Esther McGregor
British actress and model (born 2001)
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Esther Rose McGregor (born 22 October 2001)[1] is a British actress, model, and musician.
22 October 2001
- Actress
- model
- musician
Esther McGregor | |
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| Born | Esther Rose McGregor 22 October 2001 London, England |
| Education | New York University |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
| Father | Ewan McGregor |
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Early life
McGregor was born in London to Scottish actor Ewan McGregor and French-Greek Jewish production designer Eve Mavrakis.[2][3] She has three sisters, Clara, Jamyan, and Anouk.[4][5] She also has a half-brother, Laurie, through her father's second marriage to actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead.[6] Her great-uncle, Denis Lawson, is also an actor.[7]
McGregor is bilingual, speaking both English and French, and was raised Jewish.[8][9][10] She attended North Bridge House School in North London.[2] At 11, she and her family moved to Los Angeles.[11] She later attended New York University in Manhattan.[8][10]
Career
McGregor began modeling at the age of 16. Her first modeling job was alongside her older sister, Clara.[8][11] She has modeled for Fendi,[12] Stella McCartney,[10] Miu Miu,[13] and Celine. Miucci Prada herself handpicked her to open a spring/summer show in Milan.[11][14][15] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she began a band named French Thyme.[11] They released their first EP in 2020.[8] She became a licensed tattoo artist and opened a tattoo shop named Pink Ether in New York City.[11][10]
In 2022, she made a cameo in the second episode of the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi.[16] She told Vanity Fair, "My parents never let me do anything onscreen until I was old enough to executively make the decision, and also old enough to be a human on set."[10] That year, she also played Natalie in the coming-of-age drama series High School, based on the 2019 memoir of the same name by Sara and Tegan Quin.[17] In May 2024, she was cast in the Amazon Prime Video original series We Were Liars, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by E. Lockhart.[18]
Personal life
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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| 2023 | Bleeding Love | Teenage girl | [20] |
| 2024 | Babygirl | Isabel Mathis | [21] |
| The Room Next Door | Young Martha | [22] | |
| 2026 | Clean Hands | Brooke Simmers | [23] |
| A Place in Hell | TBA | [24] | |
| TBA | Alma | TBA | [25] |
| Becoming Capa | Gerda Taro | [26] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2018 | Resting Pitch Face | Nicky | Episode: "Gender Parody" | [27] |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Tetha Grig | Episode: "Part II" | [28] |
| High School | Natalie | 7 episodes | [29] | |
| 2025 | We Were Liars | Mirren Sinclair Sheffield | Main role | [30] |
