Alexis Thorpe Biography

Alexis Thorpe (b.April 19, 1980) is an actor best known for her work on Days of Our Lives. Before coming to Days in 2002, for two years, she starred as Rianna Miner on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. In 2003, she starred as a special guest on the NBC sitcom Friends, as a soap opera actress.

Born on April 19, 1980 in Newport Beach, California, Alexis Thorpe is the oldest of four children. She made her first foray into acting when a childhood friend dragged her along for moral support during her audition for a local production of “Annie.” After watching her friend audition, she gained the confidence to get up on stage and try it herself. A short while later she earned her first professional role portraying Wendy in the musical “Peter Pan” at the Canyon Lake Theatre. After high school graduation, an appearance in a workshop production of the musical “Assassins” caught the eye of an agent, who immediately signed the budding actress. Two weeks later, Thorpe received her SAG card playing a model in the movie “The Adventure of Rocky and Bullwinkel,” directed by Des McAnuff. Thorpe also starred in the Sony Pictures release “The Forsaken,” portraying a Vampire named Teddy.

No stranger to daytime television, Thorpe portrayed teen diva Rianna on “The Young and the Restless” for two years, and she currently portrays Cassie, a newer arrival in Salem who continues to unlock secrets, on NBC’s number one daytime drama, “Days of our Lives.”

When she isn’t working, Thorpe enjoys rock climbing, golf, shopping, and exploring her new passion, gardening. She resides in Los Angeles with her 2 dogs (a Boxer named Toby and a Maltese named Samson) and her Himalayan cat named Chloe.