Laura Chinn

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Laura Chinn
Born (1986-03-24) March 24, 1986 (age 39)
La Crescenta-Montrose, California, U.S.
Alma mater Dunedin High School
Occupations
  • Actress
  • screenwriter
Years active
  • 2009–present

Laura Chinn (born March 24, 1986) [1] is an actress and writer for television. [2] [3] [4] She wrote and directed the feature film Suncoast (2024). [5] [6] [7] Chinn also starred in and created the Pop television series Florida Girls (2019). [8] [9] [10] [11]

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Personal life

A native of La Crescenta-Montrose, California, [1] Chinn is one of three children born to a Caucasian mother, Susan Peckenham, and an African-American father, Wesley James Chinn. [12] [13] Her parents are divorced. [14] [13] [15] She was raised as a Scientologist, growing up in Clearwater, Florida with her mother and Burbank, California with her father. [16] Chinn attended Dunedin High School in Florida before dropping out at age 15. [17] Her brother Max died of a brain tumor in 2005, at age 22. [18] [17] [14]

Filmography

As writer

As television actress

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Shark Anna Daltion1 episode
Grey's Anatomy Jamie
2008 My Name Is Earl Skyler
2009Catherine & AnnieCatherineTV short
Hawthorne Camille Hawthorne (uncredited)1 episode
2010 General Hospital Chelsea2 episodes
Lie to Me Michelle Daly1 episode
2011 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Mitzi (uncredited)
I Hate L.A.Scarlet
2012 Happy Endings Karissa
2013 The New Normal Amy
Childrens Hospital Patient #1
2014UCB Comedy OriginalsUnknown
Growing Up Fisher Sylvia
2015Pitiful CreaturesStudent #3
2016 Young & Hungry Monica
My Time Your TimeRainaTV movie
2018 The Mick Dispatch (voice)1 episode
2019 Florida Girls ShelbySeries regular

As film actress

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010The Dead UndeadMegan
Fairly CriminalAriannaShort film
2011 The Adjustment Bureau Lora (uncredited)
Warrior KC
2012Charity CaseAnneShort film
Job Interview with Renee ZellwegerUnknown
2015Playing DoctorCarol
Your HandsRuby

References

  1. 1 2 Chinn, Laura (2022). Acne: A Memoir . New York: Hachette Books. ISBN   9780306828881. "I was born on March 24, 1986. Although my father is Black and my mother has very dark hair and eyes, I was born with fair skin, a pile of bright blonde curls, and blue eyes. I look nothing like either of my parents or my brother. [...] At the time of the first dermal eruption, my mom sat my older brother and me down to tell us 'wonderful, exciting news!' We were relocating to Clearwater, Florida. [...] We were currently living in La Crescenta, California, a small suburb north of Los Angeles. [...] My best friend, Samantha, lived four blocks away. [...] Within those four blocks, our whole lives were contained. Within those four blocks, all of our stories occurred. Our childhood was simple and small just like our quiet suburb and I always believed it would stay that way."
  2. ↑ Porter, Rick (February 11, 2020). "'Florida Girls' Creator Signs Overall Deal With Lionsgate TV". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ Petski, Denise (February 11, 2020). "'Florida Girls' Creator Laura Chinn Inks Overall Deal With Lionsgate TV". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  4. ↑ Otterson, Joe (February 11, 2020). "'Florida Girls' Creator Laura Chinn Inks Lionsgate Television Overall Deal". Variety. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  5. ↑ Harris, Raquel "Rocky" (January 21, 2024). "'Suncoast' Cast Gushes Over How Well Director Laura Chinn Brought 'Humor and Life to Grief'". TheWrap via Yahoo!. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  6. ↑ Grobar, Matt (January 21, 2024). "'Suncoast's Laura Chinn & Laura Linney On Chinn's Semi-Autobiographical "Study On Grief," Sharing The Film With Her Parents – Sundance Studio". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  7. ↑ Tenreyro, Tatiana (January 20, 2024). "'Suncoast' Filmmaker Laura Chinn on Woody Harrelson and Nico Parker's Offscreen Bond". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  8. ↑ Hayes, Stephanie (July 31, 2019). "Life of the Party podcast: 'Florida Girls' creator Laura Chinn talks growing up Florida". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  9. ↑ McDougle, Jonathan (July 10, 2019). ""Florida Girls" creator Laura Chinn reveals inspiration behind new comedy series". CBS News. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  10. ↑ Harrington, Kylie (July 10, 2019). "How 'Florida Girls' Creator Laura Chinn Finds Comedy in Life Near the Poverty Line (Video)". TheWrap. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  11. ↑ "'You'll Wish You Could Spend A Weekend With Them': Laura Chinn On Pop TV's 'Florida Girls'". CBS News. July 9, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  12. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K42-32WP  : 11 February 2023), Max Kenneth Chinn, .
  13. 1 2 "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKQD-TDR  : 25 December 2014), Wesley James Chinn and Susan, 26 Mar 1998; from "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com  : 2005); citing Pinellas, Florida, certificate 012877, volume , Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.
  14. 1 2 "Obituaries: CHINN, MAX KENNETH". St. Petersburg Times. April 7, 2005. p. 5. ProQuest   264040034. CHINN, MAX KENNETH, 22, of Clearwater, died Monday (April 4, 2005) at Hospice House Woodside, Pinellas Park. He came here in 1983 [sic] from his native Los Angeles, and was a Christian and Scientologist. He enjoyed skateboarding, gymnastics, shooting pool and video games. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Susan and Jim Howat, Clearwater; his father, Jake, Los Angeles; two sisters, Laura Chinn, Clearwater, and Tamari Chinn, Los Angeles; and a niece, Jasmine Chinn, Los Angeles. Florida Direct Cremation & Burial Society, St. Petersburg.
  15. ↑ Ford, Ashley C. (August 4, 2022). "'Too Scared to Cry in the Light': Memoirs of Neglect, and Hope". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  16. ↑ Dunn, Samantha (July 20, 2022). "Comedy writer Laura Chinn tells a tale of self-acceptance and belonging with her memoir 'Acne'". The Orange County Register. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  17. 1 2 Hayes, Stephanie (February 21, 2024). "‘Suncoast’ creator Laura Chinn talks the 2000s, Terri Schiavo and healing". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved February 25, 2024. "Chinn grew up between Clearwater and Los Angeles. She often found herself unsupervised and dropped out of Dunedin High School at 15. [...] 'Suncoast' fictionalizes one of her most significant traumas, one that coincided with an infamous Florida story. In 2005, Chinn’s brother, Max, entered a hospice as he was dying of brain cancer — the same hospice where Terri Schiavo remained in a persistent vegetative state."
  18. ↑ Heitman, Bethany (July 20, 2022). "Laura Chinn's Acne Is a Moving Tale of Childhood Trauma, Love, and Determination". Oprah Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
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