American actress Alexis Arnold was born in Houston, Texas on November 14, 2008. Her mother, Shanda Webb Arnold is a respiratory therapist born and raised in Abilene, Texas. Her father, Matthew Arnold is a business owner and fisherman from Houston. Alexis Arnold spends her days fishing with her dad and grandfather, and when she is not fishing, she is acting, modeling or practicing archery with her recurve bow. At the age of 5 Alexis Arnold expressed an interest in acting so her parents did some research and submitted her picture to a local Texas agent. Within days she was signed and has been working in a profession she loves ever since. At 8 years old Alexis also expressed an interest in becoming a film director as well as an actress. She has been extremely blessed to be able to assist directors behind the scenes when not acting. Alexis doesn't let her age stop her from following her dreams and learning all that she can about the film industry. In the spring of 2017, she worked alongside Actor and Director, Tony Gibson in the feature film Gypsy Moon. Alexis played a cabin girl who experienced a series of events that take place forcing her from her home and away from her mother. She finds herself with a stranger who is running for his very own life. The two set out into the wilderness with their only hope being that whatever it is that dwells in the dark isn't revealed. In the summer of 2017 Alexis worked with actors Elisabeth Rohm and Richard T. Jones on the set of Sanitatum where Alexis portrayed a young abused and starved girl, young Sydney Heathcote, who was forced to stay locked in a cage when her rich mother felt that she needed to be punished. The movie focused on bringing awareness to childhood abuse in families of the wealthy. In the spring of 2018 Alexis played the role of a blind girl whose brother is dealing with a bully at school and the film teaches how heroes can come from all walks of life. In 2019 Alexis Arnold won an award for Best Young Actress in the feature film The Last Astronaut at Worldfest Houston. Nick Nicholson from the Houston Broadcast Film Critics Association presented her the award. Alexis Arnold was only 9 years old when she worked on the film, The Last Astronaut. She played young Naomi Portman, who is a hopeful medical doctor and a skeptic. She is always making scientific analyses of her best friend Luna's discoveries and tries to debunk her work and thus return her to mainstream "science". The two girls become intertwined with NASA and the CIA when they encounter an extraterrestrial life-form. Show less «