<Ul> <Li> Nathan West </Li> <Li> East of Eli </Li> </Ul> <Li> East of Eli </Li> <P> Chyler Leigh West (pronounced / ˈkaɪlər / KY - lər; born Potts; April 10, 1982), known professionally as Chyler Leigh, is an American actress, singer and model . She is known for portraying Janey Briggs in the comedy film Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Lexie Grey in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2007--2012), and Alex Danvers in the DC Comics superhero series Supergirl (2015--present). </P> <P> Leigh was born in Charlotte, North Carolina . She is the daughter of Yvonne Norton and Robert Potts . Leigh was raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where her parents ran a weight - loss business . However, when Leigh was eight, the business went bankrupt and at the age of twelve, following the break - up of her parents' marriage, Leigh moved with her mother and brother, future Power Rangers in Space actor Christopher Khayman Lee, to Miami where her mother remarried her first husband . Following her parents' divorce, Leigh was estranged from her father for many years, but they have since reconciled . </P>

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