Alexandra Chando

Alexandra Chando
Born	Alexandra Nicole Chando (1986-07-28) July 28, 1986 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present

Alexandra Nicole Chando (born July 28, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Maddie Coleman in the television soap opera As the World Turns, and identical twins Emma Becker and Sutton Mercer in the ABC Family series The Lying Game.

Early life

Chando is a native of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she graduated from Liberty High School. Her father, Steve Chando, has his own commercial roofing company in Bethlehem called CHM Contracting and her mother, Rebecca, is a homemaker. She has two older brothers; Christopher (born 1978) and Benjamin (born 1981) She currently lives in New York City. Chando attended Manhattan College before becoming an actress.

Career

Chando originated the role of Maddie Coleman on the television soap opera As the World Turns, which she played from 2005 to 2007 and again for several months beginning in late 2009. She received a 2007 Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the Younger Actress Category. In 2008, Chando was cast as Debbie in The WB website series Rockville, CA. She made a guest appearance on the May 14, 2010, episode of the CBS drama Medium as a volunteer for an animal rights activist group. She screen-tested with Robert Pattinson for the leading role in the 2010 film Remember Me, and auditioned for the role of Elena Gilbert in the TV series The Vampire Diaries. In 2010, Chando was cast as identical twins Emma Becker and Sutton Mercer in the new ABC Family series The Lying Game. In 2011, she played Danielle in the web series Talent, which is based on novels by Zoey Dean. It has been announced that she will guest star in Elementary in its fourth season.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Bleeding House	Gloria
2014	Construction	Colleen

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	House Blend	Jenna Harper	Episode: Pilot
2005–10	As the World Turns	Maddie Coleman	Contract role
2006	True Life	Herself	Episode: "I'm Getting My Big Break"
2009	Rockville CA	Deb	Series regular, 20 episodes
2009	Sherri	Cab Passenger	Episode: "Dating Dad"
2010	Medium	Melissa Treynet	Episode: "Dead Meat"
2010	Glory Daze	Annabelle	2 episodes
2011	Talent	Danielle Anderson	Series regular, 10 episodes
2011–13	The Lying Game	Emma Becker / Sutton Mercer	Lead role, 30 episodes
2014	Castle	Mandy Sutton	Episode: "Limelight"
2015	Hindsight	Noelle	3 episodes
2016	Dead People	Pearl Hale	Unaired CW pilot

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Result	Ref
2007	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	As the World Turns	Nominated

External links

• Official website
• Alexandra Chando at the Internet Movie Database

• http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/alexandra-chando/bio/283324