Daughter of Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg. Her father is Alvin Martin. Alex had her first child when she was only 15 years old. She remarried her husband in 2011 and has three children. She first appeared as an extra in The Color Purple (1985) with her mother.
Has three children: Amarah Skye (born 1989), Jerzey (born 1995) and Mason (born 1998).
Has a granddaughter named Charlie Rose (b. March 15, 2014) via her oldest daughter Amarah Dean.