Alexandra Tydings Luzzatto (born Alexandra Huntingdon Tydings on December 15, 1972 in Washington DC) is an American actress, best known for her role as the Greek goddess Aphrodite on the popular TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and on its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess.
She first began her career at the age of 11 at the Royal Ballet's production of Isadora at the Kennedy Center playing the role of a student. Her previous jobs besides acting include script reader, dog walker, receptionist at a dance studio, coordinator of a university's women's center, women's peer counselor, model, waitress, punk clothing store sales person, video store clerk, demolition, and singer and bassist of bands Annabelle Kickbox and She's Seen You Naked. She is a graduate of the private high school Sidwell Friends and Brown University with a degree in film and critical theory. She has four sisters and one brother.
She is married to Ben Luzzatto. They have two daughters: Ruby (born June 17, 2004) and Emerson (born June 4, 2006). As of 2006 she is living back in her home town of Washington, DC teaching Rock-and-Roll Yoga. She may have now left the acting business.
Alexandra is the granddaughter of Millard Tydings, former United States Senator from Maryland
