Our Team
WHO WE ARE
McGregor Casting was formed in 2001 in Kirsty McGregor's spacious one bedroom flat in Woolloomooloo to the rhythm of a very intimately placed train track.
By 2002 the business had expanded so dramatically we moved to our lovely Stanmore office and then again in 2011 to our grandiose warehouse premises in Redfern, where we currently reside.
We have consistently maintained and expanded our reputation for being a dynamic and in-demand agency whose work is highly respected.
We pride ourselves on being reliable and producing quality, diverse work.
Principal Director: Kirsty McGregor
Senior Casting Director: Stevie Ray
Casting Director: Will Pearce
Casting Assistant: Jonny Budd
Casting Assistant: Tiara Junor
Casting Assistant: Michelle Ny
What makes McGregor Casting great is our team of passionate, dedicated employees who share a passion for Film, Television and Theatre.
Here at McGregor’s we like coming to work.
KIRSTY MCGREGOR,CSA,CGA
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Little is known about the first few years of Kirsty’s life though certain assumptions can be made from a photograph taken of her performing in a 1200 seat theatre in roller skates. Born into a large and creative family, Kirsty was forced to learn varied and obscure tricks to be able to get any attention. By the age of 6 people were paying her for it.
Growing up she performed in various theatre and television shows culminating in the Australian cult hit Bride’s of Christ, where her acting talents were stretched to the limit when she took on playing the role of a good catholic girl. In her late twenties Kirsty got jack of being cast as a teenager and discovered a passion for casting.
She worked for various people around Sydney until she discovered that starting your own business and working from home meant you got to sleep in and wear pyjamas to work.
Thus McGregor Casting was born and Kirsty slogged away creating what is now one of Sydney’s most highly respected Casting agencies.
Today Kirsty works with Australia’s top directors….and she still roller skates.
STEVIE RAY,CGA
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Stevie spent his late teens selling VCRs and TVs and once completing his degree in his early 20s, began collecting other spurious qualifications.
He is a qualified blackjack and roulette dealer, he served the good people of York their Fat Rascals for a few months in 2000 and spent late nights rolling biscuit dough in the early noughties.
In 2007 Stevie managed to corner Kirsty in a bar and, while plying her with liquor, forced her to give him a job.
He’s been variously described as a drunkard, Jesuitical and bearded. He doesn’t read anything published within the last 20 years and is frustratingly nostalgic.
These days when he isn’t calming actors nerves in studio he can be found sweating over his homebrew tools.
If you’re watching something and it’s ace, he might just have cast that one.
WILL PEARCE, CGA
Will relocated to Sydney from London in 2017 and has only recently learnt that drop bears don’t actually exist…his casting career started in London back in 2014, where he worked with some of the UK’s top casting directors.
Will was named a Rising Talent for Casting for 2024 by IF Magazine.
When he’s not at McGregor’s he can be found playing football or golf somewhere.
Controversial, but he’s still not a fan of vegemite…
TIARA JUNOR
The resident nepo baby, Tiara moved to Sydney from Jakarta, Indonesia in 2022.
Having never worked in the industry before, Tiara jumped into casting not knowing what to expect, and found herself loving the process and the people.
When not in the office, you can find Tiara at your nearest theatre, watching musicals every other week.
JONNY BUDD
Jonny loves writing about himself, speaking in the third person, and all other forms of navel-gazing.
MICHELLE NY
From getting bitten by a dog during door sales, selling cameras as teenager, to slinging cocktails as a bartender all while jumping around the performing arts scene as an actor, performing artist, filmmaker, producer & director, Michelle has walked in many shoes.
Now she’s put those many shoes to rest and has joyfully landed in casting.
The casting world needed more diversity anyway.
