Lauren
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Lauren may be a name or surname. The name's meaning may be "Laurel tree", "sweet of honor" or "victory of wisdom".
Given name
- Lauren AlainaLauren AlainaLauren Alaina is an American singer from Rossville, Georgia. Alaina was the runner-up on the tenth season of American Idol. Her debut studio album, Wildflower was released in October 2011....
(born 1994), American singer and former 'American Idol' 10 contestant - Lauren AlbaneseLauren AlbaneseLauren Albanese is an American tennis player. She began her professional career in 2006.-Singles Titles :-Doubles Titles :-External links:...
(born 1989), American professional tennis player - Lauren AndersonLauren AndersonLauren Anderson is an American model who was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in July, 2002 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. Lauren was the winner of the TV special Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold?, broadcast on Fox in May 2002...
(born 1980), American model and Playboy Playmate - Lauren BacallLauren BacallLauren Bacall is an American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks.She first emerged as leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film To Have And Have Not and continued on in the film noir genre, with appearances in The Big Sleep and Dark Passage ,...
(born 1924), American actress - Lauren Barlow, member of Christian rock band Barlow Girl
- Lauren BoquetteLauren BoquetteLauren Boquette aka simply Lauren is a hard rock singer born and raised in Long Beach, California.-Career:Boquette formed his first band Yesterday's Tear in 1987 and released numerous demo tapes under that...
(born 1992), current singer for the band SiX - Lauren Bosworth (born 1986), also known as Lo Bosworth, American appearing in the reality TV shows Laguna Beach and The Hills
- Lauren BoyleLauren BoyleLauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
(born 1987), New Zealand swimmer - Lauren BrookeLauren BrookeFor TNA Wrestling's Lauren Brooke, see Lauren Brooke Lauren Brooke is the author of two series of books targeted at pre-adolescent girls who are horse fanciers, the Heartland and Chestnut Hill series....
, author - Lauren Bush-Lauren (born 1984), American model, niece to former President George W. Bush, daughter-in-law to fashion designer Ralph Lauren
- Lauren CheneyLauren CheneyLauren Nicole Cheney is an American soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team. She is currently a forward for Women's Professional Soccer's Boston Breakers.-Career:...
(born 1987), American soccer player - Lauren ChildLauren ChildLauren Child MBE is an English author and illustrator. She is best known for writing the Charlie and Lola books and Clarice Bean novels....
(born 1965), British author and illustrator - Lauren ChristyLauren ChristyLauren Christy is an English singer-songwriter and music producer.-Early life and education:Christy was born in London, England. She studied at the Bush Davies Ballet School as a child, before she decided to become a musical artist.-Music career:...
, English-born singer and songwriter - Lauren CohanLauren CohanLauren Cohan is an American actress. Her most recognized role to date is that of the role of Bela Talbot on Supernatural...
(born 1982), American actress - Lauren CohnLauren CohnLauren Cohn is an American news reporter at WTXF-TV in Philadelphia.Cohn previously worked as a morning anchor at WLS-TV in Chicago in 1993. She later moved to be a general assignment reporter at WBBM-TV in 1998. Then, she worked for WFLD-TV as a general assignment and health reporter...
, newsreader - Lauren CollinsLauren CollinsLauren Felice Collins is a Canadian actress that is perhaps best known for portraying Paige Michalchuk on Degrassi: The Next Generation.-Life and career:...
(born 1986), Canadian actress best known for her role on Degrassi: The Next Generation - Lauren ColthorpeLauren ColthorpeLauren Elizabeth Colthorpe is an Australian women's football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Brisbane Roar and is a member of the Australian national team, The Matilda's....
(born 1985), Australian Association Football player - Lauren ConradLauren ConradLauren Katherine Conrad is an American television personality, celebutante, and fashion designer. She came to prominence with her starring roles on the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and its spin-off series, The Hills, which at one point followed her personal and...
(born 1986), ' onMouseout='HidePop("23386")' href="/topics/Lauren_Crace">Lauren CraceLauren CraceLauren Rose Crace is an English actress known for playing Danielle Jones in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders.-Biography:The daughter of contemporary English writer Jim Crace, Lauren Rose Crace was born in Birmingham, West Midlands...
(born 1986), British actress - Lauren EmbreeLauren EmbreeLauren Embree is an American college and international tennis player.Born in Naples, Florida, Embree made her USTA Pro Circuit debut at the age of 16. As a junior, she has competed in the 2006 U.S...
(born 1991), American tennis player - Lauren Etame MayerLauren Etame MayerLaureano Bisan-Etame Mayer , commonly known as Lauren, is a retired Cameroonian footballer of Equatoguinean origin, who formerly played for the Cameroonian national team.-Early career:...
