Lauren Grimson

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Lauren Grimson is an award-winning Australian film and television actor. Lauren's recent credits include All Her Fault for NBC Universal/Carnival, starring Dakota Fanning and Sarah Snook, directed by Minkie Spiro (Downton Abbey, Better Call Saul), sci-fi spectacular R.U.R. from director Alex Proyas (The Crow, iRobot), and World War II epic Beast of War, from director Kiah Roache-Turner. Lauren also recently appeared in Lunar Pictures' thriller The Room Below, starring Alyssa Sutherland and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and leads gothic period romance Strangers at Sundown, directed by BAFTA winner Victoria Wharfe-McIntyre, opposite Socratis Otto. Additional recent credits include lead roles in horror comedy Pray for Dawn from director Lawrence Lim, and supernatural thriller Find My Bones from director Jennifer Van Gessel. Lauren's past film credits include lead roles in Alex Proyas’ Dark Sister, Chris Sun’s The Possessed (released by Umbrella Entertainment), Rhythmic Films’ Cry Baby, and Van Gessel’s found-footage thriller Waterhorse, released by Bounty Entertainment. Earlier in her career, Lauren appeared in Kiah Roache-Turner’s cult zombie hit Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, Shane Abbess’ sci-fi epic The Osiris Child, Michael Joy’s ABC pilot Munro, and Matthew Holmes’ historical drama The Legend of Ben Hall. Her performance in The Legend of Ben Hall garnered international acclaim, earning her the Best Supporting Actor award at America’s Wild Bunch Film Festival, while her lead role in the sci-fi drama Maya earned a Best Actor nomination at the Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival. Lauren holds a degree in English literature, art history, and cinema studies. A lifelong horror enthusiast, she is also an official patron of Dark Nights Film Fest - a festival dedicated to celebrating dark-genre cinema.