Until March 2007, she was a continuity presenter on the
BBC preschool television channel
CBeebies, joining as a replacement for
Nicole Davis who left in February 2006. She became and still is the shortest-serving presenter at just thirteen months. In 1993, Alexander appeared (under her real name) in
Franco Zeffirelli's film
Storia di una capinera (aka
Sparrow). Alexander has had a variety of small parts in television dramas such as
Waking the Dead,
The Brief and
Casualty, in addition to a range of theatre and radio work. She also starred in the
Children's BBC programme
The Mysti Show as Ella, a stubborn teenager who is helped by Mystical Rainbowfrost (aka Mysti), a fairy who can change into a human. She appeared in the 2009
ITV drama
Whatever It Takes and in 2010 she appeared once again on CBBC, this time as the character Gill in
Hounded. She appeared in the 2010 film
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 as a waitress. Most recently, she was in an episode of the BBC series:
Cuffs. == Personal life ==