(born 1977), footballer - Lauren FaustLauren FaustLauren Faust is an American born animator of Polish and German descent. She grew up in Severna Park, a suburb of Annapolis, Maryland. She studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts....
(born 1974), Emmy-nominated American animator and creator of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Lauren GaleLauren GaleLauren "Laddie" Gale was an American collegiate and professional basketball player.-NCAA championship:A native of Oakridge, Oregon, the 6'4" Gale played forward for the University of Oregon under head coach Howard Hobson...
(1917–1996), American basketball player - Lauren GermanLauren GermanLauren Christine German is an American actress, known for her role as the hitchhiker in the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as well as for starring in the 2007 film Hostel: Part II, in which she plays one of the lead characters...
(born 1978), actress - Lauren GoldLauren GoldLauren Gold is an English model and actress. Gold is most recognised as the DJ in Robbie Williams's "Rock DJ" music video as well as her recurring appearance in La Senza ad campaigns...
(born 1980), English fashion model and actress - Lauren GrahamLauren GrahamLauren Helen Graham is an American actress and producer. She is best known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the WB Network dramedy series Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood.-Early life:...
(born 1967), American actress - Lauren GreenfieldLauren GreenfieldLauren Greenfield is an American artist, documentary photographer, and documentary filmmaker. She has published three monographs of her photographic work, directed four documentary films, exhibited her photographic prints in museums throughout the world, and had her work published in a variety of...
(born 1966), American artist / documentary photographer - Lauren HarriesLauren HarriesLauren Charlotte Harries , is a British media personality. In childhood Harries was known as James, a purported "child prodigy" in the field of antiques, appearing on numerous television shows including Wogan...
(born 1978), child actor - Lauren HewittLauren HewittLauren Katherine Hewitt is a track and field sprinter from Australia. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, and won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.-References:* * *...
(born 1978), Australian track and field - Lauren Hill (disambiguation), Playboy playmate
- Lauren HoffmanLauren HoffmanLauren Hoffman is an American singer-songwriter. She was signed to Virgin Records America and released her debut album titled Megiddo in 1997. She parted ways with the label in 1999, following her disenchantment with their lack of promotion for her, whilst Virgin went on to issue her sophomore...
(born 1977), American singer - Lauren HollyLauren HollyLauren Michael Holly is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the TV series Picket Fences, as Mary Swanson in the 1994 film Dumb & Dumber, and as Jenny Shepard on the TV series NCIS. She was married to comic actor Jim Carrey from 1996 to...
(born 1963), American actress - Lauren HuttonLauren HuttonLauren Hutton is an American model and actress. She is best-known for her starring roles in the movies American Gigolo and Lassiter, and also for her fashion modeling career.-Personal life:...
(born 1943), former model - Lauren JacksonLauren JacksonLauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...
(born 1981), Australian basketball player - Lauren JonesLauren JonesLauren Lorraine Jones is an American fashion designer, business woman, former film and television actress, model, former Barker's Beauty on The Price Is Right, entrepreneur, and the CEO and Co-Founder of her eponymous brand product marketing company, Lauren Jones Footwear.-Early life:Jones was...
(born 1982), American actress - Lauren KoslowLauren KoslowLauren Alice Koslow is a long-time American dramatic actress, best known for her long running portrayal of Kate Roberts on the NBC dramatic serial Days of our Lives, which she has played continuously since 1996...
(born 1953), actress - Lauren LanningLauren LanningLauren Chandler Lanning is a beauty queen from Houston, Texas who has competed in the Miss USA 2006 pageant.-Miss Texas USA 2006:...
(born 1983), Miss Texas 2006 - Lauren LappinLauren LappinLauren Lappin is an American softball player who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
(born 1984), American softball player - Lauren LaverneLauren LaverneLauren Cecilia Fisher , known professionally as Lauren Laverne, is an English radio DJ, television presenter, author and singer...
(born 1978), British disc jockey - Lauren LondonLauren LondonLauren Nicole London is an American film and television actress, model, and occasional music video actress. Beginning her career in music videos and later transitioning into film and television, London earned recognition for her performances in the film ATL as well as the television shows 90210...
(born 1984), American actress known for her role in ATL - Lauren LukeLauren LukeLauren Luke is the self-taught make-up artist known as Panacea81 online. She creates makeup tutorials on her YouTube channel, Panacea81, which has over 111 million views and over 468,000 subscribers.-Biography:...
(born 1981), English makeup artist and Internet Mogul - Lauren McAvoyLauren McAvoyLauren Elizabeth McAvoy is an English fashion model. In September 2007 she won Cycle 3 of Britain's Next Top Model. Her prize was a contract with Ruby & Millie Cosmetics, a modelling contract with Models 1, and a six-page fashion editorial and cover for Company Magazine.-Early life:McAvoy was born...
