Acting & Performance

Lindsay AlexandraCarter

I’m a New York-based actor working in film, television, and theatre, with a background in dance and clowning. Selected work includes Martha Clarke’s God’s Fool at La MaMa and in Umbria, Italy.

AEA · SAG-AFTRA eligible

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Lindsay Alexandra Carter in a blue denim shirt, looking directly at the camera.
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Little Summer

Selected scene · Little Summer
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Selected creditsSelected screen, stage & development work

Screen

Total Party KillJasmine · Lead · Independent feature
Director: Léa Fae
Madam SecretaryLinda Peavy · 2 episodes · CBS
Director: Rob J. Greenlea
SarajevoMax · Lead · Feature film
Director: Eric Eason
Blue BallsMara · Lead · Short film
Director: Leah Caddigan
In Critical ConditionEve · Supporting · Feature film
Director: Jimmy Kelly
To BeHoracio · Supporting · Feature film
Director: Leah Caddigan

Stage

As You Like ItRosalind · Folger Theatre
Director: Gaye Taylor Upchurch
God’s FoolPerformer · La MaMa Umbria International
Director: Martha Clarke
Peter and the StarcatcherMolly · White Heron Theatre Company
Director: Lynne Bolton
Daddy Long LegsJerusha · White Heron Theatre Company
Director: Michael Kopko
HamletOphelia / Gertrude · The Secret Theatre
Director: Nathan Winkelstein
Romeo and JulietJuliet · White Heron / SPAC
Director: Louis Butelli
Readings & development
WingsIda · AEA 29-hour reading
Director: Emily Maltby
Once on RumspringaLead · Dramatists Guild Foundation
Director: Morgan Gould
Where I’ve Never GoneDiane Arbus · Westbeth workshop
Director: Erin Quinn Purcell
GiselleReading · Brooklyn College
Matthew Jellison, playwright

In performance

Selected photographs

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Two performers look upward together in Peter and the Starcatcher; Molly wears a pale pinafore and a ribbon in her hair.
Peter and the StarcatcherMolly · White Heron Theatre Company
Two performers seated closely in Hamlet, one in a pale gown looking outward with an intense expression.
HamletOphelia · Directed by Nathan Winkelstein
Lindsay Alexandra Carter as Rosalind leans toward Orlando in As You Like It at Folger Theatre.
As You Like ItRosalind · Folger Theatre
Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch
The Chains ensemble moves in black costumes beside a brick fireplace, one dancer arching backward toward the floor.
ChainsA dance film by Andrew Harper

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Lindsay Alexandra Carter laughing in a pale pink shirt against a light background.
Lindsay Alexandra Carter in a green shirt, turned toward the camera in warm side light.
Lindsay Alexandra Carter seated in a pale pink shirt, resting her head against her hand.

Training & movement

BFA in Drama, University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Earlier conservatory training in ballet and contemporary dance. William R. Kenan Award recipient.

Ballet, jazz, modern dance, advanced tap, singing, choreography, and dance and fight captain experience.

On camera

My on-camera work also includes commercial and digital projects for STONE AND STRAND, Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Miami, and The Study Hotels.

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