On the NBC thriller “Blindspot,” star Jaimie Alexander is covered head-to-toe in mysterious tattoos. In real life, though, she has just nine, Alexander reveals to the March issue of Shape magazine. “This has been such a cool role for me to play because, honestly, if I weren’t an actress, I’d be fully sleeved with tattoos anyway,” she said. Alexander tells Shape about some of her real ink:
“One is ‘ES,’ which stands for ‘elephant shoe.’ When you mouth the words, it looks like you’re saying, ‘I love you.’ I used to say it when I was younger as a joke, and now I use it as a reminder to be playful and childlike.”
“I have one for each of my four brothers, Brady, David, Chance and Matt.”
“I have a quote on my left hip that says, ‘I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.’ I think it’s such an important reminder that you have the power to change where your life is heading and that you can be anything you want to be.”