Alex McGregor (actress)
{{short description|South African actress (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| birth_name = Alex Piara McGregor
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|6|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa
| education =
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| alma_mater = University of Cape Town
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 2005–present
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Alex Piara McGregor (born 7 June 1993) is a South African actress.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/opinion/bright-young-things-top-ten-south-african-actors-about-to-make-it-big/|title=Top Ten South African actors about to make it big|journal=The South African|first=Brett|last=Petzer|date=11 November 2013|accessdate=14 January 2023}} She began her career as a child actress before gaining prominence through her role as Christine in the Spud films (2010–2014).{{Cite journal|url=https://www.news24.com/you/archive/spud-2-getting-to-know-alex-mcgregor-20170728|title=Spud 2: Getting to know . . . Alex McGregor.|journal=You|first=Kirstin|last=Buck|date=20 June 2013|accessdate=11 January 2023}} 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).{{Cite journal|url=https://www.news24.com/channel/tv/news/aliens-in-the-mother-city-vagrant-queens-alex-mcgregor-on-filming-the-sci-fi-show-in-cape-town-20201210-2|title=Aliens in the Mother City - Vagrant Queen's Alex McGregor on filming the sci-fi show in Cape Town|journal=News24|first=Nikita|last=Coetzee|date=10 December 2020|accessdate=11 January 2023}}{{subscription required}}
Early life
McGregor grew up in Sea Point, Cape Town. She has two older sisters Tamara and Lauren, 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.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.news24.com/you/archive/qa-with-rising-star-alex-mcgregor-20170728|title=Q&A with rising star Alex McGregor|journal=You|first=Laura|last=Atson|date=29 January 2014|accessdate=11 January 2023}} Her cousins are the model sisters Kerry and Tracy McGregor.{{cite journal|url=http://www.you.co.za/news/this-sa-actress-just-landed-a-major-international-tv-role/|title=This SA actress just landed a MAJOR international TV role|journal=You|first=Gys|last=Visser|date=6 March 2017}} McGregor signed with Storm Models and Artistes Personal Management. She first appeared on screen in a commercial when she was 6,{{Cite journal|url=https://www.citizen.co.za/entertainment/268641/learning-to-fly/|title=Alex McGregor: learning to fly|journal=Citizen|first=Jean-Paul|last=Eliard|date=31 May 2020|access-date=24 September 2021}} and made her television debut at age 11 in Charlie Jade.{{Cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/people/alex-mcgregor|title=Alex McGregor - Vagrant Queen|website=Syfy|date=20 March 2020 |accessdate=11 January 2023}}
Personal life
In September 2024, McGregor became engaged to her longterm partner Bjorn Steinbach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DATkyFvNjup/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==|title=After 11 years together, @bjornsteinbach still got nervous enough to propose with the ring box upside down… Just the two of us in the middle of Lake Como. What a dream!|author=Alex McGregor|via=Instagram|date=24 September 2024|accessdate=3 April 2025}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2010
|Spud | Christine | Comedy/Drama |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Spud 2: The Madness Continues | Christine | Comedy |
| House Party: Tonight's the Night
| Morgan | Comedy |
| rowspan="4" | 2014
| 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
| Susan Delgado |
| 2018
| The Sound | Lia | Short film/Horror |
| 2021
| Breanie |Horror |
| 2024
|Invasive |Jessica |Horror |
| 2024
|Killer Body Count |Tawny |Comedy/Horror |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2005
| Young Gemma | 3 episodes |
| 2008
| Crusoe | Grace | 2 episodes |
| 2012
| Infested! | Lauren Girard | Docuseries; episode: "Driven Insane" |
| 2015
| Bridjet | Television film |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Sarah | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| Cape Town
| Yvonne Stoffberg | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Karma | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| The Searchers
| Fable Brooks | Pilot{{cite journal|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/searchers-alex-mcgregor-female-lead-the-cw-drama-pilot-berlanti-1201970503/|title='Searchers': Alex McGregor Cast As Female Lead In Berlanti Prods. CW Pilot|journal=Deadline|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=24 February 2017}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.rooirose.co.za/alex-mcgregor-kaapse-model-met-n-blink-toekoms/|title=Alex McGregor: Kaapse model met 'n blink toekoms|journal=Rooi Rose|date=7 March 2017|accessdate=11 January 2023|lang=af}} |
| 2020
| Amae Rali |
| 2022
| Justice Served | Karabo Friedman | Main Role |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2661400}}
- [https://www.apm.co.za/artiste/alex-mcgregor-205/ Alex McGregor] at Artistes Personal Management (APM)
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Category:21st-century South African actresses
Category:Actresses from Cape Town
Category:South African film actresses
Category:South African television actresses
Category:White South African people
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