her rise to fame is worth taking note of, as are her hidden talents.
Before her breakout role, Demie was relatively unknown in Hollywood. Her first major acting opportunity was supposed to be in The Godmother, a true story about Griselda Blanco, yet the film was never actually made. It did, although, allow for Demie to gain some representation, allowing her to make small guest appearances on shows like The OA and Ray Donovan.
Later, thanks to the help of producer and friend Mikey Alfred, Demie was recommended for a role in Jonah Hill’s directorial debut Mid90s, a coming-of-age skate film, where she eventually got the part as a high school student named Estee.
A year later, after the release of the film, the director of Never Goin’ Back’s Augustine Frizzell helped land Demie the part of Maddy in Euphoria. Fans of the show gravitated toward her character’s fashion sense, witty sarcasm, toxic romantic relationship and interesting backstory of being a child pageant star, which allowed for Demie to gain praise for her role.
Slowly, Euphoria began to open doors for the actress, and after Euphoria’s 2019 release, Demie was casted in Waves and Gia Coppolo’s movie Mainstream, where she starred alongside Andrew Garfield.
Unbeknownst to many, Demie has already decided to branch out beyond acting by producing her first feature film, which will be based on the life of her mother Rosa Mendez. Demie’s mother was a make-up artist who immigrated from Los Angeles to Mexico as a baby. The actress will star as her mother in the film, playing the teenage version of her growing up in Hollywood during the 1980s.
Along with acting and producing, the star also is a songwriter. Demie released her first single, “Girl Like Me,” back in 2016, but is currently working on an EP. She also can be considered as a designer, traveling to Japan to produce Mainframe, a sunglasses collection she created as a high school senior. What was once a school hobby evolved into work with major celebrities such as Nicki Minaj’s costume designs.
Meanwhile, Demie also has a strange familial lineage to the music industry, as her father is the step-son of Dennis Wilson, the drummer for The Beach Boys. The actress is considered Wilson’s granddaughter, proving that she has many interesting and impressive faucets to her life.
In an interview with W Magazine, Demie said, “I’ve always known from a young age that I was meant to have multiple careers.” This sentiment is clear throughout the timeline of Demie’s rise to fame and it will likely cement her into the Hollywood scene for years to come.
