Alexa Lemieux: Her Love Is Blind Story, Family Background, Career and Divorce Update
Alexa Lemieux (born Alexa Alfia) is a Dallas-raised American-Israeli insurance agency owner and social media creator. Viewers first met her as a cast member on Season 3 of Netflix’s Love Is Blind, where she became engaged to Brennon Lemieux without ever seeing him. They married and had a daughter, Vienna, in 2024. In December 2025 they announced they were ending their marriage. This guide covers who she is, what happened on and after the show, and what is confirmed about the divorce as of October 2026. It also flags the details that vary from source to source.
Alexa Lemieux at a Glance
| Detail | What the sources say |
|---|---|
| Name | Alexa Alfia on the show; Lemieux is her married surname |
| Raised in | Dallas, Texas |
| Heritage | Israeli family; she holds Israeli citizenship |
| Education | Tel Aviv University, 2016 (communications and media, per JNS) |
| Profession | Insurance agency owner; social media creator; baby-clothing line |
| Show | Love Is Blind Season 3 (filmed 2021, aired October 2022) |
| Child | Vienna Ziva Lemieux, born July 31, 2024 |
| Marriage | Wed June 2021 on camera; split announced December 3, 2025 |
Clearing Up Common Confusion
Her name is common, and some low-quality profiles give her a made-up backstory. A few aggregator pages say she was born in Pittsburgh or worked for a hockey team. Her own interviews contradict that. She told the Times of Israel that she grew up in Dallas and has spent every summer in Israel since birth, because most of her father’s family lives there. TODAY likewise reported that she grew up in Dallas and has six siblings. I found no credible link between her and any famous hockey family. The surname came from her husband.
Some other details are also inconsistent:
- Age: The Forward and TODAY both reported her as 27 in 2022, other outlets say 29, and 2025–26 coverage says 31. I’d say “early thirties.”
- Birthday: I found conflicting dates (September 27 and 28) on unreliable sites, so I’d leave it out.
- Net worth: Online estimates are unsourced.
- Wedding year: Some pages say 2022, which is the airing date. The Tab reports that the wedding was filmed in June 2021.
Background: A Large, Loud Family
Alexa often describes her family as big and close. The Forward noted that her father owns a business empire including a gym, nightclubs and a tech company. It described her family as wealthy and sharply funny. Brennon, by contrast, grew up on a Texas ranch with soft-spoken Christian parents.
Alexa challenged the “rich girl” characterization during her interview with Netflix Tudum. She said the show focused on her father’s money, but that her own childhood had not been easy. She also said family was what first bonded the couple, and she joked that she married Brennon partly for his father and stepmother.
How She Ended Up on Love Is Blind
She wasn’t a typical applicant. Tudum reports she watched Season 1 with friends and reacted with such disbelief to a proposal that they filmed her. She applied during a dry January because she had nothing to do on a Saturday night. The casting questionnaire had about 200 questions.
She went in expecting a fun experience. She told Tudum she did not expect to find a husband, and certainly not on episode one.
The Pods, the Proposal and the Wedding
Falling Fast
Alexa and Brennon were the first couple to pair off on Season 3. They bonded over shakshuka, a dish that suited her Israeli background, along with family and values.
According to Tudum, Alexa felt homesick and nearly left the experiment by her third day in the pods. She had just one top choice rather than the usual shortlist of potential matches. By the fourth day, she had decided to continue, and the couple agreed to marry in less than six weeks.
Meeting Face to Face
When the pod doors opened, Alexa’s first reaction was a startled expletive. That became one of the season’s most-shared moments.
The Wedding
Most Love Is Blind couples don’t reach the altar, but they did. They married under a chuppah in June 2021. Ynet noted that although Brennon isn’t Jewish, the ceremony included a rabbi, the breaking of the glass and folk dancing.
After the Show Aired
When the season released in late 2022, the couple said at the reunion that they were still married and living in Dallas. By then they had been married for over a year.
Why Alexa Became a Talking Point
Body Confidence
Alexa was the first plus-size contestant on the series. She told TODAY she had mostly received support from women of all body types. She described her confidence as the thing she most wanted to represent, and she was direct about her view that size shouldn’t bother other people.
