---
name: "Alex Reid"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-reid"
fi1m_id: "alex-reid"
imdb_id: "nm0717157"
tmdb_id: 57576
wikidata_id: "Q437038"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 December 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T14:12:41.968785+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alex Reid

## Identity

Alex Reid

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alex-reid
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alex-reid
- **IMDb ID:** nm0717157
- **TMDB ID:** 57576
- **Wikidata ID:** Q437038
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Reid_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57576

Actor. Born 23 December 1980 in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 December 1980, Penzance, Cornwall, UK
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** אלכס ריד, 알렉스 리드, 艾力克斯·里德
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (3), 2020s 79 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $57m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Reid_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57576

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Descent*](https://film.one/film/the-descent.md) (85)
- **Disney+:** [*Misfits*](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md) (80)
- **Netflix:** [*Unorthodox*](https://film.one/tv/unorthodox.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alex Reid is a British actress born on 23 December 1980 in Penzance, Cornwall. She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

She portrayed Beth in the 2005 horror film *The Descent* and reprised the role in its 2009 sequel *The Descent: Part 2*. Other credits include Sally in the E4 series *Misfits* (2009–2011), Captain Caroline Walshe in *Ultimate Force* (2002–2003), and appearances in *Arachnid* (2001), *Life on Mars* (2006) and the miniseries *Unorthodox* (2020).

Later roles include The Queen in *The Princess* (2022) and Colonel Pauline Keele in *The Undeclared War* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Unorthodox* (2020), Fi1m 79, as Leah Mandelbaum Schwartz — [page](https://film.one/tv/unorthodox.md)
- *Misfits* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Sally — [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *Life on Mars* (2006), Fi1m 84, as Layla Dylan — [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *The Descent* (2005), Fi1m 85, as Beth — [page](https://film.one/film/the-descent.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Undeclared War* (2022), series, as Colonel Pauline Keele
- *The Princess* (2022), as The Queen
- *The Bellwether* (2020), Actor
- *Unorthodox* (2020), series, as Leah Mandelbaum Schwartz — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/unorthodox.md)
- *Urn* (2018), as Daughter
- *A Beautiful Death* (2018), as Catherine Beaumont
- *Eye Contact* (2018), First Assistant Director
- *I Am Soldier* (2014), as Dawn
- *The Facility* (2012), as Joni Stevens
- *Katie and Alex: For Better for Worse* (2010), series, Actor
- *Misfits* (2009), series, as Sally — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *The Descent: Part 2* (2009), as Beth O'Brien
- *Katie* (2009), series, Actor
- *One Hundred Mornings* (2009), as Hannah
- *Love Me Still* (2008), as Gemma Ronson
- *Jetsam* (2007), as Grace
- *The Midnight Drives* (2007), as Sophie
- *Speed Dating* (2007), as Young Woman
- *Wilderness* (2006), as Louise
- *Sorted* (2006), series, as Pippa
- *Life on Mars* (2006), series, as Layla Dylan — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *The Descent* (2005), as Beth — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-descent.md)
- *The Government Inspector* (2005), as Claire
- *The Honeymooners* (2004), as Claire
- *Ultimate Force* (2002), series, Actor
- *Last Orders* (2001), as Young Pam
- *Arachnid* (2001), as Mercer
- *As If* (2001), series, as Melanie
- *Relic Hunter* (1999), series, as Simone

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