Actor Biography

Lexi Underwood stars as the alluring and enigmatic Isabella, the daughter of foreign diplomats spending a year as an exchange student with the Landry family, in season two of the highly anticipated Freeform anthology series "Cruel Summer."

Underwood is a 19-year-old actress, singer, filmmaker and change maker. She is best known for her role in "Little Fires Everywhere," executed produced by Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. She was nominated for a 2021 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance by a Youth for her portrayal of Pearl Warren.

Underwood starred as Malia Obama in "The First Lady," opposite Viola Davis and O-T Fagbenle, and can be seen in Disney+'s "Sneakerella."