Chyler Leigh played Lexie Grey from season three to season eight of Grey's Anatomy. She was featured as a guest star in season seventeen. Her character also appeared in the season five Private Practice episode You Break My Heart.
Biography[]
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina,[1]
Chyler married Nathan West in July 2002.[2] The couple has 3 children.[3]
In 2019, she spoke up about suffering from bipolar disorder as part of a campaign to encourage people to speak up about their mental health.[4]
Career[]
Filmography[]
- Window Wonderland (2013)
- Brake (2012)
- The 19th Wife (2010)
- Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
- Kickboxing Academy (1997)
Television[]
- The Way Home (2023-2024)
- The Flash (2017-2021)
- Supergirl (2015-2021)
- Grey's Anatomy (2007-2012; 2021)
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2017-2020)
- Arrow (2017)
- Taxi Brooklyn (2014)
- Private Practice (2012)
- Reunion (2005-2006)
- Rocky Point (2005)
- North Shore (2004)
- The Practice (2003)
- Girls Club (2002)
- That '80s Show (2002)
- Wilder Days (2000)
- 7th Heaven (2000)
- M.Y.O.B. (2000)
- Saving Graces (1999)
- Safe Harbor (1999)
- Kinetic City Super Crew (1997)
- Hall Pass (1996)
Notes and Trivia[]
- Her character Lexie was short for Alexandra like her character Alex in Supergirl which was also short for Alexandra.
- Chyler Leigh was chosen to play Lexie Grey, because they needed someone who could physically be Meredith's sister, but still opposite to her mentally.[source?]
- Chyler decided to leave the show because of familial reasons. She and Shonda decided together that Lexie's exit should have a huge impact on the audience, resulting in Lexie's death following the plane crash.[source?]
- Chyler and her husband have an original way of choosing names for their children. They guess the sex of the baby and whoever gets it right gets to choose the baby's name.[source?]
- Her older Brother, Christopher Khayman Lee, is also an actor, mostly known for playing Red Ranger Andros in Power Rangers in Space.
