A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Originally from Washington D.C., Lauren is a NYC-based actress who dodged law school and decided she would rather play one on screen. Lauren’s journey in the entertainment biz began behind the scenes alongside some of the industry’s top producers, where she learned from Academy Award winning producers, writers, directors and actors. It was while working behind the scenes during Oscar season with some of the actors she idolized, that she realized she needed to follow her true passion as an actress. So, she emerged underneath a pile of haute couture ballgown dresses and dazzling red carpet jewels and headed back to school for the 2-year program at the William Esper Studio for a deep dive into the Meisner technique, which was quite different from the double major she earned at NYU in Politics and Communications. She was very honored to be able to study with the legendary Bill Esper during her time at the studio. Meanwhile she has been busy rooting herself in the NY indie film scene. Her recent film “Abigail” has been sweeping the festival circuit and won Best Film at Point Look Film Festival as well as the Audience Award at the Long Island International Film Expo. She just wrapped production on another film “Will You Now or in the Future,” a story of female empowerment, that was proudly created by an all-female production team. As an artist, Lauren’s mission is to tell stories featuring women in strong roles in life whether it’s overcoming adversity, taking on a tough leadership position, figuring out navigating the new world order or feeling comfortable in their own skin as a modern woman. You can also catch Lauren on numerous appearances on “Million Dollar Listing: New York” if you are a reality show junkie…which makes sense because when she isn’t on camera, Lauren runs a multi-million-dollar business selling luxury real estate throughout the city. She also produces her own digital series “On Location with Lauren” that features New York’s cinematic hotspots combining movies and real estate which has its own YouTube channel. Lauren loves healthy living and runs with New York Road Runners in Central Park and is a Pilates junkie. When she isn’t bouncing around the city, she puts on her Martha Stewart apron and loves to entertain in her home on the Upper East Side with her family. Whether it’s an apron, a power suit, or perhaps even an haute couture ballgown of her own, Lauren always looks forward to dazzling on the screen.
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.