Alexandra Jordan Grey is an actress, writer, and singer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. Raised in seven foster homes, she was determined not be a stereotype and to always follow her dreams of making it on the small screen. After high-school, she relocated to California where she began studying Theater at California State University Northridge and soon after began a career in television. Her roles include Empire (2015), How to Get Away with Murder (2014), and The Alienist (2018). In 2021, she joined the cast of the CBS action/adventure series Macgyver, where she played Parker Phillips - a new electrical engineer brought on to help solve cases with the Macgyver team.