MORE ABOUT Alexandra Grey - She is an actress, musician and writer, who also performs under the stage name Alexa Grey. 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.