Freya Mavor

Mavor in 2011, photo by Prphotos.com

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland

Date of Birth: 13 August, 1993

Ethnicity: Scottish, Irish, some Danish

Freya Mavor is a Scottish actress and model. Her roles include the shows Skins, The White Queen, New Worlds, The ABC Murders, Twice Upon a Time, and Industry, and the films Not Another Happy Ending, Sunshine on Leith, The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, Cézanne and I, The Sense of an Ending, Dead in a Week or Your Money Back, The Emperor of Paris, The Keeper (2018), Balance, Not Symmetry; Rogue Agent, About Joan, and My Policeman. She has appeared in several French-language films and productions.

Freya was born in Glasgow, and grew up in Inverleith, Edinburgh. Her father, James Mavor, is an award-winning playwright. He leads the MA screenwriting course at Napier University. Her mother is an illustrator. Freya’s mother is Irish. Freya also has a smaller amount of Danish ancestry.

Freya’s paternal grandfather was Ronald Bingo Mavor (the son of James Bridie, born Osborne Henry Mavor, and of Rona Locke Bremner). Ronald was The Scotsman’s theatre critic in the early 1960s, and was director of the Scottish Arts Council. James Bridie was a playwright, screenwriter, and surgeon. He was the son of Henry Alexander Mavor, an electrical engineer and industrialist, and Janet Osborne. His grandmother’s maiden name was Bridie.

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