Auden Thornton

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Auden Thornton
Education Juilliard School (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present

Auden Thornton is an American actress.

Life and career

Thornton was cast in the film Arlington Road and graduated from the Juilliard School in 2011. [1] In New York City, Thornton began performing in Off-Broadway plays, include Years of Sky and Three Sisters . She also guest-starred in a number of television series, include Blue Bloods , The Good Wife , Forever , and Elementary .

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In 2017, Thornton played a leading role in the critically acclaimed independent drama film Beauty Mark . The film has 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [2] Thornton received positive reviews and won Los Angeles Film Festival Award for Best Breakout Performance. [3] [4] In 2019, she was cast in a recurring role for the fourth season of the NBC family drama series, This Is Us . [5] In 2020, Thornton was cast in the ABC pilot Thirtysomething(else), the sequel to critically acclaimed drama Thirtysomething , in which she will play Brittany Weston, the daughter of Elliot Weston (Timothy Busfield) and Nancy Weston (Patricia Wettig). [6] [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Arlington Road Hannah Lang
2014 The Longest Week Woman at Gallery
2015 True Story Lena
2017 Beauty Mark Angie Los Angeles Film Festival Award for Best Breakout Performance
2025 Broke Ali

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Pan Am AnkeEpisode: "Ich Bin Ein Berliner"
2013 Blue Bloods AngieEpisode: "Unwritten Rules"
2014 The Good Wife Darla RiggsEpisode: "We, the Juries"
2015 Forever Sarah ClancyEpisode: "Memories of Murder"
2016 Elementary Julie MonahanEpisode: "Ready or Not"
2016 Royal Pains BreeEpisode: "Palpating the Orbital Rim"
2017 Doubt Gemma AshfordEpisodes: "Pilot" and "Not a Word"
2018 Bull Sarah LynchEpisode: "Keep Your Friends Close"
2019–2020 This Is Us Lucy DamonRecurring role
2020 Thirtysomething(else) Brittany Weston
2023 Black Mirror Jessica RossEpisode: "Beyond the Sea"

References

  1. "Auden Thornton". www.huntingtontheatre.org. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014.
  2. "Beauty Mark (2017)" via www.rottentomatoes.com.
  3. "Auden Thornton talks Beauty Mark, Louisville". July 26, 2017.
  4. BEAUTY MARK wins the Special Mention for Breakout Performance for Auden Thornton at the 2017 LAFF. YouTube . Archived from the original on December 8, 2021.
  5. Turchiano, Danielle (August 31, 2019). "'This Is Us' Season 4 Casts 'When They See Us' Duo, M. Night Shyamalan (Watch the First Trailer)".
  6. Andreeva, Nellie (February 18, 2020). "'Thirtysomething(else): Auden Thornton To Star In ABC's 'Thirtysomething' Sequel Pilot".
  7. "ABC's 'Thirtysomething' Sequel Lands 'This Is Us' Actress". The Hollywood Reporter. February 18, 2020.