Alexia Barlier

Barlier was born to a mother from New Zealand who worked as a classical dancer and yoga teacher. Her father ran art galleries. She was brought up in both the French and English languages. Parallel to school, she attended the Cours Simon in Paris, where she received her acting training.

Barlier made her film debut in 2002 as Kate in 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman. In the 2006–07, she performed at Théâtre Montparnasse in Paris in La Danse de l'Albatros by Gérald Sibleyras. In 2007, she was seen as the much younger lover/muse Magda who entrances a middle aged artist in the touching film adaptation of the novel Conversations with My Gardener. From 2010 to 2014, she played the role of Nadia Martinez in the crime series La Loi selon Bartoli and from 2013 to 2016, she played the role of Éva Blum in the television series Falco.

In 2016, Barlier starred in Michael Bay's action film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi as Sona Jillani, an undercover CIA officer. In 2017, she took on the role of teacher Eve Mendel in the miniseries The Forest. In 2019, she played the role of Juliette Dubrovsky in the mystery series La Dernière Vague.

In 2021, Barlier starred in the three-part television series Crossroads in the title role as former defense attorney and investigator Sophie Cross at the side of Thomas Jouannet as her husband Thomas Leclercq.