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

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

Christopher Guest

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest , better known as Christopher Guest, is an American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor and comedian. He is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in several improvisational "mockumentary" films that...

 and considers Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy...

 her favourite comedian. She enjoys interviews, but hates auditioning.

Career

McGregor's career began with classes at the Vancouver Youth Theatre at the age of eight, which were followed by toy commercials. 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

Piper Perabo

Piper Lisa Perabo is a Golden Globe Award nominated American stage, film and television actress.-Early life:Perabo was born in Dallas, Texas and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, the daughter of Mary Charlotte , a physical therapist, and George William Perabo, a professor of poetry at Ocean...

, and followed the American comedy with Canadian independent film Flower & Garnet, where she plays an isolated, pregnant teenager.

In 2005 she appeared in an episode of Supernatural as a preacher's daughter, and had a small part playing Keri Russell

Keri Russell

Keri Lynn Russell is an American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002, and for which she won a Golden Globe...

's sister in the Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

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 drama The Magic of Ordinary Days.

In 2006 she portrayed Catherine Nyland, an archaeologist suffering from debilitating migraine

Migraine

Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by moderate to severe headaches, and nausea...

s in That Beautiful Somewhere, opposite Roy Dupuis

Roy Dupuis

Roy Dupuis is a Canadian actor best known for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita...

. From 2005 to 2008 she had a recurring role as Alicia Plecas in the Canadian series Robson Arms, and in 2007 she appeared 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

Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay is an American film and television actress. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business opposite Tom Cruise...

).

In 2002 she won the Women In Film And Video Vancouver Artistic Merit Award

Vancouver International Film Festival

The Vancouver International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for two weeks in late September and early October...

 for Flower & Garnet and Bitten.

Currently, McGregor teaches acting at Biz Studio in Vancouver.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Live TV		Short film
2002	Slap Her... She's French Slap Her... She's French Slap Her… She's French, shown in the United States as She Gets What She Wants, is a 2002 Winchester Films teen comedy, directed by Melanie Mayron and starring Piper Perabo.-Plot:...	Starla Grady	AKA, She Gets What She Wants
2002	Bang Bang You're Dead	Jenny Dahlquist
2002	Flower & Garnet Flower & Garnet Flower & Garnet is a 2002 Canadian film written and directed by Keith Behrman.-Plot:A father finds difficulties in expressing his love to his children. Garnet and Flower have grown up in an environment of stifled grief. Since their mother died, Ed , their father, mostly just lives without a goal...	Flower
2002	Bitten	Daughter	Short film
2006	That Beautiful Somewhere That Beautiful Somewhere That Beautiful Somewhere is a Canadian feature film written, directed and produced by Robert Budreau, produced by Ian Murray and executive produced by Bill Plumstead for Loon Film Inc. and Lumanity Productions. The film stars Roy Dupuis and Jane McGregor. The screenplay was based on the novel Loon,...	Catherine Nyland
2006	Citizen Duane Citizen Duane -Plot:Duane Balfour was born into a family of misfortune, in the prairie town of Ridgeburg. After losing a high school election against his enemy Chad, he decides to run for mayor against the wishes of his teacher . Chad is the grandson of Ridgeburg's mayoress, who has been the incumbent for a...	Molly Buckley
2007	American Venus American Venus American Venus is a Canadian drama, the film was directed by Bruce Sweeney, and stars Rebecca De Mornay, Jane McGregor, and Matt Craven.-Plot:...	Jennifer 'Jenna' Lane

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994		Linda	Episode: "Styx and Stones" Episode: "Time Bomb"
1997	Mummies Alive! Mummies Alive! Mummies Alive! is an American animated series from DIC Entertainment. It originally aired for one season in 1997.In ancient Egypt, an evil sorcerer named, Scarab, kills the pharaoh's son, Prince Rapses, so he can become pharaoh immortal...	Additional Voices	Episode: "Pack to the Future"
1998	You, Me and the Kids		Episode: "Smoke Alarm"
1998	Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins	Additional Voices	Video
1998	Noah Noah (film) Noah is a movie made for TV in 1998 starring Tony Danza as Norman Waters, a carpenter who is told by an angel to rebuild Noah's Ark in 40 days to prepare for a great flood....	Kathy Simmons	TV movie
1999	Two of Hearts	Sarah Saunders	TV movie
1999	So Weird So Weird So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,...	Gabe Crawford	Episode: "Angel"
1999		Molly Harrison	TV movie
1999	Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge	Diane Carter	TV movie
1999	Poltergeist: The Legacy Poltergeist: The Legacy Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy, and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers...	Patricia Spiro	Episode: "Gaslight"
1999	Y2K	Kelly Cromwell	TV movie
2000	Live Through This Live Through This (TV series) Live Through This is a teen drama broadcast on MTV during the 2000–2001 season, though cancelled after only 13 episodes due to poor ratings. The hour-long drama plot involved a fictional '80s band entitled "The Jackson Decker Band" reuniting for one last comeback tour. Each episode featured...	Darby Parsons	13 episodes
2000	Hayley Wagner, Star	Mira	TV movie
2005		Abby	TV movie
2005	Young Blades Young Blades Young Blades is an historical fantasy television series that aired on PAX from January to June 2005, lasting only thirteen episodes before cancellation...	Mireille	Episode: "Da Vinci's Notebook"
2005	Supernatural Supernatural (TV series) Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they...	Lori Sorenson	Episode: "Hook Man"
2005	Robson Arms Robson Arms Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions Limited and Halifax's Creative Atlantic Communications....	Alicia Plecas	4 episodes
2007		Vanessa Martin	Episode: "Audrey Parker's Come and Gone Audrey Parker's Come and Gone "Audrey Parker's Come and Gone" is the third episode of season four of the science fiction television series The 4400. The episode aired July 1, 2007 on the USA Network.-Synopsis:... "
2007	Fallen	Deborah	Episode: "Someone Always Has to Die"
2007-2008	Robson Arms Robson Arms Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions Limited and Halifax's Creative Atlantic Communications....	Alicia Plecas-Fochs	9 episodes
2011	Fringe Fringe (TV series) Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...	Julie	Episode: "Wallflower"

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