Jane McGregor

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Jane McGregor
Born1983 (age 3839)
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present

Jane McGregor (born 1983) is a Canadian actress, known for her roles in Slap Her... She's French (2002), Flower & Garnet (2002), and That Beautiful Somewhere (2006), as well as her recurring role on the television series Robson Arms .

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Personal life

McGregor was born in 1983, and still resides in her native Vancouver. She has a sister. McGregor would like to work with Christopher Guest and considers Lucille Ball her favourite comedian. She enjoys interviews, but hates auditioning. [1]

Career

McGregor's career began with classes at the Vancouver Youth Theatre at the age of eight, which were followed by toy commercials. [2] Her first television appearance was a guest role on two episodes of the Canadian television series The Odyssey, as 'Linda'. Following this she appeared in a string of made-for-television movies.

In 1999, McGregor appeared in an episode of the Disney series So Weird as Gabe Crawford, the girlfriend of a lead character.

In 2002 she starred as the popular Texas cheerleader Starla Grady in Slap Her... She's French with Piper Perabo, and followed the American comedy with Canadian independent film Flower & Garnet, where she plays an isolated, pregnant teenager.

Also in 2002 she won the Women In Film And Video Vancouver Artistic Merit Award for Flower & Garnet and Bitten. [3]

In 2005 she appeared in an episode of Supernatural as a preacher's daughter, and had a small part playing Keri Russell's sister in the Hallmark Hall of Fame drama The Magic of Ordinary Days.

In 2006 she portrayed Catherine Nyland, an archaeologist suffering from debilitating migraines in That Beautiful Somewhere, opposite Roy Dupuis. From 2005 to 2008 she had a recurring role as Alicia Plecas in the Canadian series Robson Arms, and in 2007 she appeared in American Venus as Jenna Lane, a competitive ice skater hovering on the brink of a mental breakdown due to her controlling mother (portrayed by Rebecca De Mornay).

She has taught acting at Biz Studios, [4] and currently teaches a Teen Intensive at Vada Studios in Vancouver. [5]

Most recently, McGregor has had guest roles on The Listener, Almost Human, and FX’s Fargo.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1996Live TVNilaAnnie O'DonoghueShort
2002 Slap Her... She's French Starla Grady Melanie Mayron Released 18 July 2002 in Canada
2002 Bang Bang You're Dead Jenny Dahlquist Guy Ferland Premiered 7 June 2002 at the Seattle International Film Festival
2002BittenDaughterClaudia MorgadoShort
Premiered 8 August 2002 at the Montreal World Film Festival
2002 Flower & Garnet Flower Keith Behrman Premiered 26 August 2002 at the Montreal World Film Festival
2006 That Beautiful Somewhere Catherine Nyland Robert Budreau Premiered 26 August 2006 at the Montreal World Film Festival
2006 Citizen Duane Molly Buckley Michael Mabbott Premiered 8 September 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival
2007 American Venus Jennifer "Jenna" Lane Bruce Sweeney Premiered 8 September 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival
2013Penguins (Are So Sensitive to My Needs)Det. RoweMatthew KowalchukShort
Released 1 May 2013 in Canada
2016 The 9th Life of Louis Drax Sophie Alexandre Aja Limited release on 2 September 2016 in Canada
2017 A Dog's Purpose Rachel Lasse Hallström Released 27 January 2017 in Canada
2019Two/OneAgnes Juan Cabral Released 28 April 2019 at Tribeca Film Festival

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 The Odyssey LindaEpisodes: 3.8 "Styx and Stones", 3.13 "Time Bomb"
1998You, Me and the KidsEpisode: 1.14 "Smoke Alarm"
1998 Noah Kathy SimmonsTV film
1999 Two of Hearts Sarah SaundersTV film
1999 So Weird Gabe CrawfordEpisode: 1.7 "Angel"
1999The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn HeightsMolly HarrisonTV film
1999 Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge Diane CarterTV film
1999Hayley Wagner, StarMiraTV film
1999 Poltergeist: The Legacy Patricia SpiroEpisode: 4.18 "Gaslight"
1999 Y2K Kelly CromwellTV film
2000 Live Through This Darby ParsonsMain role
2005 The Magic of Ordinary Days AbbyTV film
2005 Young Blades MireilleEpisode: 1.5 "Da Vinci's Notebook"
2005 Supernatural Lori SorensonEpisode: 1.7 "Hook Man"
2005–08 Robson Arms Alicia Plecas-FochsRecurring role
2007 The 4400 Vanessa MartinEpisode: 4.3 "Audrey Parker's Come and Gone"
2007FallenDeborahEpisode: 1.3 "Someone Always Has to Die"
2011 Fringe JuliaEpisode: 4.7 "Wallflower"
2013The Dark Corner [6] Dana RostenWeb miniseries
2013 The Listener Jennifer CowellEpisode: 4.8 "The Illustrated Woman"
2013 Almost Human Kelly CooperEpisode: 1.4 "The Bends"
2014 Fargo Nurse FaberEpisode: 1.6 "Buridan's Ass"
2014 Signed, Sealed, Delivered KellyEpisode: 1.7 "Something Good"
2016Newlywed and DeadJay's MotherTV film
2020 Snowpiercer AstridEpisodes: "Without Their Maker", "Justice Never Boarded", "The Universe Is Indifferent", "These Are His Revolutions"

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References

  1. Jeffrey Lyons (September 23, 2002). "Jane McGregor interview". thatcow.com. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  2. Robson Arms Cast
  3. Past Award Winners
  4. Biz Studio
  5. Vada Studios Archived February 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "B.C. producers hit web with Motive's Dark Corner and The True Heroines". The Province.com. March 27, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2013.