Freya Mavor Biography
Freya Mavor is a Scottish actress famous for her roles as Mini McGuinness in the E4’s Skins and Daria Greenock in HBO’s Industry. Starring as Mini McGuinness marked her professional debut in the film industry.
Freya Mavor Age
Mavor was born on August 13, 1993, in Glasgow, Scotland. She is 31 years old as of 2024, Mavor celebrates her birthday on August 13th.
Freya Mavor Height
Mavor stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 10 inches.
Freya Mavor Family
Mavor was born to James Mavor. She grew up in Inverleith, Edinburgh alongside her siblings, Hugo and Alex. Her father is a playwright who leads the Master Of Arts screenwriting course at Napier University.
Ronald Bingo Mavor, her grandfather, worked as The Scotsman’s theatre critic in the early 60s. He later became the director of the Scottish Arts Council. James Bridie/Osborne Mavor, her great-grandfather, modified the Scottish theatrical landscape by establishing a college of drama, the precursor of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, in 1950. Mavor’s mother has Irish and Danish roots. At the age of 9, Mavor’s family relocated to La Rochelle, France where they lived for 4 years.
Freya Mavor Boyfriend
According to IMDB, Mavor has been romantically linked with British sculptor, Finn Thomson since 2020. They reside in London. She can play the piano and also speaks French.
Freya Mavor Net Worth
Mavor has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as an actress.
Freya Mavor Skins
Mavor starred as Mini McGuinness in the E4’s Skins SN 5 and 6. Confident and assertive, Mini is the queen bee at Roundview College from Scotland. Despite the image she portrays, she is self-conscious about her weight and will do anything to develop her social power.
Mavor’s performance in the series won her a nomination for a TV Choice Best Actress Award. She auditioned for Skins after hearing on a bus that people were talking about the show.
Freya Mavor The White Queen
Mavor starred as Princess Elizabeth of York in BBC One’s The White Queen. Elizabeth is the eldest daughter and child of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. After marrying Henry VII, she unites the clashing houses of York and Lancaster.
Freya Mavor Industry
Since 2020, Mavor has starred as Daria Greenock in HBO’s Industry. Daria works as a Vice President on Pierpoint’s Cross Product Sales (CPS) desk. Strong and ambitious, she regularly counterpoints Eric Tao’s aggressive sales strategies. Initially, she tries mentoring Harper Stern but her ruthless competitiveness strains their newfound relationship, leading to tensions in their workplace.
Freya Mavor Education
Mavor enrolled at Collège Eugène Fromentin in La Rochelle and Mary Erskine School in Edinburgh. In 2008, she joined the National Youth Theatre.
Freya Mavor Career
Mavor’s interest in acting first began when she watched The Shining at the age of 10. She first experienced acting in school productions of The Tempest as Miranda and in The Merchant of Venice before her stint in the National Youth Theatre. In 2005, she was a mezzo-soprano at the National Youth Choir of Scotland.
Mavor professionally debuted in 2011, starring as Mini McGuinness in E4’s Skins SN 5 and 6. Her performance in the film won her a nomination for a Best Actress Award at the TV Choice Awards 2012. She served as the face of Pringle Of Scotland during their 2011 spring/summer campaign. That same year, she received the Fashion Icon of the Year Award at the Scottish Fashion Awards. FHM ranked her at #78 on their UK edition of 100 World’s Sexiest Women 2012. The following year, she was mentioned among Screen International’s UK Stars of Tomorrow.
2013 to present;
Mavor starred as Nicola Ball in Not Another Happy Ending in 2013. That same year, she starred as Liz in Sunshine on Leith. In 2015, she starred opposite Benjamin Biolay and Elio Germano in The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun. The following year, she starred in Ils sont partout and Cézanne et moi.
On TV, Mavor starred as Princess Elizabeth of York in BBC One’s The White Queen in 2013. Later that year, she starred in Boys at the Arcola Theatre in London. She then starred in Channel 4’s New Worlds. In May 2014, she starred in an episode of Casting(s), En apesanteur.
Mavor played a supporting role in The Sense of an Ending opposite Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling in 2017. Next, she starred in a leading role in Modern Life Is Rubbish. The following year, she starred opposite Aneurin Barnard and Tom Wilkinson in Dead in a Week: Or Your Money Back. That same year, she appeared in BBC One’s The ABC Murders with John Malkovich, The Keeper, and L’Empereur de Paris.
Mavor starred as Catriona Miller in The Darkwater Bride in 2018. She will debut as a director with the anthology film, Kinked. Additionally, she wrote the film’s first chapter. She will star in Dalloway.
Freya Mavor Movies and TV Shows
Mavor has starred in several movies and TV shows during her career such as
- Sunshine on Leith
- The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
- The Jews
- Cézanne and I
- New Worlds
- Dead in a Week or Your Money Back
- Virtuoso
- Balance, Not Symmetry
- Twice Upon a Time
- Rogue Agent
- Industry
- About Joan
- My Policeman
Freya Mavor Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media account and often posts on her Instagram. She has over 100K followers on Instagram.