Alex Sarrigeorgiou
Biography
Alex Sarrigeorgiou is an actor, writer, and filmmaker based in New York City. Half Greek and half Romanian, Alex grew up in Athens, Greece and studied drama at Vassar College. A SAG-AFTRA member, she has appeared in numerous independent films that center intimate, character-driven storytelling, as well as in New York theater. She also has an expanding body of work in voiceover. Alex brings her love of poetry to her work as a filmmaker, telling lyrical stories about personal transformation and existential despair, with female and queer experiences at the center. Alex’s debut feature, In Transit, which she wrote and stars in alongside Jennifer Ehle and François Arnaud, is directed by Jaclyn Bethany. The film premiered in competition at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, screened at the Deauville American Film Festival, and had its North American premiere at NewFest, with more festivals to come.
Known For & Full Filmography9 Titles
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Kai
Told in a looping-narrative, “The Mushroom” is a short film about a couple who topples through a surreal free-fall where foraged mushrooms hold the macabre connection between life and death. Each repetition of the story reveals more ambiguous and nefarious layers of the characters being revealed.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Narrator
A woman recounts her sensual yet macabre childhood memory about the boy next door.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as SHE
A woman navigates the uncertainty of love and connection amid the ebb and flow of a new relationship while finding peace in the calm waters of her own inner confidence.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Eleanor
On a hot summer afternoon, two women with a plan check into a motel room. As one of them wrestles with keeping her word, she begins to lose her grip.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Meredith
A quintet of college kids take a road trip to an abandoned house and unintentionally drink infected water that turns them slowly insane and murderous - but this is no accident.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Woman
A short film about the ever-repeating human impulse to make a mark.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Lucy
When a complacent young bartender living in small-town Maine agrees to model for a existentially floundering painter on an artist's retreat, both women must confront their preconceptions of what makes a good life.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Jessica
After the molestation of his son, a father struggles with his need to seek revenge and the fear that feeds his inability to do so.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Claire Robinson
Allan Archer, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper club at Alfred Pierce Preparatory School, has taken on the biggest case of his academic career: investigating the suspicious termination of English department chairman, Dr. Peter Carroll.