Alexa, whose father is the 36th head of the Swinton clan, is a distant cousin of Tilda Swinton. She was born Alexa Skye Swinton in New York City. Her mother, Inna Swinton (née Idelchik), was originally from Riga, Latvia, and her father, Rolfe Swinton, is Canadian-born. Her ancestry is Scottish and English on her father's side and Russian Jewish on her mother's, including a long tapestry of prominent Scottish ancestors.
