Alice Greczyn

Alice Greczyn
Born Alice Hannah Meiqui Greczyn
(1986-02-06) February 6, 1986
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2004–present

Alice Hannah Meiqui Greczyn[1] (born February 6, 1986) is an American actress and model best known for roles in the films The Dukes of Hazzard, Shrooms, House of Fears and Sex Drive. She is also well known as Sage Lund in Lincoln Heights, and as Madeline "Mads" Rybak in The Lying Game.

Personal life

Greczyn was born in Walnut Creek, California and lives in Hollywood, California. She is the oldest of five children.[2] As a child, Greczyn competed in figure skating.[2] She was home-schooled in Colorado, graduated early from high school, and started taking classes at Front Range Community College when she was 15 or 16.[3][4] Informed that she had to be 18 to take Colorado's nursing test, she decided to try modeling and relocated to California.[3][4] Greczyn is of European and Asian descent.[5] On her heritage, Greczyn stated, "I'm mainly French, Japanese, and Polish, but there's also Chinese, Korean, German, Irish, Native American, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Swedish, and Czech."[6]

Career

Greczyn started her career with a role in the movie Sleepover. She later appeared in the Fox comedy show Quintuplets as a recurring character. She was also cast in the short lived show Windfall. Greczyn played a recurring character on both Lincoln Heights and Privileged.

Greczyn was cast in a supporting role for the 2004 comedy Fat Albert and appeared in the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard. In 2007, Greczyn appeared in the horror movies House of Fears and Shrooms. The following year she appeared in the comedy, Sex Drive and the action film Exit Speed.

In 2011, Greczyn was a model for Victoria Beckham's denim and eyewear line.[7]

Greczyn appeared in three episodes of the ABC Family series Make It or Break It, playing a model struggling with anorexia. She recently starred as a series regular on another ABC Family show The Lying Game, playing Madeline Rybak.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Sleepover Linda
2004 Fat Albert Becky
2005 The Dukes of Hazzard Laurie Pullman
2007 Shrooms Holly
2007 Investigating Love Natalie Bansali Short film
2007 House of Fears Candice
2008 An American in China Kendra
2008 Exit Speed Annabel Drake
2008 Sex Drive Mary
2012 Life in Space Space Alien Girl #12 Short film
2014 Stefano Formaggio Jasmine Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004–05 Quintuplets Alayna Collins Recurring role, 6 episodes
2004 Phil of the Future Alice de Luca Episode: "Neander-Phil"
2006 Windfall Frankie McMahon Main role, 13 episodes
2007 CSI: Miami Holly Reese Episode: "Rush"
2007 Moonlight Sam Episode: "Sleeping Beauty"
2007–09 Lincoln Heights Sage Lund Main role, 23 episodes
2008–09 Privileged Mandy Recurring role, 8 episodes
2010 Kelly Brook's Cameltoe Shows Herself Funny or Die skit
2011 Make It or Break It Maeve Benson 3 episodes
2011–13 The Lying Game Madeline "Mads" Rybak Main role, 30 episodes
2015 The Young and the Restless Emma Randall Recurring role

References

  1. ↑ "California Births, 1905 - 1995". Familytreelegends.com. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  2. 1 2 Swift, Andy (January 19, 2012). "'Lying Game' Star Alice Greczyn Talks Food, Dancing & Her New British Love Interest". Hollywood Life.
  3. 1 2 Young, Quentin (August 18, 2011). "Workforce Boulder County saw potential in star of ABC's 'Lying Game". Longmont Times-Call.
  4. 1 2 Webber, Stephanie (February 20, 2012). "'The Lying Game' Interview: Alice Greczyn Details On Her Passions And What Future Roles She'd Love To Snag". Ology.
  5. ↑ "Alice Greczyn Makes Amish Sizzle in the New Film "Sex Drive"". Archived from the original on February 6, 2010.
  6. ↑ "TwitLonger".
  7. ↑ Paxman, Lauren (May 12, 2011). "'You go to a barbecue and leave with a job from Victoria Beckham': Model reveals how she was discovered by Posh". Daily Mail.

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