Laura Allen

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Laura Allen
Born (1974-03-21) March 21, 1974 (age 49)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Alma mater Wellesley College
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Bruce Weyman
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(m. 2006)​
Children2

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 television series The 4400 .

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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. 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 to 2002, taking over the role from Lauren Roman who originated the role from 1995 to 1998. After departing AMC, Allen went on to play Susan Delacorte in Mike Newell's Mona Lisa Smile . 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 reprised 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 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 Owen Hunt on the ABC's Grey's Anatomy in 2009. Other recent projects include the thrillers Hysteria, From Within , The Collective, and Old Dogs . She has played regular characters in two television series: Katie Nichols in Terriers in 2010 and Hannah Britten in Awake in 2012. In 2014 she portrayed Meg [6] [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 who was kidnapped in Haiti.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003A Tale of TwoLimo GirlShort 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
2010HysteriaErin
2013Red CarMarilynShort film
2014 Clown Meg McCoy
2014Nanny CamLinda Kessler
2018 The TaleYoung Nettie
2018UnspeakableMarie DeguireShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 The Street JenniferEpisode: "Pilot"
2000–2001 All My Children Laura EnglishRecurring role
2004 Cold Case Vanessa ProsserEpisode: "Late Returns"
2004 North Shore MoniqueEpisode: "More"
2004 Sucker Free City Samantha WadeTelevision movie
2004–2005; 2007 The 4400 Lily Tyler Main role (seasons 1–2)
2006 House Sarah AlstonEpisode: "All In"
2007 Criminal Minds Bobbi BairdEpisode: "Open Season"
2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Cass MagnallEpisode: "Alternate"
2007–2008 Dirt Julia MalloryMain role
2009 Grey's Anatomy Beth WhitmanEpisodes: "Beat Your Heart Out", "Before and After"
2009 CSI: Miami Sondra MooreEpisode: "Dissolved"
2010 Terriers Katie NicholsMain role
2012 Awake Hannah Britten Main role
2013Secret Lives of Husbands and WivesAlison DunnTelevision movie
2013–2014 Ravenswood Rochelle MathesonRecurring role
2014 NCIS: New Orleans Katherine WilsonEpisode: "Watch Over Me"
2015; 2019 Suits Annabelle SpecterEpisodes: "Hitting Home", "Faith", "Thunder Away"
2016 Marvel's Most Wanted OliviaUnsold TV pilot
2016 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Emily WagnerEpisode: "Paper Orphans"
2017 American Horror Story: Cult RosieEpisodes: "Neighbors from Hell", "Holes"
2017 Wisdom of the Crowd Shelly WalshEpisode: "Clear History"
2018 9-1-1 Marcy NashEpisodes: "Point of Origin", "Bobby Begins Again"
2018 Hap and Leonard Officer ReynoldsRecurring role (season 3)
2019 Truth Be Told Alana CaveEpisodes: "Even Salt Looks Like Sugar", "No Cross, No Crown", "Graveyard Love", "Not Buried, Planted"

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Baker, Jeff (April 28, 2014). "18 actors you (maybe) didn't know were from Portland". The Oregonian . Portland, Oregon. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Profile of Laura Allen at". Filmreference.com. March 21, 1974. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Bio". Lauraallen.net. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. 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
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