Jane Mclean - Who?
She was born Jane Gregorio, in Manila, Philippines in the year 1974. At the age of 10 months, her family moved to Mississauga, Ontario where Jane was raised. This Filipino-Canadian actress is about to be made famous with her supporting role as Charisse, best friend to Rachel McAdam’s Clare, in the movie “Time Traveller’s Wife”, which was shot in Toronto and Chicago.
McLean did not start out to be an actress. As in any typical immigrant family, her parents urged her to go for a “traditional job”. After high school, she enrolled in the Canadian Securities Course, and worked at Financial Concept Group in North York, Ontario.
However, acting was always her passion. From the time that she was a child, Jane was said to love performing, and would play act in her basement with her family as audience. Eventually, Mclean took the plunge by quitting her marketing job in Toronto’s financial service industry. Thus begun Jane Mclean’s acting career in 2001 when she enrolled herself at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in California. She has since worked with major Hollywood stars including Joely Fisher, Taye Diggs, Peter Weller, Gloria Reuben, Gary Lewis, and Academy Award winner Mercedes Ruehl. Immediately after theatre school, she began landing roles in both film and television (Terminal City, 24, Dexter).
Jane McLean is finally living her dream life, working at what she loves. Filipino-Canadian immigrants would be happy to know that although Jane immigrated at the age of one, she can speak Tagalog and carries the Philippines in her heart. She is a source of pride for the whole Filipino community.
In an interview with Tribute’s Toni-Marie Ippolito, Jane was asked what time period in her life she would go back to if she could time-travel. She was quoted as saying, “I would love to go back to the Philippines. I was born there. I came to Canada when I wasn’t even a year old, so how fun would it be to go back to that time when you were a baby and you didn’t have a worry in the world? So, I think it would be great to go back and see through the eyes of a child, and open my eyes to new surroundings.” Read an interview with Jane Mclean at Tribute.ca
See her listings of movie and TV credits.
Comments (3)
madz
August 9th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
I wish her luck too. Another one that could make the Philippines proud
Kirhat
August 19th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Her features are so pinay. I’m glad she made it good there in Canada and I hope she can continue to reap success in show business.
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miles sible
August 25th, 2009 at 11:09 am
she’s so pretty
she looks like Bing Pimentel:)
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