Alexandra, also known as Alex, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. She débuts in the fourth episode of the first season.
Alexandra is an allusion to the child of the miller's daughter from the fairytale "Rumpelstiltskin."
History
As part of the curse, Cinderella gains a new life as Ashley, who falsely remembers her boyfriend, Sean, spurning her on his father's orders. With few options, she signs adoption papers for her child to Mr. Gold. For twenty-eight years, Ashley remains pregnant until Emma arrives in Storybrooke, to which the curse begins to weaken and time starts to move forward. Emma, drawing from her own experience of having a child at a young age, persuades Ashley into seizing control of her own future. Deciding to keep her child, Ashley steals the adoption papers and attempts to drive to Boston. On the way there, she has contractions, and later gives birth at the hospital to a baby girl. To keep Mr. Gold from taking away Ashley's baby, Emma agrees to owe him a future favor. Regretting his past actions, Sean reconciles with Ashley at the hospital, where he gifts their daughter a pair of baby shoes. ("The Price of Gold")
On Valentine's Day, Ashley bring Alexandra to the diner. As she talks to Emma and Mary Margaret about how uneasy it is to be a mom, Granny holds Alexandra for her. Later that night, Sean proposes to Ashley, who happily agrees to marry him. ("Skin Deep")Family
Grandmother † | Grandfather † | Lady Tremaine | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The KingMitchell Herman | Clorinda | Tisbe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CinderellaAshley Boyd | Prince ThomasSean Herman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alexandra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
- Solid lines denote blood parent-child relationships
- Dashed lines denote marriage relationships that result in offspring
- Alexandra was conceived in the Enchanted Forest, but born in Storybrooke
Trivia
Production Notes
- Adam Horowitz said on Twitter that Alexandra was taken to the Enchanted Forest when Regina undid Peter Pan's curse because she was conceived in that world. However, the canonicity of this remains uncertain since the tweet was later deleted.[2]
- A male baby played Alexandra in "The Snow Queen."[3] This is the first time in the entire series that a character is portrayed by an actor of the opposite sex, with the second being Nimue in "Dreamcatcher."
- Alexandra was played by two 2-year-old twin sisters in "The Other Shoe." Director Steve Pearlman said they were "quite cooperative."[4]
- The segment where Hook plays with Alexandra was an idea of Colin O'Donoghue, who is a father in real life and had a toddler at home at the time the episode was filmed.[4]
Appearances
Once Upon a Time: Season One | ||||||||||
"Pilot": | "The Thing You Love Most": | "Snow Falls": | "The Price of Gold": | "That Still Small Voice": | "The Shepherd": | "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter": | "Desperate Souls": | "True North": | "7:15 A.M.": | "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree": |
Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
"Skin Deep": | "What Happened to Frederick": | "Dreamy": | "Red-Handed": | "Heart of Darkness": | "Hat Trick": | "The Stable Boy": | "The Return": | "The Stranger": | "An Apple Red as Blood": | "A Land Without Magic": |
Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
Once Upon a Time: Season Four | ||||||||||
"A Tale of Two Sisters": |
"White Out": |
"Rocky Road": |
"The Apprentice": |
"Breaking Glass": |
"Family Business": | "The Snow Queen": |
"Smash the Mirror": |
"Fall": | "Shattered Sight": |
"Heroes and Villains": |
Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
"Darkness on the Edge of Town": |
"Unforgiven": | "Enter the Dragon": | "Poor Unfortunate Soul": |
"Best Laid Plans": | "Heart of Gold": | "Sympathy for the De Vil": |
"Lily": | "Mother": | "Operation Mongoose Part 1": |
"Operation Mongoose Part 2": |
Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
Once Upon a Time: Season Six | ||||||||||
"The Savior": | "A Bitter Draught": | "The Other Shoe": | "Strange Case": | "Street Rats": | "Dark Waters": | "Heartless": | "I'll Be Your Mirror": | "Changelings": | "Wish You Were Here": | "Tougher Than the Rest": |
Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
"Murder Most Foul": | "Ill-Boding Patterns": | "Page 23": | "A Wondrous Place": | "Mother's Little Helper": | "Awake": | "Where Bluebirds Fly": | "The Black Fairy": | "The Song in Your Heart": | "The Final Battle Part 1": | "The Final Battle Part 2": |
Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
Once Upon a Time: Specials | ||||||||||
"Magic is Coming": |
"The Price of Magic": | "Journey to Neverland": | "Wicked is Coming": | "Storybrooke Has Frozen Over": | ||||||
Mentioned | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | ||||||
"Secrets of Storybrooke": | "Dark Swan Rises": | "Evil Reigns Once More": | "The Final Battle Begins": | |||||||
Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
Other Appearances | ||||||||||
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