Alexandra Arley Cobrin (born July 21, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Molly on the Showtime series Look, Kara in the film American Reunion, Whitney in the film Neighbors, and Kari Baxter on the Amazon Prime series The Baxters.
Early life Alexandra Arley Cobrin was born on July 21, 1989 in Chicago, Illinois. She attended high school at the Chicago Academy for the Arts where she majored in musical theatre. Growing up, she trained to become a classical ballerina and competed in the Junior Olympics. Cobrin has one brother, and two half-sisters. She is of Jewish descent.
Career Cobrin began her entertainment career as an improvisation player in Second City's teen ensemble and danced with the Burklyn Ballet Theater touring Scotland, where she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. During that same time, Cobrin had workshopped Broadway musicals, including All That Jazz and Wonderland, which were directed by Ben Vereen and Frank Wildhorn, respectively. After graduating high school at the age of 17, Cobrin moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue an acting career.
Upon moving to Los Angeles, Cobrin had her first film acting role in a 2008 short film entitled One. That same year, she starred in another short film called Jack Turner and the Reluctant Vampire, which won two awards in the Los Angeles Accolade Competition. In 2009, Cobrin had a supporting role in The Hole, a 3D film directed by Joe Dante. The film would win the first Premio Persol award for best 3-D movie at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Cobrin made her debut television appearance in Kings by Night, a comedy pilot for Spike TV, and Showtime's LOOK. Later that year, she had a lead actress role in the film Cold Cabin, and appeared opposite to rapper B.o.B in the Adidas Originals shoe campaign commercial, MEGA Diner. In 2011, she guest starred in the television series, Friends with Benefits.
In 2012, Cobrin played the role of Kara in American Reunion, a sequel in the original American Pie film series. The same year, she starred in Life’s an Itch.
In 2014, Cobrin portrayed Whitney in the film Neighbors, opposite Zac Efron and Seth Rogen. She also portrayed Joan in the drama thriller film Outlaw, directed by Todd Shields and Julia in the Michaël Nakache drama film Connected. In 2015, she portrayed Kylie Atkins in Trevor Matthews' horror thriller film Girl House, in which she co-starred with Slaine.
In 2024, she began playing Kari Baxter on the Amazon Prime series The Baxters, opposite Roma Downey and Ted McGinley as her parents. The Baxters ran for 3 seasons.
Filmography
Film + Film Year Title Role Notes 2008 Jack Turner and the Reluctant Vampire Val Short film 2008 One Jess Short film 2009 The Hole Tiffany 2010 Cold Cabin Kate 2012 American Reunion Kara 2012 Life's an Itch Gillian Gracin 2014 Neighbors Whitney 2014 Girl House Kylie Atkins 2014 Lap Dance Monica 2014 A Beautiful Now Tracey 2014 Outlaw Joan 2015 Connected Julia Short film2018 The Iron Orchard Lee Montgomery Co-star
Television + Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Look: The Series Molly Main role; 11 episodes 2010 Kings by Night Amber Unaired Spike pilot 2011 Friends with Benefits Hope Prater Episode: "The Benefit of Being Shallow" 2015 The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story Daphne Zuniga Television film2018 The Baxters Kari Baxter Television series2018 Deadly Matrimony Parker Wyndham Television film2020 My Birthday Romance Callie Television film 2024 The Baxters Kari Baxter Jacobs Main role; 34 episodes2025Sub/liminal
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