Alexandra Chando (born July 28, 1986) 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 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. Her father, Steve Chando, has his own commercial roofing company in Bethlehem called CHM Contracting, and her mother, Rebecca, is a homemaker. She has two older brothers.
Chando attended Manhattan College before becoming an actress.
Career Chando originated the role of Maddie Coleman on the television soap opera As the World Turns, which she played from 2005 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. She received a 2007 Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the Younger Actress Category.
In 2009, Chando was cast as Deb in The WB web series Rockville CA from Josh Schwartz. She screen-tested with Robert Pattinson for the leading role in the 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, which is based on the novel series by Zoey Dean. Later, Chando was cast as identical twins Emma Becker and Sutton Mercer in the ABC Family series The Lying Game, which ran for two seasons until it was cancelled by the network. After The Lying Game ended, she appeared on an episode of the television series Castle, playing "a Lindsay Lohan/Miley Cyrus type".
In 2018, Chando made her directorial debut with her short film LPM, Likes Per Minute. It screened at the inaugural Mammoth Film Festival, where Chando also serves as Festival Manager.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2011 The Bleeding House Gloria Smith / Blackbird 2015 Construction Colleen 2019 The Baby Proposal Layla also known as ComeBack Kid
Television Year Title Role 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 Cab Passenger Episode: "Dating Dad" 2010 Medium Melissa Treynet Episode: "Dead Meat" 2010 Glory Daze Annabelle 2 episodes 2011–2013 The Lying Game Emma Becker / Sutton Mercer Lead role 2014 Castle Mandy Sutton Episode: "Limelight" 2015 Hindsight Noelle 3 episodes 2015 Dead People Pearl Unsold television pilot 2016 Outcast Lisa Peyton Episode: "From the Shadows It Watches" 2017 The Vampire Diaries Tara Episode: "We Have History Together" 2017 Hawaii Five-0 Monique Sims Episode: "Make Me Kai" 2017 Wisdom of the Crowd Lizzie Moore Episode: "Alpha Test" 2018 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" 2025 Bad Thoughts Kerri Sorenson Episode: "Success"
Web Year Title Role Notes 2009 Rockville CA Deb Main role; 20 episodes 2011 Talent Danielle Anderson Main role; 10 episodes
As a director Year Title Notes 2018 LPM, Likes Per Minute Short film, also executive producer 2020 The Dinner Party Web series 2021 Deserted Short film
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result 2007 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series As the World Turns
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