February 20, 1978

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American actress Lauren Ambrose was born on February 20, 1978 in New Haven Connecticut. She is best known for her role as Claire Fisher on the critically acclaimed HBO series Six Feet Under. Born Laura Anne D'Ambruoso, she is of Italian ancestry on her father's side, and studied at Wilbur Cross High School and the ACES Educational Center for the Arts. A trained opera and voice singer, she attended the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and later on worked in Broadway, for film, and on television. In 2001, she married professional photographer Sam Handel of Massachusetts.

Ambrose started off her career in New York theater with off-Broadway productions. She also had several television appearances, with guest roles on Law and Order, playing a mentally challenged young woman raped by a group of high school students. In 1997, she landed her first film role In and out, which was followed by Can’t Hardly Wait. In 2000, she bagged the lead in a cult favorite Psycho Beach Party.

Ambrose would get her most notable role on the HBO series Six Feet Under in 2001. Her role as Claire Fisher, the rebellious and troublemaking child and only daughter of the Fisher family. In 2006, she made her Broadway debut in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of Awake and Sing!. The following year, she played as Juliet in the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park performance of Romeo and Juliet. In 2008, she was Ophelia on the Hamlet staging of Shakespeare in the Park.

Ambrose’s other screen credits include Summertime’s Calling Me, Saving Graces, Swimming, Admissions, Diggers, and the 2008 TV series The Return of Jezebel James.

Born Laura Anne D'Ambruoso on February 20, 1978 in New Haven, Connecticut, Lauren Ambrose was educated at the ACES Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven and studied voice and opera at Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Her film breakout role was in In and Out in 1997 where she played Vicky, and was followed by a more prominent role in the high school comedy, Can't Hardly Wait in 1998. In 2001, she joined the cast of Six Feet Under , playing Claire Fisher, a role she was recognized for, being nominated for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Emmy Award twice. Her other television credits include her appearances in Law & Order , Saving Grace and Party of Five.

Coco Tomkins is played by Lauren Ambrose in FOX's new series, The Return of Jezebel James. Coco is Sarah Thomkins' younger sister, a young woman with no job and just a friend's couch to dive into every night. One day Sarah, a successful children's book editor who has practically everything she ever wanted, comes to her in the hopes of reestablishing their relationship and have Coco bear her child. Coco immediately disagrees, however when Sarah tells her that she's turned Jezebel James, Coco's imaginary childhood friend into a real life story book, Coco thinks she might reconsider. The Return of Jezebel James follows two sisters as they rekindle their relationship and make the best out of their differences to find happiness and contentment.



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New Haven, Connecticut

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Laura Anne D'Ambruoso

Lauren Ambrose

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Spouse Sam Handel (September 2001 - Present)

Son Orson Halcyon,January 16, 2007 in New York City.

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