Alexa Ray Joel (born December 29, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Her parents are singer-songwriter Billy Joel and model Christie Brinkley. Joel released an EP Sketches (2006) and several singles on independent record labels. She has performed at numerous charity events and New York City fashion events.
Joel was born in Manhattan, New York,. She is the daughter of singer-songwriter Billy Joel and his second wife, model Christie Brinkley. Her middle name, Ray, honors the musician Ray Charles with whom her father recorded the song "Baby Grand". She has a half-brother, Jack Paris Brinkley Cook (né Taubman, born June 2, 1995) and a half-sister, Sailor Lee Brinkley Cook (born July 1, 1998). Both are children of her mother, Christie Brinkley. She also has two half-sisters on her father's side named Della Rose (born August 12, 2015), and Remy Anne (born October 22, 2017) born to Joel's fourth wife, Alexis.