Alexandra Vandernoot

Alexandra Vandernoot (born 19 September 1965) is a Belgian film and television actress.

Alexandra Vandernoot
Born	(1965-09-19) 19 September 1965 (age 59) Brussels, Belgium
Education	Royal Conservatory of Brussels
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–present
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Parents	André Vandernoot (father) Dušanka Sifnios (mother)

Early life and education

Born in Brussels, Vandernoot is the daughter of Yugoslavia-born ballerina Dušanka Sifnios and Belgian conductor André Vandernoot.

She studied drama at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

Career

Film

She appeared in the sex comedy Exploits of a Young Don Juan (1986), and starred in a number of French films. Vandernoot had a small part in the 1994 film Pret-a-Porter. She appeared in the box office hit The Dinner Game (1998) and The Closet (2001).

Television

In 1992, Vandernoot guest starred on the Canadian series Counterstrike as femme fatale Noelle, accused of murder and jewel theft.

Vandernoot is perhaps best known internationally as Tessa Noël, the girlfriend of Duncan MacLeod in the 1990s action-fantasy Highlander: The Series. Introduced in the series premiere, Tessa appeared through the fourth episode of season two, "The Darkness," in which she was killed off. Vandernoot returned in the season two finale, "Counterfeit Part Two," as a woman made-up to look like Tessa, and also in the series finale as Tessa Noël.

In 2007, Vandernoot played an engineer in Ondes de choc, a mini-series produced by the French public channel France 3 retracing an accident at a chemical factory comparable to the AZF factory disaster.^[1][2] In 2008, Vandernoot appeared in the television movie Un vrai Papa Noël.^[3][4]

Personal life

With French director Bernard Uzan, Vandernoot has a son who was born in 1995 and a daughter who was born in 2003.

Filmography

Film

• 1986: Exploits of a Young Don Juan – Elisa
• 1991: The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck – The Belgian
• 1992: The Supper – Duchess of Dino
• 1994: Prêt-à-Porter – Sandra de la Notte
• 1998: The Dinner Game – Christine Brochant
• 2001: The Closet – Christine
• 2006: The Crown Prince – Helene Vetsera

Television

ACTOR television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1991	Maigret	Anna Peeters	1 episode
1992	Counterstrike	Noelle	Episode: "Cherchez la Femme"
1992–1998	Highlander: The Series	Tessa Noël	31 episodes
2010	Josephine, Guardian Angel	Sharon	1 episode