Alexa "Alex" Rose Steele (born on July 3, 1995 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress best known for portraying Angela Jeremiah in the first five seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation and Tori Santamaria in the series' eleventh and twelfth seasons. She is the younger sister of Cassie Steele, who portrayed Manny Santos in the first nine seasons. She is good friends with Munro Chambers, Sarah Fisher, Jessica Tyler, and Jordan Todosey. She is close friends with Olivia Scriven, Ricardo Hoyos, and Lyle Lettau.
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- She starred in the movie The Choking Game.
- She was cast in an ABC pilot Original Sin.
- She had been confirmed to not return to Degrassi for Season 13.
- Alex's zodiac sign is a Cancer.
- She is the first Degrassi cast member to play more than one character in the same series.
- Her favorite couples on Degrassi are Eclare, Semma, Zori and Camaya.
- She plays the piano and guitar as shown in her Twitter. She also sings.
- Her favorite character was Tristan Milligan.
- Her Instagram is here.
- Her Tumblr is here.
- She has three dogs, one of whom is named Tristan.
- Her favorite scene is the uni-boob scene with Olivia.
- Her mother is of Filipino descent and her father is of British/Canadian descent.
- The producers knew that Alex was previously Angela Jeremiah from 2001 to 2006, but stated that Alex nailed her audition for Tori and was perfect for the part.
- She's a fan of Justin Bieber.
- She loves bacon and pizza.
- Alex and Cassie Steele are two of ten actors on Degrassi to be related and the only pair to appear in Degrassi: The Next Generation. The others were Christopher Charlesworth (Scooter Webster) and Sarah Charlesworth (Susie Rivera), Anais Granofsky (Lucy Fernandez) and Lea-Helen Weir (Norah-Jean Rivera), Duncan Waugh (Arthur Kobalewscuy) and Annabelle Waugh (Dorothy), and Angela Deiseach (Erica Farrell) and Maureen Deiseach (Heather Farrell)
- She and Sara Waisglass share a birthday but she is 3 years older.
- It was mentioned in an interview with Cassie Steele that she is very competitive.
- It was also mentioned in the interview that she loves horseback riding.
- Having made her first appearance in Degrassi: The Next Generation in 2001, she was the first Degrassi cast member to have been born in the 1990s.
- Her mother Lily Steele emigrated from the Philippines to Canada in 1982 with her parents and seven siblings.
- Our Lips Are Sealed (1) is the final episode in which she and her sister Cassie both appear.
- She reposted on her Instagram story, saying that she ships "Taya" more than Zori or Zaya. Olivia Scriven reposted the story agreeing that Taya is the superior ship.