Lynn Favin

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Lynn Favin
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Lynn Favin at Smash Studios NYC
Education Juilliard
Old Vic (MFA)
Wesleyan University (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present

Lynn Favin is an American actress. She is known for her roles on Elsbeth , The Get Down , Veep , Famous in Love , The Show Must Go Online , and for voicing seventeen characters on the animated series Robot Chicken on Adult Swim. She is a regular actress with the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, and currently resides in New York City.

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Early life and education

Favin received a double Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Theater from Wesleyan University, where she appeared in numerous plays and musicals. [1] She holds a Master in Fine Arts in Acting from the Old Vic (UK), [2] and trained at Juilliard. [3]

Television

Favin is a major recurring voice actor on Robot Chicken seasons 8 through 11, and plays Holly on Elsbeth . She has also guest starred on Veep , Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack, The Get Down , and The Show Must Go Online . Her national commercial work includes spots for Subway, Dramamine, American University, and Amazon Prime's Jean-Claude Van Johnson . [4]

In 2024, she starred in the VitaminWater: Brooklyn Bridge commercial directed by Spike Lee. [5]

She is currently in development to star as Soo-Yeon in Gig Work, releasing 2025. [6]

Film

Favin is a recurring leading actress with the AFI in Los Angeles, with work on the independent film Papa Gorilla Banana, shot in Venice, California. She received top billing as The Cellist in Ving Rhames's movie Uppercut: the Still Version, released in 2023, and Uppercut: the Sparkling Version, released in 2025.

Theater

Favin played Rosalind in As You Like It , [7] and Glauce in the world premiere of Medea: A Rock Cantata [8] before booking her first National Tour, playing Ophelia in Hamlet , [9] Lily in The Giver , [10] the Narrator/Cellist in Grapes of Wrath in repertory. She was the Inaugural Equity Guest Artist for Shakespeare on the Bluff in Los Angeles, [11] starring as Desdemona in Othello and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and appeared as a Witch in Macbeth with the Shakespeare Theater of Los Angeles. [12] She has numerous regional Equity credits including Life x 3 at Coachella Valley Rep, [13] and was in the opening company of the Sarah Play at Round House Theatre.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Favin currently lives in New York City and is represented by Buchwald. [14]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRole
2015-2021 Robot Chicken Supergirl, Mei Ling, Tibby, Various voices
2016 The Get Down Singer
2016Rachel Dratch's Late Night SnackCher
2017 Veep Assistant
2017 Famous in Love Girl #1
2019The New NegroesMoney Girl
2020 The Show Must Go Online Lady Percy, Queen Margaret
2023AustintatiousSusan
2024 Elsbeth Holly
2025Long Bright RiverMusic student #1
2025Gig WorkSoo-Yeon

Film

YearTitleRole
2010Papa Gorilla BananaCecil Yamamoto
2017E-Men VideoSaija
2018Dry CityAndie
2019DeuterostomesJane
2021Haunted City: Radio PlayPhantom Faye
2021Reunion of ChampionsAnnie Prescott
2023Uppercut: the Still VersionThe Cellist
2025Uppercut: the Sparkling VersionThe Cellist
2025 Kiss of the Spider Woman Villager

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007Dr. FaustusGluttonyInternational
2012Medea: A Rock CantataGlauceWorld Premiere
2015 As You Like It RosalindRegional
2016 The Grapes of Wrath NarratorNational Tour
2016 The Giver LilyNational Tour
2016 Hamlet OpheliaNational Tour
2017 Macbeth WitchRegional
2018 Othello DesdemonaRegional
2018 A Midsummer Night's Dream TitaniaRegional
2019 RIchard III Lady AnneInternational
2020 Pericles The BawdInternational
2022Life x 3SoniaRegional

References

  1. ""Oedipus Rex" spooks audience with stunning visual performance". Wesleyan Argus. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  2. "Lynn Favin". Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  3. "Lynn Favin". IMDB. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  4. "Lynn Favin (SAG-AFTRA/AEA) - National Commercial Reel". YouTube. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  5. "vitaminwater: brooklyn bridge". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  6. "Lynn Favin". IMDB. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  7. "Theatre Review: 'As You Like It' at Baltimore Shakespeare Factory". MD Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  8. "Medea: A Rock Cantata". Red Shark Productions. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  9. "Review: 'Hamlet' at National Players at Olney Theatre Center". DC Theater Arts. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  10. "Theatre Review: 'The Giver' by National Players at Chesapeake Arts Center". MD Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  11. "Shakespeare on the Bluff: "Othello"". Loyola Marymount University. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  12. "Theatre in Historic Places: Lummis House Doubles as Scottish Castle for MACBETH". Broadway World. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  13. "Dinner Party Gone Wrong: 'Life x 3' Is Superb Look at Life, Love and the Complexities of Friendship". Coachella Valley Independent. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  14. "Voice Department". Buchwald. Retrieved 2023-03-31.

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