Name: Olive Gray
Age: 27
Hometown: Cambridge, England
Now lives: In a three-story loft in the Southgate neighborhood of London with their dad and mom, three siblings and two cockapoos.
Claim to fame: Mx. Gray is a musician and actor who stars in “Halo,” a Paramount+ adaptation of the vastly widespread online game franchise. “We filmed in front of the biggest blue screen in Europe, so the whole time I was completely awe struck and mesmerized by working in this big expanse of space,” Mx. Gray mentioned. “I remember thinking, ‘This must be how an ant feels every day.’” Mx. Gray can be recognized for roles in varied British productions, together with the BAFTA-winning TV thriller “Save Me” and the bawdy comedy “Sex Education.”
Big break: Mx. Gray’s father, David Grant, was one half of the Nineteen Eighties funk-pop duo Linx, and Mx. Gray’s mom, Carrie Grant, represented Britain at the 1983 Eurovision contest as half of the pop group Sweet Dreams. “I grew up around a lot of people that I was also a fan of, which is kind of weird looking back on it,” they mentioned. “I would run around the house and scream Spice Girls songs at the top of my lungs, and then sit with actual members of the Spice Girls in my living room.”
At the age of 10, Mx. Gray landed a recurring function on “The Story of Tracy Beaker,” a TV present a few woman in foster care. “As a kid, ‘fame’ was never really that big of a deal,” Mx. Gray mentioned. “I know that sounds like not a terribly normal thing to say.”
Latest undertaking: Mx. Gray will launch a five-track EP this 12 months, which they described as “jazz and indie rock” with just a little bit of pop. “You have to be very technical as a session singer when it comes to things like breathing and tone,” Ms. Gray mentioned. “So even when I’m recording my own music, I still tend to hyper-analyze the quality of the sound like it’s a different person’s voice.”
Next factor: “Halo,” in which Mx. Gray performs Commander Miranda Keyes, has been renewed for a second season. “There is nothing quite like the scale of a big American sci-fi, is there? Everything just happens so quickly.”
Bad opinions: Mx. Gray grew up “obsessed” with obscure French cinema, typically downloaded from the web. “I only watched French independent films, even though a lot of them were really bad,” they mentioned. “There was one about this party where every guest was from a different time period. It was very strange — probably one of the worst films I’ve ever seen.”
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