Lauren Ambrose at the premiere of Psycho Beach Party at the 24th Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in San Francisco in June 2000

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Biography

Personal life

Ambrose was born in New Haven, Connecticut of Italian descent on her father's side,^[1] and attended Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, Wilbur Cross High School, High School in the Community, and the ACES Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven. She is also a trained opera singer who studied voice and opera at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Ambrose has been married to photographer Sam Handel since September 2001. She and husband Sam welcomed a son, Orson Halcyon, just after 4 pm^[2] on January 16, 2007 in New York City. Nickname: Location in Connecticut Coordinates: , NECTA New Haven Region South Central Region Settled 1638 Incorporated (city) 1784 Consolidated 1895 Government  - Type Mayor-board of aldermen  - Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. ... Choate Rosemary Hall Choate Rosemary Hall (or simply Choate) is a New England preparatory school for students in grades 9-12, known as the third through sixth forms at the school. ... Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. ... ACES Educational Center for the Arts, or ECA, is an American public arts magnet high school located at 55 Audubon Street in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The school is primarily located in the former Mishkan Israel synagogue with studio spaces across the street. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... Groton Place, Boston University Tanglewood Institute The Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) is a summer festival for high school musicians located in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA under the auspices of Boston University. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Career

Her first film role was In & Out (1997), which was followed by a more prominent role in the chaotic high school comedy Can't Hardly Wait (1998). She was the ingenue lead, Florence "Chicklet" Forrest, in the cult favorite Psycho Beach Party (2000). Ambrose began her role on Six Feet Under in early 2001. She was nominated for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Emmy Award twice, following the 2002 and 2003 seasons of the critically-acclaimed drama. Film poster for In & Out. ... Cant Hardly Wait is a 1998 romantic teen comedy film directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. ... Psycho Beach Party is a 2000 film based on the off-Broadway play of the same name, directed by Robert Lee King. ... Six Feet Under is a critically acclaimed American television drama created by Alan Ball that was originally broadcast from 2001 to 2005. ...

In 2006, Ambrose made her Broadway debut in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of Awake and Sing!. In 2007, she appeared as Juliet in the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park to great critcal acclaim. Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Awake and Sing! is a 1935 play by Clifford Odets. ... The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization. ... Shakespeare redirects here. ... Romeo and Juliet in the famous balcony scene by Ford Madox Brown For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation). ... The Delacorte Theater is located in Central Park in New York City. ...

Filmography

• In & Out (1997)
• Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
• Summertime's Calling Me (1998)
• Saving Graces (1999) (TV series)
• Swimming (2000)
• Psycho Beach Party (2000)
• Six Feet Under (2001) (TV series)
• Admissions (2004)
• Diggers (2006)
• Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
• Tonight at Noon (2007) (Post-production)
• A Dog Year (2008) (Post-production)

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Other Work

• The Darkness (video game) (2007) - Jenny Romano

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Footnotes

External links

• Lauren Ambrose at the Internet Movie Database