Lexi Ainsworth

Alexandra Danielle Ainsworth (born October 28, 1992[1]) is an American actress, best known for her role as Kristina Davis on General Hospital.

Lexi Ainsworth
Born
Alexandra Danielle Ainsworth

(1992-10-28) October 28, 1992
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Websitelexiainsworth.com

She won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress for her role on General Hospital in 2017. She also received a nomination in 2011.

Early life

She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her father is a dentist and her mother is a school teacher. She began dancing with a local ballet company at age six. This led to her appearing in several theater productions, including The Wizard of Oz (as a munchkin) and To Kill A Mockingbird (as Scout).[2][3]

Ainsworth was mostly home-schooled.[4]

Career

After attending acting camps in New York City and Los Angeles, Ainsworth landed a national commercial for Barbie dolls.[3] After several more commercials, she guest starred on Medical Investigation and Gilmore Girls. She then appeared in a short film, Caroline Crossing.[5]

Ainsworth went on to land roles in the feature film The Gray Man, and TV Movies Wild Child, Westside, and Death Clique. She also guest-starred on iCarly, Cougar Town, and Criminal Minds.[5]

In June 2009, she joined the cast of General Hospital as Kristina Davis.[6] She received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2011.[7] In October 2011, it was announced that Ainsworth had been released from her contract.[8] She returned to the role of Kristina in 2015.[9]

Ainsworth played Jessica Burns, a high schooler driven to the point of suicide by bullying, in the found-footage film A Girl Like Her in 2015.[10][11]

In 2017, Ainsworth landed a recurring role on Major Crimes.[12] Soon after, it was announced that she would be leaving General Hospital.[13] She won a 2017 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Kristina on GH.[14]

She returned to General Hospital in 2018, appearing off and on until May 2023.[15] She was then dismissed from the show and the role was recast with Kate Mansi.[16]

In 2023, Ainsworth guest-starred on NCIS.[17] She also produced and acted in the film Masterpiece.[18]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Caroline Crossing Caroline Price
2007 The Gray Man Grace Budd Previously known as Wisteria: The Horrible Story of Albert Fish
2008 Wild Child Molly Moore [19]
2013 So This Is Christmas Ashley
2015 A Girl Like Her Jessica Burns Previously known as The Bully Chronicles

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Medical Investigation Kaitlin Ronson Episode 1.16
2005 Gilmore Girls Tillie Episodes: "Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out", "Just Like Gwen and Gavin"
2007 iCarly Lexi Episode: "iLike Jake"
2009–2011, 2015–2023 General Hospital Kristina Davis Recurring role
2012 Criminal Minds Abby Miller Episode: "I Love You, Tommy Brown"
2013 Westside Nico Carver Unsold television pilot[20]
2014 Chosen Cassidy 4 episodes
2014 Death Clique Sara Cowan Television film (Lifetime movie)
2015 iZombie Tate Episode: "Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Rat"
2015 Teen Wolf Beth Episode: "Lies of Omission"
2016 Rizzoli & Isles Claire Episode: "Shadow of Doubt"
2017–2018 Major Crimes Ella 4 episodes
2020 Shameless Amber Episode: "Go Home, Gentrifier!"

Awards and nominations
List of acting awards and nominations
Year Award Category Title Result Ref.
2011
 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series General Hospital Nominated [7]
2011
 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actress General Hospital Won [21]
2012
 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actress General Hospital Nominated [22]
2017
 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series General Hospital Won [23]

References
  1. "Lexi Ainsworth profile". Hollywood.com. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  2. TV.com. "Lexi Ainsworth". TV.com. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  3. "Lexi Ainsworth Archives". SoapOperaDigest.com. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  4. O'Hare, Kate (May 9, 2010). "'General Hospital': Nancy Lee Grahn and Lexi Ainsworth Tackle Tough Family Issues". Zap2it. Retrieved July 8, 2016. In real life, Ainsworth is a mostly home-schooled teen taking online college courses...
  5. "Lexi Ainsworth - A Biography". Soap Hub. Retrieved April 29, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Introducing Lexi Ainsworth as General Hospital's New Kristina!". Soaps. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Kroll, Dan J (May 11, 2011). "Supporting winners are back, first-timer winner guaranteed in Younger fields". Soap Central. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  8. Kroll, Dan J. (October 7, 2011). "Lexi Ainsworth confirms exit as GH's Kristina". Soap Central. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "LEXI AINSWORTH RETURNS TO GH!". Soap Opera Digest. United States. American Media, Inc. July 29, 2015. Archived from the original on July 31, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  10. Linden, Sheri (March 25, 2015). "'A Girl Like Her': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  11. Chang, Justin (March 30, 2015). "Film Review: 'A Girl Like Her'". Variety. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  12. Eades, Chris (October 10, 2017). "GENERAL HOSPITAL's Lexi Ainsworth Announces She's Appearing on MAJOR CRIMES!". Soaps in Depth. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. Clifford, Kambra (October 13, 2017). "REPORT: Both Lexi Ainsworth and Ashley Jones OUT at GH". Soap Central. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. AIELLO, MCKENNA (30 April 2017). "Daytime Emmy Awards 2017 Winners: The Complete List". Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  15. Clifford, Kambra (July 26, 2018). "Lexi Ainsworth returns to GH". Soap Central. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. "Lexi Ainsworth on her GH exit". Soap Opera Digest. May 22, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. Lewis, Errol (April 5, 2023). "'General Hospital' Actress Lexi Ainsworth to Guest Star in Season Finale Episode of 'NCIS'". Soap Opera Network. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. Eades, Chris (October 5, 2023). "Lexi Ainsworth Teases Her New Movie". Soaps in Depth. Retrieved April 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. "Wild Child (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  20. Andreeva, Nellie (March 14, 2013). "Actors Board Pilots 'Undateable', 'Reckless' & 'Westside'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 8, 2016. General Hospital alum Lexi Ainsworth has been added to ABC's Romeo & Juliet-esque pilot Westside, about the haves and the have-nots of California's most seductive city, Venice.
  21. "32nd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  22. "33rd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  23. "The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York City: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
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