Eva Gray's grandfather, a Polish aristocrat, was arrested during World War II by Stalin's troops when they invaded and took possession of the family farm near Vilno.

When Stalin and Hitler broke ties, her grandfather fought for the British Army and the family settled in Britain where her father met her mother.

[1] Gray began her career working for The Artaud Company in London's West End, in the role of Lulu in 'Intimacy", based on the short story by Jean-Paul Sartre and Michael Almaz.

[5][6][7] Gray has appeared in Casualty,[1] Goodnight Sweetheart, Dalziel and Pascoe, French and Saunders,[8] amongst others, and played the leading role of Portia du Pont in Sooty Heights.

[1] She has appeared in many theatrical performances, including the title role in Strindberg's Miss Julie in 2007 (directed by Conrad Blakemore),[8] Pansy in John Symond's The Poison Maker (2006),[9] Branwen in J.B. Priestley's The Long Mirror (2006 and again in 2011),[10] several more productions of Jean-Paul Sartre's Intimacy[11] (adapted by Michael Almaz) in the West End, Hampstead and Brighton – at different times playing both the characters in this two-hander and also in productions to a sequel to the story by Michael Almaz entitled "After Intimacy".