Lauren Ambrose
Gender: Female
Born: 20th February 1978 (currently 33 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Six Feet Under, The Return of Jezebel James
Movies: Can't Hardly Wait, Psycho Beach Party, Swimming, Diggers, Starting Out in the Evening, A Dog Year, Where the Wild Things Are, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Loving Leah, Cold Souls, In & Out, Admissions, Wanderlust, Grassroots, Weekends at Bellevue, I'm Coming Over, Think of Me, Reinventando Hollywood
Lauren Ambrose (born February 20, 1978) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for playing Claire Fisher on the HBO funeral drama series Six Feet Under.
Ambrose was born Lauren Anne D'Ambruoso in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Anne (née Wachtel), an interior designer, and Frank D'Ambruoso, a caterer. She is of Italian descent on her father's side and German, English, and Irish on her mother's. Ambrose 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 also sings New Orleans-flavored ragtime with the seven-piece combo Lauren Ambrose and the Leisure Class. Ambrose has been married to professional photographer Sam Handel of Needham, MA since September 2001. They have a son, Orson (b. January 16, 2007) and currently live in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Ambrose began her career in New York theater, mainly in Off-Broadway productions. Her early career also included television appearances, most notably
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