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Lauren Ambrose is a Actor American born on 20 february 1978 at New Haven (USA)
Lauren Ambrose (born February 20, 1978) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is known for her television roles as Claire Fisher in Six Feet Under (2001–2005), for which she won two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and as Jilly Kitzinger in Torchwood: Miracle Day (2011). Her film credits include Can't Hardly Wait (1998) and Psycho Beach Party (2000).
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Lauren Ambrose
Birth name Lauren Anne D'Ambruoso
Nationality USA
Birth 20 february 1978 (46 years) at New Haven (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 20 february 1978 (46 years) at New Haven (USA)
Biography
Ambrose has been married to professional photographer Sam Handel of Needham, MA since September 2001. They have a son, Orson (b. January 16, 2007) and a second child, born in 2012. They live in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.Usually with
Filmography of Lauren Ambrose (14 films)
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Sleepwalk with Me (2013)
, 1h20Directed by Mike Birbiglia
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lauren Ambrose, Carol Kane, Mike Birbiglia, James Rebhorn, Lucy DeVito, Cristin Milioti
Roles Abby
Rating66%
Sleepwalk with Me is a comedy written by, directed by and starring comedian Mike Birbiglia, based on a true story as told in his one-man off-Broadway show and his first book. The film follows the journey of an aspiring comedian in denial about the fate of his relationship, his goals for the future and his emergent rapid eye movement behavior disorder. The longer his feelings of anxiety go unexpressed, the more uproarious and dangerous his sleepwalking incidents become.
Grassroots (2012)
, 1h39Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jason Biggs, Joel Moore, Lauren Ambrose, Cobie Smulders, Tom Arnold, Christopher McDonald
Roles Emily Bowen
Rating53%
The film tells the story of Phil Campbell (Jason Biggs), a journalist who has just lost his job and gets roped into leading Grant Cogswell's political campaign. Grant, played by Joel David Moore, is Phil's enthusiastic friend whose passion for the monorail inspires him to run for Seattle City Council. Grant is running against Richard McIver, played by Cedric the Entertainer, and although McIver has more money and more supporters, Grant's blind passion paired with Phil's strategy makes Grant a contender.
Wanderlust (2012)
, 1h38Directed by David Wain
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Alan Alda, Malin Åkerman, Lauren Ambrose
Roles Almond
Rating55%
George and Linda Gergenblatt are an urban married couple who purchase a micro-loft in New York after much hesitation. George is expecting a promotion while Linda is trying to sell a documentary to HBO. Soon after purchasing their home, George learns that his company has folded, overnight, while HBO rejects Linda's documentary. With both out of work, they are forced to sell their apartment and drive to Atlanta to live with George's arrogant brother Rick and his wife Marisa after Rick offers George a job.
Cold Souls (2010)
, 1h41Directed by Sophie Barthes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Actors Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson, David Strathairn, Dina Korzun, Katheryn Winnick, Lauren Ambrose
Roles Stephanie
Rating63%
Paul Giamatti is an actor who becomes so impassioned with the characters and roles that he plays that he has trouble disassociating himself from the character after the scene is done. As a result, his mind and spirit are a tangled mass of emotions that he seems to have trouble separating from his own feelings. As he struggles to play Uncle Vanya, he reads an article in The New Yorker regarding "Soul Storage," which in fact is a procedural clinic that physically removes one's soul from his body.
The Other Woman (2010)
, 1h59Directed by Don Roos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow, Lauren Ambrose, Scott Cohen, Charlie Tahan, Anthony Rapp
Roles Mindy
Rating62%
Emilia Greenleaf's life is turned upside down when she begins an affair with married high-powered attorney Jack Woolf and learns she is pregnant. After his quick divorce and their quick wedding, it is revealed through a series of flashbacks that her baby girl Isabel died three days after her birth from SIDS. Vilified as a homewrecker, she attracts the unyielding ire of his furious ex-wife, physician Carolyn, who is revealed to also be pregnant (after she heard about Emilia's pregnancy, she realized that she too wanted another child). Emilia thinks that this is purely out of spite. Now she must come to terms with her stepson, William (Tahan), who upsets her with constant references to her dead baby (including saying that under the terms of Jewish law, Isabel did not live long enough to be considered a full human being). Emilia's efforts to bond with William do not go well and succeed only in making both Carolyn and Jack think less of her.
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
, 1h41Directed by Spike Jonze
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Max Records, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, Paul Dano, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara
Roles KW (voice)
Rating66%
The film begins with Max, a lonely nine-year-old boy with an active imagination whose parents are divorced, wearing a wolf costume and chasing his dog. His older sister, Claire, does nothing when her friends crush Max's snow fort (with him inside) during a snowball fight. Out of frustration, Max messes up her bedroom and destroys a frame that he had made for her. At school, Max's teacher teaches him and his classmates about the eventual death of the sun. Later on, his mother, Connie, invites her boyfriend Adrian to dinner. Max becomes upset with his mother for not coming to the fort he made in his room. He wears his wolf costume, acts like an animal, and demands to be fed. When his mother gets upset, he throws a tantrum and bites her on the shoulder. She yells at him and he runs away, scared by what has transpired. At the edge of a pond Max finds a small boat that he boards.