Jewish and Israeli Identity
This drew the most attention. On the show she said her Jewish identity was fundamental to her. Some viewers responded with hostility, and she told the Forward she received antisemitic abuse and death threats. Much of the backlash focused on a scene with her family discussing Jewish traditions, including ketubot, the Jewish marriage contract.
Alexa defended her father’s handling of the scene. She called his circumcision joke a classic Jewish dad joke. She said Brennon handled it well, including wearing a kippah during the conversation.
She also said she heard from hundreds of Jewish people thanking her for speaking so openly. She told the Forward that she did not set out to make a bold statement, because “it’s just who I am.”
Ynet reported that she prefers not to take her role into politics.
Her Career
Insurance
Alexa works in insurance. The Forward described her as owning an insurance agency. Other profiles name it as an Allstate agency in the Dallas area. That detail comes largely from LinkedIn-based reporting, and I could not verify it independently.
Creator and Entrepreneur
After the show she built a social media following. She posts under the handle @itsalexalemieux on Instagram. In late 2025 the Jüdische Allgemeine reported on a baby-clothing line she co-designed, L’ovedbaby x Alexa Lemieux.
Becoming a Mother
In early 2024 Alexa and Brennon announced they were expecting. Alexa said they had gone through fertility treatments that didn’t work and that she feared they might not be able to have children. Parade reported that the pregnancy turned out to have been conceived naturally. Their daughter, Vienna Ziva Lemieux, was born on July 31, 2024, and they announced the birth on Instagram in mid-August.
The Divorce: A Detailed Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Alexa hints online that it was a very hard year |
| ~November 5, 2025 | Brennon files in Texas, calling the marriage insupportable (per People, via The Tab) |
| December 3, 2025 | Alexa posts a joint Instagram statement announcing the split |
| December 4, 2025 | She files a response denying his claims and asking for a larger share of the estate |
| February 2026 | Brennon posts on Instagram for the first time since the split |
| May 2026 | The couple’s Forney, Texas home is listed for sale |
| Late May 2026 | Alexa says the divorce is essentially final and awaiting filing |
The Public Statement and the Court Filings
The joint statement was gentle. It described the decision as difficult, thanked each other for what they had shared, and named their daughter as a priority. USA Today noted the split meant none of Season 3’s couples remained together.
The court documents, reported by Us Weekly and Cosmopolitan, told a more adversarial story. Brennon listed a “clash of personalities” in his divorce petition. Alexa’s response denied his allegations and alleged he was at fault. A source told Us Weekly that she wanted to keep her own earnings, but that claim comes from an anonymous insider, so I’d treat it as unverified.
In Her Own Words
By spring 2026 Alexa spoke more openly. She told Us Weekly’s podcast that she “had asked for it”. She said her main reason was wanting her daughter to see a healthy kind of love, and she described the decision as mutual. In a later Tab report she said they had lived in the same house until roughly two months before the interview.
What Remains Unconfirmed
- The date of a final decree
- Custody and support terms
- Whether she will go by Alfia or Lemieux professionally
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Alexa Lemieux still married to Brennon? They announced their separation in December 2025, and Alexa has said the divorce is essentially complete. I found no confirmed final decree.
What does Alexa Lemieux do for a living? She is an insurance agency owner and a social media creator, and she has a baby-clothing line.
Where did Alexa Lemieux grow up? In Dallas, Texas. She also spent every summer in Israel.
Are Alexa and Brennon still co-parenting? Their joint statement committed to co-parenting Vienna, and I found no later reporting that contradicts it.
Is Alexa Lemieux Jewish? Yes. She has spoken publicly and often about her Jewish and Israeli identity.
Conclusion
Alexa Lemieux’s story has three parts. The first is a reality-TV romance that seemed to prove the format could work. The second is a public identity she refused to soften. The third is a divorce she has described with more nuance as time has passed. She is also a working professional and a mother. Her own interviews are more reliable than the profile sites that repeat each other’s mistakes. For more profiles in this style, see the Trend Loom celebrities section.
