Lauren Ambrose Filmography

Born:: February 20, 1978 in New Haven, CT
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Lauren Anne D'Ambruoso
Biography:: An actress who brings wide-eyed introspection and wry humor to her work, Lauren Ambrose first came to the attention of mainstream audiences with her supporting role as Ethan Embry's reclusive, brainy friend in the teen party flick Can't Hardly Wait (1998). Ambrose, a native of New Haven...Read More

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Where the Wild Things Are

Actors: Max Records, Benicio Del Toro, Paul Dano, Tom Noonan, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker, Lauren Ambrose, Catherine Keener, Michael Berry Jr.

10/16/09
The Return of Jezebel James [TV Series]

Actors: Parker Posey, Lauren Ambrose, Scott Cohen, Michael Arden, Ron McLarty

Synopsis: If nothing else, the extremely shortlived Fox comedy series The Return of Jezebel James will make a nice answer to the trivia question "In what 2008 TV show did the title character never appear?" Indie-film favorite Parker Posey starred as Sarah Thomkins, a successful editor of children's books. Read More

2008
Starting Out in the Evening

Actors: Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor, Adrian Lester

Synopsis: Frank Langella (Dracula, Good Night, and Good Luck.) stars in Andrew Wagner's independent drama Starting Out in the Evening, an adaptation of the acclaimed 1999 best-seller by Brian Morton. Langella plays Leonard Schiller, a once-celebrated author whose first four novels inspired Heather Wolfe (Lauren Ambrose Read More

11/23/07
Diggers

Actors: Paul Rudd, Lauren Ambrose, Ron Eldard, Josh Hamilton, Sarah Paulson, Ken Marino, Maura Tierney

Synopsis: In the years before the Hamptons became the ultimate Long Island destination, two generations of clam diggers work the land and struggle to make sense of the changes that threaten to forever change their simple way of life. The year is 1976, and the future Long Island vacationing hotspot is little Read More

4/27/07
Tonight at Noon

Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lauren Ambrose

2007
Six Feet Under: Season 05

Actors: Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause, Rachel Griffiths, Lauren Ambrose, Frances Conroy, Mathew St. Patrick, Freddy Rodriguez

Synopsis: The Fisher clan suffers, suffers some more, and eventually begins to heal in the fifth and final season of HBO's Six Feet Under. As the season begins, Nate (Peter Krause) and Brenda (Rachel Griffiths) are finally ready to wed after four seasons of tumultuous courtship. But when Brenda miscarries Read More

2005
Six Feet Under: Season 04

Actors: Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause, Lauren Ambrose, Frances Conroy, Mathew St. Patrick

Synopsis: The mysterious death of Lisa Fisher (Lili Taylor) -- revealed in the third-season finale, "I'm Sorry, I'm Lost" -- casts a dark shadow across the entire fourth season of this critically acclaimed HBO drama. As funeral director Nate (Peter Krause) grapples with single parenthood and the aftermath Read More

2004
Admissions

Actors: Christopher Lloyd, Amy Madigan, John Savage, Fran Kranz, Taylor Roberts, Lauren Ambrose

Synopsis: A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie (Lauren Ambrose) is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League institutions for which she seems Read More

2004
Six Feet Under: Season 03

Actors: Michael C. Hall, Mathew St. Patrick, Peter Krause, Lauren Ambrose, Frances Conroy

Synopsis: Love and death (and the problems they bring) remain the constants in the third season of the HBO drama series Six Feet Under. In season three, now that Federico (Freddy Rodriguez) has bought a 25 percent interest in the funeral home, the name changes from Fisher and Sons to Fisher and Diaz, and he Read More

2003
Swimming

Actors: Lauren Ambrose, Jennifer Dundas Lowe, Joelle Carter, Jamie Harrold, James Villemaire

Synopsis: Robert J. Siegel directs this understated exploration of love, sexuality and friendship. Set during the opening of the summer vacation season at Myrtle Beach, the film focuses on Frankie (Lauren Ambrose), a quiet, introverted girl who works with her brother Neil (Josh Pais) at the family's burger Read More

4/5/02
Six Feet Under: Season 02

Actors: Michael C. Hall, Mathew St. Patrick, Peter Krause, Lauren Ambrose, Frances Conroy

Synopsis: The second season of HBO's critically acclaimed series Six Feet Under finds the Fisher family struggling to keep Fisher & Sons, their funeral home, from being bought up by Kroehner, one of the leading conglomerates in the local death business. Meanwhile, the Fishers grow exponentially complex Read More

2002
Six Feet Under: Season 01

Actors: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Rachel Griffiths, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick

Synopsis: The first season of HBO's critically acclaimed series Six Feet Under starts out with a bang; or, perhaps more appropriately, a crash, as the patriarch of the Fisher family (Richard Jenkins) is hit by an oncoming bus while driving the family hearse. Suddenly, his business -- Fisher & Sons, a Read More

2001
Psycho Beach Party

Actors: Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson, Kimberley Davies, Matt Keeslar

Synopsis: Robert Lee King directs this wacky, campy fusion of teenaged surfer flicks and slasher sagas. Impossibly perky Florence (Lauren Ambrose) doesn't quite fit in at her thoroughly square high school in her seaside Southern California town -- that is, until she happens upon a band of ultra-hip surfer Read More

8/4/00
Can't Hardly Wait

Actors: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green

Synopsis: After the Huntington Hills High graduation ceremony, the fun gets underway at the graduation party where an assortment of jocks, geeks, prom queens, bimbos, headbangers, and nerdy misfits unload four years' worth of emotional baggage at a house where the hostess (Michelle Brookhurst) loses control Read More

6/12/98
Law & Order: Damaged

Synopsis: A teacher who worked in a school where a mentally challenged student was gang-raped is shot. The killing is revealed to be part of a vendetta, possibly tied in with the sexual assault. When time comes for prosecution, the attorney for the three rapists tries to secure a lesser sentence by arguing Read More

1998
In & Out

Actors: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley

Synopsis: Life is sweet for high-school English teacher and sports coach Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline); he's still living where he grew up, he has a good relationship with his father (Wilford Brimley) and mother (Debbie Reynolds), he's respected by his community, and he's about to marry Emily (Joan Cusack) Read More

1997
Law & Order: Pride and Joy

Synopsis: A building superintendent is found murdered, and the chief suspect is the man's 17-year-old son, Sean McKinnon (Gabriel Olds). The boy insists that his father was abusive, and that he acted in self defense. The investigation conducted by the D.A.'s office is virtually frozen in its tracks by the Read More

1993
Law & Order: Skin Deep

Synopsis: Law & Order launched its third season (and its new Wednesday-night time slot) with a complex murder mystery involving a "high-fashion" photographer who sidelines as a pimp. Found murdered in his studio, the photographer has left behind a rather sizeable address book, crammed with the names and Read More

1992