Loving Leah (2009)
, 1h35Directed by Jeff Bleckner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays
Actors Lauren Ambrose, Adam Kaufman, Natasha Lyonne, Susie Essman, Ricki Lake, Mercedes Ruehl
Roles Leah
Rating70%
Jake Lever (Adam Kaufman) is a successful cardiologist living in Washington, D.C. While at the hospital, he dreams that his brother, Benjamin, tells him that they are okay. Jake is confused and is baffled after learning later that day that his brother has died suddenly. He feels guilty for not having kept in touch with his brother for several years. After Ben's funeral held in Brooklyn, Jake finds out that because his brother's wife Leah (Lauren Ambrose) has been left without children, they must perform a ceremony called halizah in order to nullify a levirate marriage.
Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
, 1h51Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor, Adrian Lester, Michael Cumpsty, Joel West
Roles Heather Wolfe
Rating68%
Now aging and ailing, one-time celebrated author Leonard Schiller has been forgotten by his readers, literary colleagues, and critics during the decade he has struggled to complete what he knows will be his final novel. When brash, ambitious Brown University graduate student Heather Wolfe approaches him with a request for access to his thoughts and recollections for the Master's thesis she hopes will reintroduce the public to his work, he initially refuses to cooperate. But the young woman is relentless, and he finally agrees to weekly meetings in which he slowly begins to open up to her as he reluctantly recalls his past.
A Dog Year (2007)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Jeff Bridges, Lauren Ambrose, Domhnall Gleeson, Welker White, Elizabeth Marvel, Karen Allen
Roles Emma
Rating60%
Jon Katz faces a midlife crisis. His wife moves out because he was growing too distant, their daughter Emma has moved to a place of her own, and he is left in the house with their two labrador retrievers and a severe case of writer's block. A dog breeder who has read his books convinces him to take in an abused and hyperactive border collie named Devon – and his crazy new life begins.
Diggers (2006)
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Paul Rudd, Lauren Ambrose, Ron Eldard, Josh Hamilton, Ken Marino, Sarah Paulson
Roles Zoey
Rating62%
A coming-of-age story about four working-class friends growing up on Long Island, New York, as clam diggers. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as their grandfathers before them.
Psycho Beach Party (2000)
, 1h35Origin Australie
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Comedy horror films
Actors Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson, Amy Adams, Nicholas Brendon, Matt Keeslar, Kimberley Davies
Roles Chicklet / Florence
Rating59%
Florence "Chicklet" Forrest (Lauren Ambrose), a Gidget-like character, experiences inexplicable blackouts, and fears that she might be the one responsible for a series of mysterious deaths in her beach-side town. The deaths are investigated by Captain Monica Stark (Charles Busch), who also suspects Chicklet's mother (Beth Broderick), Chicklet's best friend Berdine (Danni Wheeler), surfing guru The Great Kanaka (Thomas Gibson) and B-movie actress Bettina Barnes (Kimberley Davies). Florence is determined to learn to surf, and earns the nickname "Chicklet" from the surfer guys, all the while displaying multiple personalities.
Swimming (2000)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lauren Ambrose, Jennifer Dundas, Joelle Carter, Joshua Harto, Josh Pais, Anthony Ruivivar
Roles Frankie Wheeler
Rating63%
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
, 1h41Directed by Betty Thomas, Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée
Actors Jerry O'Connell, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli
Roles Denise Fleming
Rating64%
Students from the suburbs of Philadelphia are attending a high-school graduation party at a large house owned by a rich class member's family. Preston Meyers (Ethan Embry) plans to proclaim his love to his four-year secret crush Amanda Beckett (Jennifer Love Hewitt). Amanda, the prom queen, had recently broken up with her immature jock boyfriend Mike Dexter (Peter Facinelli). Mike is targeted by nerd classmate William Lichter (Charlie Korsmo), who is plotting revenge against him for years of bullying. Preston's antisocial best friend Denise Fleming (Lauren Ambrose) has no intention of going to the party but is dragged along by Preston. Kenny Fisher (Seth Green) is a wigger who plans on losing his virginity by the end of the night.
In & Out (1997)
, 1h32Directed by Frank Oz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Coming out, LGBT-related film
Actors Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley
Roles Vicky
Rating64%
Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) is a well-liked English literature teacher, living a quiet life in the fictional town of Greenleaf, Indiana, with his fiancée and fellow teacher Emily Montgomery (Joan Cusack), who recently lost 75 pounds. The town is filled with anticipation over the nomination of Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon), Howard's former student, in the Best Actor category at the Academy Awards for his portrayal of a gay soldier in To Serve and Protect. Cameron does indeed win the award and, in his acceptance speech, thanks Howard, adding, "…and he's gay."