Date of Birth
20 February 1978, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth Name
Lauren Anne D'Ambruoso
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
Spouse
Sam Handel (September 2001 - present) 1 child
Trade Mark
Bright red hair.
Trivia
Attended Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, and Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Connecticut, but transferred and graduated from the High School in the Community, a magnet school also in New Haven. She also attended the Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven's performing arts school, and spent summers studying voice at Tanglewood in Massachusetts.
Classically trained opera singer
Lives in Manhattan (New York City) with her husband, Sam.
Her father, Frank, is a caterer, and her mother, Annie, is an interior designer.
Has a younger brother, John.
Lauren is taking piano lessons.
Husband Sam, a photographer, is originally from Boston.
Gave birth to her first child, a baby boy named Orson, on January 17, 2007.
When she was a kid, she sang at weddings and funerals.
Her grandmother told her to become a funeral director, because she thought acting was very unpredictable, and funeral director would be a practical profession.
Her father's family is Italian-American.
She replaced Michelle Williams in Where the Wild Things Are (2009), after it was decided that Williams didn't quite match the filmmakers' vision of how the character should sound.
Was a big fan of Parker Posey before she worked with her on "The Return of Jezebel James" (2008). After working on the show, they befriended.
Did her own singing in Psycho Beach Party (2000).
Was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Beauty at Every Age section, for age 29, in May 2007.
Moved to New York because she wanted more theater in her life. She quickly got a part in the successful play "Exit the King" opposite Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush.
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