Back in 2017, when Netflix was still relatively new to the sitcom business, the streamer greenlit their first multi-camera sitcom in “Alexa & Katie.” Geared mostly toward a tween-aged audience, the show went in a direction slightly heavier than your typical teen sitcom fare.
Alexa (Paris Berelc), is a determined high-schooler with a love for basketball, is diagnosed with cancer. Strong-willed as she is, she absolutely hates the amount of pity that seems to be showered on her and trying to live a normal life, she inspires her best friend Katie, played by Isabel May, to shave her head alongside her early on in the series. Katie is portrayed as notably goofier and even a bit awkward compared to Alexa, and in contrast to her athletic best friend, tends to skew more in the direction of theater and the arts. She is, however, intensely loyal to Alexa.
Airing roughly concurrently with her appearances on “Young Sheldon” between 2018 and 2020, “Alexa & Katie” was one of the first notable television roles Isabel May snagged, and while she herself was still a teenager. Even the Deadline article announcing the series announced May as a “newcomer.” The series ran for three seasons — including a two-part final season — and thirty-nine episodes. May was in all of them.
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