(born 1987), British fashion model and winner of cycle 3 of Britain's Next Top Model - Lauren MacMullanLauren MacMullanLauren MacMullan is an animation director. Her first primetime TV job was on The Critic, followed by directing for King of the Hill. She went on to become the supervising director and designer for Mission Hill. After the show was cancelled quickly, she got a job directing on The Simpsons, and...
(born 1971), animation director best known for her work on King of the Hill - Lauren MaltbyLauren MaltbyLauren Maltby is an American actress.Maltby was born in San Diego, California. She is an alumna of Whittier Christian High School where she ran cross country. In the Olympic League cross country finals held on November 2, 2000, she placed 28th with a time of 25:49.15. She currently attends Biola...
(born 1984), American actress - Lauren MitchellLauren MitchellLauren Mitchell is an Australian artistic gymnast. She is the 2010 World Champion on floor and the 2009 World Championships silver medalist on balance beam and floor. Mitchell is only the second Australian woman gymnast to win medals at a World Championships, and the first to win gold...
(born 1991), gymnast - Lauren MyracleLauren MyracleLauren Myracle is an American author of young adult books. She is the oldest of three sisters and has three older brothers. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia where she attended Trinity School and The Westminster Schools...
(born 1969), author - Lauren NelsonLauren NelsonLauren Paige Nelson is a beauty queen from Lawton, Oklahoma who holds the Miss America 2007 title. Nelson is the second consecutive Miss America and sixth in the history of Miss America to hail from this state....
(born 1986), Miss American 2007 - Lauren Newton (entertainer), television actress
- Lauren Keyana "Keke" PalmerKeke PalmerLauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress and singer who rose to fame for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She also starred as the title character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP...
(born 1993), American actress - Lauren PhoenixLauren PhoenixLauren Phoenix is a retired Canadian pornographic actress.-Early life:Phoenix was born and grew up in Toronto...
(born 1979), Canadian female porn star - Lauren SamuelsLauren SamuelsLauren Samuels is an English singer/actress and was a contestant on the 2010 BBC UK TV series Over the Rainbow. Since appearing on the show she has gone on to appear in West End theatre, including playing the lead role of Sandy in Grease.-Background:Samuels was born Lauren Bonner...
(born 1988), British actress & singer - Lauren SánchezLauren SánchezLauren Sanchez is an award-winning American news anchor, entertainment reporter, and media personality. She was the weekend anchor and special correspondent on Extra. She is also a co-host on KTTV Fox-11's Good Day LA and the station's top-rated "Ten o'clock News." Sánchez is also a regular...
(born 1969), American news anchor - Lauren Shuler DonnerLauren Shuler DonnerLauren Shuler Donner is an American film producer who specializes in mainstream youth and family-oriented entertainment.-Early life and career:...
(born 1949), American producer - Lauren SlaterLauren SlaterLauren Slater is an American psychologist and writer. She is the author of six books, including Welcome To My Country , Prozac Diary , and Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir...
(born 1963), Writer and psychologist - Lauren SochaLauren SochaLauren Marie Socha is a BAFTA award winning English actress, best known for her starring role in the E4 comedy-drama television series Misfits and a co-starring role in the Channel 4 drama The Unloved. She attended St. George's RC Primary School, Burton College and Saint Benedict School and...
(born 1990), British actress - Lauren Lee SmithLauren Lee Smith-Early life:Lauren attended Henry James Cambie Secondary School. Smith was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The stepdaughter of a documentary filmmaker, Lauren travelled around the world with her family. When she was 14, her family moved to Los Angeles, California...
(born 1980), Canadian actress - Lauren Stamile (born 1976), American actress
- Lauren TewesLauren TewesCynthia Lauren Tewes ,known simply as Lauren Tewes,is an American actress best known for playing Cruise Director Julie McCoy on the sitcom The Love Boat beating out over 100 other actresses for the role...
(born 1954), American actress best known for her role in TV's The Love Boat - Lauren TomLauren TomLauren Tom is an American actress and voice actress perhaps best known for her roles as Lena St Clair in The Joy Luck Club, Julie in the TV series Friends, and for providing the voices for both mother and daughter characters on two animated TV comedy series: on Futurama she voices Amy Wong and her...
(born 1961), American actress best known for her role in The Joy Luck Club - Lauren VélezLauren VélezLauren Vélez is an American actress of Puerto Rican descent and the twin sister of actress Loraine Vélez. Her most notable roles are as María LaGuerta on Dexter, Detective Nina Moreno on Fox's New York Undercover, and Dr...
