---
name: "Lauren Ambrose"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lauren-ambrose"
fi1m_id: "lauren-ambrose"
imdb_id: "nm0024404"
tmdb_id: 54470
wikidata_id: "Q232098"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 February 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-27T09:13:10.418402+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lauren Ambrose

## Identity

Lauren Ambrose

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lauren-ambrose
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lauren-ambrose
- **IMDb ID:** nm0024404
- **TMDB ID:** 54470
- **Wikidata ID:** Q232098
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Ambrose, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232098, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024404/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54470

Actor. Born 20 February 1978 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 February 1978, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** 로렌 앰브로스, ローレン・アンブローズ, لورن آمبروز
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (3), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $100m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Ambrose, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232098, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024404/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54470

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86)
- **Hulu:** [*Where the Wild Things Are*](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Yellowjackets*](https://film.one/tv/yellowjackets.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lauren Ambrose is an American actress and singer. Born on 20 February 1978 in New Haven, Connecticut, she trained in voice and opera at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and began her career with stage work and small television roles, including appearances in *Law & Order*.

She gained recognition for her performance as Denise Fleming in the film *Can't Hardly Wait* (1998) and as the lead in *Psycho Beach Party* (2000). Ambrose achieved wider acclaim for her role as Claire Fisher in the HBO series *Six Feet Under* (2001–2005), earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations and two Screen Actors Guild Awards as part of the ensemble. Subsequent credits include *Servant* (2019–2023) as Dorothy Turner and *Yellowjackets* (2023–2025) as Van Palmer. She has also performed on Broadway, notably as Eliza Doolittle in a revival of *My Fair Lady*, and leads the ragtime band Lauren Ambrose and the Leisure Class.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Yellowjackets* (2021), Fi1m 76, as Van Palmer — [page](https://film.one/tv/yellowjackets.md)
- *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Fi1m 80, as KW (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md)
- *Torchwood* (2006), Fi1m 73, as Jilly Kitzinger — [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, as Claire Fisher — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Caddo Lake* (2024), as Celeste
- *Yellowjackets* (2021), series, as Van Palmer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/yellowjackets.md)
- *Servant* (2019), series, as Dorothy Turner
- *Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People* (2019), as Kate Davis (voice)
- *The Interestings* (2016), series, as Jules Jacobson
- *Dig* (2015), series, as Debbie
- *Deliverance Creek* (2014), as Belle Gatlin Barlow
- *The River* (2013), as Maria · Producer
- *Coma* (2012), series, as Susan Wheeler
- *Sleepwalk with Me* (2012), as Abby
- *Grassroots* (2012), as Emily Bowen
- *Wanderlust* (2012), as Almond
- *Think of Me* (2011), as Angela · Producer
- *I'm Coming Over* (2011), as Greta · Producer
- *Weekends at Bellevue* (2011), as Ellie Harlowe
- *The Other Woman* (2010), as Mindy
- *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), as KW (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md)
- *A Dog Year* (2009), as Emma
- *Cold Souls* (2009), as Stephanie
- *Loving Leah* (2009), as Leah
- *The Return of Jezebel James* (2008), series, as Coco Tompkins
- *Starting Out in the Evening* (2007), as Heather Wolfe
- *Diggers* (2007), as Zoey
- *Torchwood* (2006), series, as Jilly Kitzinger — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *Admissions* (2004), as Evie Brighton
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, as Claire Fisher — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Psycho Beach Party* (2000), as Chicklet / Florence
- *Swimming* (2000), as Frankie Wheeler
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Vanessa Mayer
- *Can't Hardly Wait* (1998), as Denise Fleming
- *In & Out* (1997), as Vicky
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Myra Wringler — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Agent Einstein — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Jessica, Maureen McKinnon, Valerie Maxwell — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Monsters of God*, as Cynthia Lancaster
- *Tonight at Noon*, as Mae

## Gallery

- ![Lauren Ambrose](https://film.one/media/person/61346/gallery-a2143ec37f20.jpg) Lauren Ambrose — 48states at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Lauren_Ambrose_2000.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![SIDEWALKS host Veronica Castro has a special conversation with "Servant" stars Lauren Ambrose and Toby Kebbell. The actors talk about getting into acting, the A (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/61346/gallery-38a3d428e232.png) SIDEWALKS host Veronica Castro has a special conversation with "Servant" stars Lauren Ambrose and Toby Kebbell. The actors talk about getting into acting, the A (2019) — Sidewalks Entertainment, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Lauren_Ambrose.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Star of Can't Hardly Wait, Six Feet Under, and the new X-Files. . NYC July 2016.](https://film.one/media/person/61346/gallery-f237a293a603.jpg) Star of Can't Hardly Wait, Six Feet Under, and the new X-Files. . NYC July 2016. — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lauren_Ambrose_%2828294025866%29.jpg/1280px-Lauren_Ambrose_%2828294025866%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lauren Ambrose](https://film.one/media/person/61346/gallery-11262978de6d.jpg) Lauren Ambrose — Image via TMDB
- ![Lauren Ambrose](https://film.one/media/person/61346/gallery-17accb223c9f.jpg) Lauren Ambrose — Image via TMDB
- ![Lauren Ambrose](https://film.one/media/person/61346/gallery-ea760db00dc6.jpg) Lauren Ambrose — Image via TMDB
- ![Lauren Ambrose](https://film.one/media/person/61346/gallery-3c1cd0a08d96.jpg) Lauren Ambrose — Image via TMDB

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