Alexa Woods

Alexa Woods is a fictional character from the 2004 film Alien vs. Predator, portrayed by Sanaa Lathan, she is the leading protagonist of the film.

Biography
Going by the nickname Lex, she is an environmental researcher/worker and mountain climber in her late 20s. Portrayed as brave, athletic and intelligent; she takes her work very seriously, but not without a good sense of humour.

Alien vs. Predator
In 2004, a satellite detects a mysterious heat bloom beneath Bouvetøya, an island about one thousand miles north of Antarctica. Billionaire (Lance Henriksen) assembles a team of scientists to investigate the heat source and claim it for his multinational communications company Weyland Industries (foreshadowing the Weyland-Yutani Corporation of the Alien film series). The team includes Alexa, paleontologists, archaeologists, linguistic experts, drillers, and mercenaries.

As a Predator ship reaches Earth's orbit, it blasts a hole through the ice towards the source of the heat bloom. When the humans arrive at the site above the heat source, an abandoned whaling station, they find this hole and descend beneath the ice. They discover a mysterious pyramid and begin to explore it, finding evidence of a civilization predating written history and what appears to be a sacrificial chamber filled with human skeletons with ruptured rib cages.

Meanwhile, three Predators land and kill the humans on the surface, making their way down to the pyramid and arrive just as the team unwittingly powers up the structure. An awakens from cryogenic stasis and begins to produce , from which hatch and attach to several humans trapped in the sacrificial chamber. emerge from the humans and quickly grow into adult Aliens. Conflicts erupt between the Predators, Aliens, and humans, resulting in several deaths. Unknown to the others, a Predator is implanted with an Alien embryo.

The remaining humans decide that the Predators must be allowed to succeed in their hunt so the Aliens do not reach the surface. As the battle continues, most characters are killed leaving Alexa and a single Predator to fight against the Aliens. The two form an alliance and use the Predator’s to destroy the pyramid and the remaining Aliens. Alexa and the Predator reach the surface, where the Predator marks Alexa with the symbol of his clan, with the blood of an Alien she killed, as a sign of respect and peace. They soon battle the escaped Alien Queen, who survives the explosion. They defeat the Queen by attaching its chain to a water tower pushing it over a cliff and into the ocean, dragging the Queen to the ocean floor. The Predator, however, dies from wounds inflicted by the Queen.

A Predator ship uncloaks and several Predators appear. They collect their fallen comrade and present Alexa with one of their spears in recognition of her skill as a warrior. As they retreat into space, a chestburster erupts from the dead Predator. It appears to be an Alien/Predator hybrid, as it has the characteristic mandibles of the two creatures

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