(born 1964), Puerto Rican actress - Lauren WengerLauren WengerLauren Wenger is an American water polo player for the University of Southern California, who received the 2006 Peter J. Cutino Award as the best collegiate water polo player among Division I NCAA teams...
(born 1984), water polo player - Lauren Weinstein (activist), activist concerned with matters involving technology
- Lauren Weinstein (comics) (born 1975), American comic book artist
- Lauren WoodLauren WoodLauren Wood is an American singer-songwriter, voice-over artist and producer. She is most notable for the 1989 single, "Fallen," which was used in the 1990 movie Pretty Woman, and "Please Don't Leave," a duet with singer Michael McDonald in 1980...
, American singer - Lauren WoodlandLauren WoodlandLauren Woodland is an American actress.-Career:Woodland has been acting since childhood. In 1989, she appeared in the Fox Network science fiction series Alien Nation as the child newcomer Emily Francisco...
(born 1977), American actress - Lauren YoungLauren YoungLauren Anne Young is a Filipino-American actress who is part of ABS-CBN's Star Magic group. She is the younger sister of actress and TV host, Megan Young.- Biography :...
(born 1993), actress
Fictional characters
- Lauren Andrews, in Waterloo Road
- Lauren Fenmore BaldwinLauren Fenmore BaldwinLauren Baldwin is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless and its "sister soap" The Bold and the Beautiful. She is portrayed by American actress Tracey E. Bregman...
, in The Young and the Restless - Lauren BranningLauren BranningLauren Branning is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She first appeared in the show on 3 July 2006 played by Madeline Duggan, was absent from 23 June to 27 September 2010, and returned as played by Jacqueline Jossa.-Storylines:...
, in EastEnders - Lauren CooperLauren CooperDame Lauren Alesha Masheka Tanesha Felicia Jane Cooper is a fictional character in The Catherine Tate Show. Lauren is one of the show's main characters and is played by Catherine Tate...
, in The Catherine Tate Show - Lauren FrostLauren FrostLauren Frost is an American actress from Downers Grove, Illinois. She attended Downers Grove South High School for her freshman year before moving to California. She co-starred in the Disney Channel original series Even Stevens as Ren's best friend Ruby, from 2001 - 2003. She also co-starred in...
(born 1985), heroine in the series Bloom - Lauren ReedLauren ReedLauren Reed is a fictional character played by Melissa George in the Alias television series. She is Michael Vaughn's wife during the third season of the series.-Character biography:...
, in the television show Alias - Lauren "Lo" Ridgemount, in the Canadian animated series StokedStoked (TV series)Stoked is a Canadian animated TV series produced by Fresh TV Inc. It is produced by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis and premiered on Teletoon on June 25, 2009. It is currently airing on Teletoon in Canada, and formerly on Cartoon Network in the United States...
- Lauren ValentineLauren ValentineLauren Valentine is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Dominique Jackson. First appearing in 2007, Lauren was written out of the show in 2010 along with the rest of the Valentine family as part of series producer Paul Marquess's overhaul of the...
, in Hollyoaks - Lauren WatersLauren WatersLauren Waters is a fictional character in British teen drama Britannia High, as is portrayed by Georgina Hagen.-Series 1:In episode 1, Lauren's central episode, it is revealed almost immediately that, unlike the rest of the students at Britannia High, Lauren didn't have to audition, and was invited...
, in Britannia High - Lauren ZizesLauren ZizesLauren Zizes is a recurring fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series, Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Ashley Fink, and has appeared in Glee since the season one episode "Wheels", first broadcast on November 11, 2009. Lauren was developed by Glee creators Ryan...
, in Glee - Lauren Lewis, in the Canadian television series Lost GirlLost GirlLost Girl can refer to:* The Lost Girl, a novel* Lost Girl , a Canadian television drama series...
Other uses
- Penn, North DakotaPenn, North DakotaPenn is an unincorporated community in western Ramsey County, North Dakota, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 2 northwest of the city of Devils Lake, the county seat of Ramsey County. Its elevation is 1,467 feet . The community was first named Lauren for the townsite owner, Lauren,...
, also known as Lauren, an unincorporated community - Lauren (perfume)Lauren (perfume)-History:This is a feminine and gracious floral bouquet with green top notes and powdery base of wood and spices. The heart contains the classic trio of rose, carnation and violet. The fragrance also contains wild marigold, rosewood, pineapple, rose with cedarwood, vetiver and carnation....
, a Ralph Lauren fragrance
See also
- Laura (given name)Laura (given name)Laura is an English female given name in Latin Europe whose meaning translates to everyman, and an early hypocorism from Laurel and Lauren.-Origin and usage:...
- Laurin (disambiguation)
- Laureano (disambiguation)