Laura Allen




American actress

































Laura Allen
Born
(1974-03-21) March 21, 1974 (age 44)

Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Alma mater Wellesley College
Occupation Actress
Years active 2000–present
Spouse(s)
Bruce Weyman (m. 2006)
Children 2
Website lauraallen.net

Laura Allen (born March 21, 1974)[1] is an American actress. She starred as Lily Tyler during the first two seasons of the USA Network show The 4400.




Contents






  • 1 Personal life


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Filmography


    • 3.1 Film


    • 3.2 Television




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Personal life


Allen was born in Portland, Oregon,[1] the daughter of Julie and David Allen.[2] She grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington,[1] as the middle child of three sisters: older Jennifer (Jenny) and younger Lindsay. She attended Wellesley College as a Sociology major and graduated in 1996. She worked with the NYPD as a domestic violence counselor[3] before pursuing acting.


She and Bruce Weyman married at the Relais Palazzo del Capitano in Pienza, Italy, on September 23, 2006. They have two sons.[4]



Career


Allen first established her career portraying Laura Kirk-English DuPres on the soap opera All My Children from 2000–02, taking over the role from Lauren Roman who originated the role in 1995–98. After departing AMC, Allen went on to play Susan Delacorte in Mike Newell's Mona Lisa Smile co-starring with Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst and Julia Stiles. She later starred in USA Network's hit series, The 4400. She played the role of Lily Tyler. However, her character was written out of the show before its third season. She did reprise the role of Lily Tyler in 2007 in the fourth season of The 4400 for one episode.[5]


In 2006, Allen was a guest star on House M.D. in the episode "All In", as Sarah, the mother of a sick 6-year-old boy. She was also a guest star in the season 2 episode of Criminal Minds "Open Season" as the victim of two serial killers and alongside Cynthia Nixon in the 2007 season premiere of Law & Order: SVU. She starred as Julia Mallory in the first season of the FX drama series Dirt. Her character was a Hollywood heroin addict. She also appeared as a former love interest of Major Owen Hunt on the ABC's Grey's Anatomy in 2009. Other recent projects include the thrillers Hysteria, From Within and The Collective, and Old Dogs with John Travolta and Robin Williams. She has played regular characters in two television series: Katie Nichols in Terriers in 2010 and Hannah Britten in Awake in 2012. 2014 portrayed Meg[6] alongside side Eli Roth, Peter Stormare and Elizabeth Whitmere,[7] in the American horror film Clown.[8] She also portrayed Linda Kessler in the Drama thriller film Nanny Cam.[9]


In May 2016, Allen guest starred in the thirteenth episode of the first season of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, titled "Paper Orphans". She played Emily Wagner, the mother of a young girl that was kidnapped in Haiti.



Filmography



Film























































































Year
Title
Role
Notes
2003

A Tale of Two
Limo Girl
Short film
2003

Mona Lisa Smile
Susan Delacorte

2005

How You Look to Me
Jane Carol Webb

2008

From Within
Trish

2008

The Collective
Clare

2009

Old Dogs
Kelly

2010

Cherry
Linda

2010

Hysteria
Erin

2013

Red Car
Marilyn
Short film
2014

Clown
Meg McCoy

2014

Nanny Cam
Linda Kessler

2018

The Tale
Young Nettie

2018

Unspeakable
Marie Deguire
Short


Television

























































































































































Year
Title
Role
Notes
2000

The Street
Jennifer
"Pilot"
2000–01

All My Children
Laura English
Recurring role
2004

Cold Case
Vanessa Prosser
"Late Returns"
2004

North Shore
Monique
"More"
2004

Sucker Free City
Samantha Wade
Television movie
2004–05, 2007

The 4400

Lily Tyler
Main role (seasons 1-2)
2006

House
Sarah Alston
"All In"
2007

Criminal Minds
Bobbi Baird
"Open Season"
2007

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Cass Magnall
"Alternate"
2007–08

Dirt
Julia Mallory
Main role
2009

Grey's Anatomy
Beth Whitman
"Beat Your Heart Out", "Before and After"
2009

CSI: Miami
Sondra Moore
"Dissolved"
2010

Terriers
Katie Nichols
Main role
2012

Awake

Hannah Britten
Main role
2013

Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
Alison Dunn
Television movie
2013–14

Ravenswood
Rochelle Matheson
Recurring role
2014

NCIS: New Orleans
Katherine Wilson
"Watch Over Me"
2015

Suits
Annabelle Specter
"Hitting Home", "Faith"
2016

Most Wanted
Olivia
Unsold TV pilot
2016

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
Emily Wagner
"Paper Orphans"
2017

American Horror Story: Cult
Rosie
"Neighbors from Hell", "Holes"
2017

Wisdom of the Crowd
Det. Shelly Walsh
"Clear History"
2018

9-1-1
Marcy Nash
"Point of Origin"
2018

Hap and Leonard
Officer Reynolds
Recurring role


References





  1. ^ abc Baker, Jeff (April 28, 2014). "18 actors you (maybe) didn't know were from Portland". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved February 15, 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Profile of Laura Allen at". Filmreference.com. March 21, 1974. Retrieved January 14, 2014.


  3. ^ "Bio". Lauraallen.net. Retrieved January 14, 2014.


  4. ^ "Profile in ''People Magazine''". People.com. January 14, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2014.


  5. ^ Lee, Patrick. "What Happened To 4400's Lily?". Archived from the original on July 15, 2006. Retrieved December 11, 2006.


  6. ^ Med (Laura Allen)


  7. ^ Clown


  8. ^ Eli Roth’s Clown stars Peter Stormare, Eli Roth, Laura Allen, and Elizabeth Whitmere


  9. ^ Nanny Cam - MarVista Entertainment Archived February 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.




External links




  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata


  • Laura Allen on IMDb Edit this at Wikidata









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