Alice Hannah Meiqui Greczyn (born February 6, 1986) is an American actress and model best known for roles in the films ''

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'', '' Shrooms'', ''

House of Fears ''House of Fears'' is a 2007 American horror film, directed by Ryan Little. It stars Corri English, Sandra McCoy, Michael J. Pagan, Corey Sevier and Alice Greczyn. The film was released Direct-to-DVD on April 27, 2009 in the UK. The DVD release ...

'' and '' Sex Drive''. She is also well known as Sage Lund in '' Lincoln Heights'', and as Madeline "Mads" Rybak in '' The Lying Game''.

Early life

Greczyn was born in

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and lives in

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. She is the oldest of five children. As a child, Greczyn competed in

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. She was home-schooled in

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, graduated early from high school, and started taking classes at

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when she was 15 or 16. Informed that she had to be 18 to take Colorado's nursing test, she decided to try modeling and relocated to

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. Greczyn is of European and Asian descent. On her heritage, Greczyn stated, "I'm mainly

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, Japanese, and Polish, but there's also Chinese,

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, Irish, Native American, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish,

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, and Czech."

Acting career

Greczyn started her career with a role in the movie ''

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''. She later appeared in the Fox comedy show '' Quintuplets'' as a recurring character. She was also cast in the short lived show '' Windfall''. Greczyn played a recurring character on both '' Lincoln Heights'' and '' Privileged''. Greczyn was cast in a supporting role for the 2004 comedy ''

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'' and appeared in the 2005 film ''

''. In 2007, Greczyn appeared in the horror films ''

'' and '' Shrooms''. The following year she appeared in the comedy, '' Sex Drive'' and the action film ''

Exit Speed ''Exit Speed'' is a 2008 action film by Sabbatical Pictures. The film was directed by Scott Ziehl, and stars Desmond Harrington, Julie Mond, Lea Thompson, Alice Greczyn, David Rees Snell and Fred Ward. The 90-minute action film was shown at Canne ...

'', opposite Fred Ward. In 2011, Greczyn was a model for Victoria Beckham's denim and eyewear line. She appeared in three episodes of the

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series ''

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'', playing a model struggling with anorexia. She starred as a series regular on another ABC Family show '' The Lying Game'', as Madeline "Mads" Rybak.

Dare to Doubt

Greczyn was brought up in a

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tradition which she later rejected. Her book ''Wayward: A Memoir of Spiritual Warfare and Sexual Purity'' describes her journey away from "toxic" religion. She hosts the website "Dare to Doubt", a resource portal for people seeking to escape from a belief system.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Alice Greczyn biography
from NBC.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greczyn, Alice 1986 births American film actresses American television actresses Female models from California Living people People from Walnut Creek, California American people of French descent American actresses of Japanese descent American film actors of Asian descent American people of Polish descent 21st-century American actresses American atheists