Lauren Ambrose in Think of Me
Nominated For: Best Female Lead
Film: Think of Me
Biography
Lauren Ambrose is most known for her critically acclaimed work on the HBO series Six Feet Under as Claire Fisher. In the five seasons the show was on the air, Ambrose received two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2002 and 2003). Other film credits include Where the Wild Things Are, by Spike Jonze, Love and Other Possible Pursuits directed by Don Roos and starring Natalie Portman, Cold Souls opposite Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson and David Strathairn, A Dog Year, opposite Jeff Bridges, Starting Out In the Evening, opposite Frank Langella and Lili Taylor, Diggers, opposite Paul Rudd, and Can’t Hardly Wait. Ambrose won the OutFest L.A. Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Actress for her lead performances in both Swimming and Psycho Beach Party. On Broadway she has appeared in Exit the King, opposite Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush, Clifford Odets Awake and Sing! opposite Mark Ruffalo and the London National Theatre production of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child. Ambrose can currently be seen on the critically acclaimed Starz series Torchwood: Miracle Day. This fall, Ambrose will be seen in David Wain’s Wanderlust with Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston. She currently resides in New York City with her husband and son.
Other nominees in this category:
Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn
Rachael Harris in Natural Selection
Adepero Oduye in Pariah
