Lauren Elizabeth Harris(I)
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Lauren Elizabeth Harris, a Philadelphia native, graduated with honors from the University of Southern California with a double major in Dramatic Arts (emphasis on Acting) and Spanish, and is pursuing her MFA in Creative Producing in Film from Columbia University. She has studied at The British American Dramatic Academy in London, England, The Berridge Conservatory in Normandy, France, and The Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia, PA. In Los Angeles, she has studied with Margie Haber, Judy Kain, Annie Grindlay, Ivana Chubbuck Studios, Lesly Kahn and is currently in the Writer's Lab of Groundlings.
Lauren has portrayed numerous roles both on the stage and in film and television. She also wrote, produced, and co-starred in a feminist web-series titled It's A Girl Thing, that was highly regarded in over 14 international film festivals. Her film Defining Dodo won the LGBTQ Voices Award at the HBO Sponsored Latino Film Festival. Most recently, she directed a coming of age story set in Quaker School that she also wrote, acted, and produced, starring Jodi Benson (The Little Mermaid). She is honored to be a board member of SheNYC, a member of Women in Film, associate member of WIP, former New York Events Leader for Film Fatales and Founder of Pathway Pictures. She is currently in development on SXSW director Carol Brandt's next feature, and received the Indian Paintbrush Grant for Cece Wheeler's upcoming short film. Her company has 4 other features and two series in development, three of which she wrote. Additionally, she co-hosts the podcast, Damsels in the DMs, focusing on come up stories from creatives.
Personally, Lauren has traveled to over 40 countries and studied in 5. She is an avid hiker & skier, a certified scuba diver, a self-proclaimed foodie and a dog mom to a rescue named Ernest "Ernie" Worthing.
Lauren has portrayed numerous roles both on the stage and in film and television. She also wrote, produced, and co-starred in a feminist web-series titled It's A Girl Thing, that was highly regarded in over 14 international film festivals. Her film Defining Dodo won the LGBTQ Voices Award at the HBO Sponsored Latino Film Festival. Most recently, she directed a coming of age story set in Quaker School that she also wrote, acted, and produced, starring Jodi Benson (The Little Mermaid). She is honored to be a board member of SheNYC, a member of Women in Film, associate member of WIP, former New York Events Leader for Film Fatales and Founder of Pathway Pictures. She is currently in development on SXSW director Carol Brandt's next feature, and received the Indian Paintbrush Grant for Cece Wheeler's upcoming short film. Her company has 4 other features and two series in development, three of which she wrote. Additionally, she co-hosts the podcast, Damsels in the DMs, focusing on come up stories from creatives.
Personally, Lauren has traveled to over 40 countries and studied in 5. She is an avid hiker & skier, a certified scuba diver, a self-proclaimed foodie and a dog mom to a rescue named Ernest "Ernie" Worthing.