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Alexandra Billings is blazing a trail in a 'Transparent' world

Before Alexandra Billings commits her full attention to the task at hand - discussing her role on Amazon's "Transparent" - she pauses to open Instagram on her phone to document the moment.

She has taken a liking to the social media platform's feature in which users post photos and videos with the comfort of knowing it will disappear in 24 hours. Billings posts multiple times a day - offering motivational musings, peeps of her cat and snippets of her lip-syncing abilities. However trite it may seem, Billings revels in the ability to be seen.

"I can be me in all my glory," she says. "It sounds so simple, but there's something to that."

With nudging, Billings sets out to add to

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