Alex McGregor (actress)

Alex McGregor
Born
Alex Piara McGregor

(1993-06-07) 7 June 1993 (age 31)
Cape Town, South Africa
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present

Alex Piara McGregor (born 7 June 1993) is a South African actress.[1] She began her career as a child actress before gaining prominence through her role as Christine in the Spud films (2010–2014).[2] Her work includes the films Impunity (2014) and Slumber Party Massacre (2021), the BBC docudrama The Gamechangers (2015), and the Syfy series Vagrant Queen (2020).[3]

Early life

McGregor grew up in Sea Point, Cape Town. She has two older sisters Tamara and Laura, the latter of whom is an actress. McGregor was inspired to act when she watched her sister play Rizzo in a production of Grease and joined her drama rehearsal.[4] Her cousins are the model sisters Kerry and Tracy McGregor.[5] McGregor signed with Storm Models and Artistes Personal Management. She first appeared on screen in a commercial when she was 6,[6] and made her television debut at age 11 in Charlie Jade.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Spud Christine Comedy/Drama
2013 Spud 2: The Madness Continues Christine Comedy
House Party: Tonight's the Night Morgan Comedy
2014 Young Ones Sooz Action/Drama/Romance
Sophia Grace and Rosie's Royal Adventure Not Phyllis Bundt Direct-to-video
Impunity Echo Crime/Thriller
Spud 3: Learning to Fly Christine Comedy
2017 The Dark Tower Susan Delgado Additional scene[8]
2018 The Sound Lia Short film/Horror
2021 Slumber Party Massacre Breanie Horror
2024 Invasive Jessica Horror
2024 Killer Body Count Tawny Comedy/Horror

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Charlie Jade Young Gemma 3 episodes
2008 Crusoe Grace 2 episodes
2012 Infested! Lauren Girard Docuseries; episode: "Driven Insane"
2015 The Gamechangers Bridjet Television film
2016 Of Kings and Prophets Sarah Recurring role; 5 episodes
Cape Town Yvonne Stoffberg Miniseries; 3 episodes
2017 Blood Drive Karma Recurring role; 4 episodes
The Searchers Fable Brooks Pilot[9][10]
2020 Vagrant Queen Amae Rali Main role[11]
2022 Justice Served Karabo Friedman Main Role

References

  1. ^ Petzer, Brett (11 November 2013). "Top Ten South African actors about to make it big". The South African. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. ^ Buck, Kirstin (20 June 2013). "Spud 2: Getting to know . . . Alex McGregor". You. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ Coetzee, Nikita (10 December 2020). "Aliens in the Mother City - Vagrant Queen's Alex McGregor on filming the sci-fi show in Cape Town". News24. Retrieved 11 January 2023.(subscription required)
  4. ^ Atson, Laura (29 January 2014). "Q&A with rising star Alex McGregor". You. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. ^ Visser, Gys (6 March 2017). "This SA actress just landed a MAJOR international TV role". You.
  6. ^ Eliard, Jean-Paul (31 May 2020). "Alex McGregor: learning to fly". Citizen. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Alex McGregor - Vagrant Queen". Syfy. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  8. ^ Roland (28 May 2016). "Dark Tower Movie: Alex McGregor cast as Susan Delgado". Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  9. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (24 February 2017). "'Searchers': Alex McGregor Cast As Female Lead In Berlanti Prods. CW Pilot". Deadline.
  10. ^ "Alex McGregor: Kaapse model met 'n blink toekoms". Rooi Rose (in Afrikaans). 7 March 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  11. ^ Liszewski, Bridget (22 April 2020). "Vagrant Queen's Alex McGregor on what draws everyone to Amae". The TV Junkies. Retrieved 11 January 2023.


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