Born just a few miles from Hollywood, Mackenzie Firgens was raised as a quintessential starlet by her musician/actor father and singer/artist mother.

From a young age she knew she wanted to be an actor. She began following these aspirations quite early by putting on plays for her parents and friends, often playing several roles, as no one else could keep up with her voracious appetite for performance.

While theatre and on camera work ruled her heart, she devoted her body to movement, enrolling in jazz dance and ballet at the age of 7. By the age of 8 she was busy auditioning for commercials. Her funny and startlingly good imitation of Mae West landed her first television role on Disney's Contraption.

By junior high she had joined a touring theatre group and begun to take on serious dramatic roles that explored peer pressure and domestic violence.

When she arrived at high school which didn't have a drama club, she started one, and then went on to star in it's first production.

Continuing her pursuit of acting she moved to Chicago to study theatre at the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University. She submerged herself in acting, voice, movement and speech, further honing those early dreams into marketable skills.

Eventually she found her way back to the West Coast and performed with the Tony Award winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. Soon after finishing her studies at San Francisco State University's Theatre Department, she was cast in her first feature "Groove" as the lead. It was an Official selection of Sundance 2000, was the first film bought that year and then released by Sony Pictures Classics.

Her most notable performance to date is April in Chris Columbus' movie adaption of "RENT" starring opposite Adam Pascal (School of Rock). She has starred in over 14 films and played opposite Lori Petty (Tank Girl, Point Break), Paul Gleason (The Breakfast Club), Mercedes McNab (Angel), Lane Garrison (Prison Break), Brittany Daniel (Club Dread, Joe Dirt) and John Ratzenberger (Cheers).

Her own production company Pinpoint Focus has several projects in development and will be releasing creative and original independent films in the near future.