Who is Esther McGregor, aka Mirren in We Were Liars? The daughter of Star Wars actor Ewan McGregor is a young powerhouse who's already modelled for Miu Miu, opened a tattoo parlour and been in a band
Esther McGregor (left) stars in Amazon Prime's We Were Liars. Photo: @esther.mcgregor/Instagram
McGregor takes on her first co-starring role in Prime Video's latest series, We Were Liars. The show premiered on June 18 and is already creating buzz for a second season. Based on a novel of the same name by E. Lockhart, We Were Liars centres around a woman who hails from a wealthy family, Cadence Sinclair (played by Emily Alyn Lind), who is suffering from memory loss after a head injury and is trying to piece her life back together with the help of her friends.
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Esther McGregor at a Vanity Fair event in March. Photo: @esther.mcgregor/Instagram
Despite having already rubbed shoulders with megastars Nicole Kidman and
Tilda Swinton on two other big projects in the past year – Baby Girl and The Room Next Door – McGregor told Elle she was truly thrilled to play her character Mirren on We Were Liars. 'She's one of the first characters I've played who has this bounciness of youth. Her youth is very energetic,' she explained.
Here's everything else you need to know about Esther McGregor.
Esther McGregor grew up in a family of performers
Esther McGregor's parents are both in the film industry. Photo: @esther.mcgregor/Instagram
Born in October 2001, Esther McGregor's father is Scottish actor Ewan McGregor – best known for his roles in
Star Wars , Moulin Rouge and Trainspotting – while her mother, Eve Mavrakis, is a production designer. Her
older sister Clara is also a model and actress.
'I want to give the gratitude that I think deserves its place, in terms of being raised in a family in film,' Esther told Elle in May. 'Being able to be on sets really aided that love and that breath and that heartbeat. As much as I don't think I would be able to do anything else, who knows? It was the way that I was born, the world I was born into. So I feel very thankful that I'm able to do what I do, because I need it.'
She is a tattoo artist
Esther McGregor says she was born to be an actress. Photo: @esther.mcgregor/Instagram
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