Anywayz i was born and raised in Los Angeles, California where i attended Castle Heights Elementary School. It was here when i discovered my love for acting after my drama teacher gave me the role of a lion who didn't speak English. Having to improvise words that She didn't understand peaked my curiosity and sparked my enthusiasm for acting, so I decided to continue out of school and do theater and drama lessons. I then went on to attend Palisades High School for a short while, but after realizing I wanted to take acting seriously Lauren left in the tenth grade to be home schooled, enabling me to attend auditions for movies, music videos and commercials over the next few years. After many auditions i found myslef getting parts in music videos. One of my first was Snoop Doggs "From Tha Chuuuch To Tha Palace" in 2002. After some more auditions She gained leading parts in a few others music videos, two of the most memorable being Pharrells "Frontin" video and Snoops "Drop It Like Its Hot". Since then I was approached to do more music videos, and my resume now includes videos by top artists such as Ludacris, Jay-Z and T.I. Most of 2002-2004 was spent auditioning for everything and anything. Some successful, and some not, but my passion for acting only became stronger. I got parts in commercials for Diet Coke and Nike, and even starred in the sitcom "Everybody Hates Chris", but Lauren still longed for my "big break". She was beginning to give up hope of it ever happening when She heard about a new movie "ATL" which was being directed by Chris Robinson. There was a real buzz about it in LA, so I knew I had to be involved. I knew Chris' assistant, Carl Reed, and asked him if he could get me an audition. Thankfully he did, so She studied for the role, spent like my last hundred dollars on coaching, and finally arrived at the audition two hours later. I had to beg Chris for the audition, and he agreed, so Lauren was ecstatic when She found out She got the part. Since the movie i've started studying with Michael Wilson and started classes in psychology to aid my personal growth as an actress. My plans for college are on hold while Lauren pursues her dream, and believe me - this is only the beginning!