Alexis Zegerman

Alexis Zegerman is a British actress and writer.

Zegerman grew up in London and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Zegerman is probably most famous as Zoe, Poppy's best friend and roommate, in Oscar-nominated Mike Leigh's comedy-drama film Happy-Go-Lucky, for which she won a British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and a London Film Critics award nomination. This was her second collaboration with Leigh. She played the part of Daliah Sofer in Storm which premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2009, and Gemma in ITV drama U Be Dead. She also appeared in the films Albatross and The Wedding Video.

In 2005 Zegerman appeared in the original cast of Mike Leigh's play Two Thousand Years, at the Royal National Theatre in London. In 2009, she also appeared in Seven Jewish Children, a play by Caryl Churchill at the Royal Court Theatre. She played Cissie in the revival of Arnold Wesker's Chicken Soup with Barley from June 2011 at the Royal Court Theatre. She most recently appeared in Travelling Light at the Royal National Theatre, directed by artistic director Nicholas Hytner.