Lauren Grimson

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Lauren Grimson is an award-winning Australian film and television actor. Lauren's most recent credits include All Her Fault for NBC Universal/Carnival, starring Dakota Fanning, Sarah Snook, and directed by Minkie Spiro (Downton Abbey, Better Call Saul), as well as sci-fi feature spectacular R.U.R. from director Alex Proyas (The Crow, iRobot) starring Anthony LaPaglia and Richard Roxburgh, and the highly anticipated WWII epic, Beast of War, written and directed by Kiah Roache-Turner. Lauren also recently appeared in Lunar Pictures' The Room Below, starring Alyssa Sutherland and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and led period romance Strangers at Sundown, from BAFTA-winning director Victoria Wharfe-McIntyre, alongside Socratis Otto. Additional film credits include lead roles in Alex Proyas' Dark Sister, Chris Sun's The Possessed released by Umbrella Entertainment, Rhythmic Films' Cry Baby, and Jennifer Van Gessel's found-footage thriller, Waterhorse, released by Bounty Entertainment. Next, Lauren is set to lead Jennifer Van Gessel's Find My Bones as well as a yet-to-be-announced horror comedy backed by Icon Entertainment. Earlier in her career, Lauren appeared in Kiah Roache-Turner's zombie cult classic Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, Shane Abbess' sci-fi epic The Osiris Child, Michael Joy's ABC series pilot Culdesac/Munro, and Matthew Holmes' period biopic The Legend of Ben Hall. Lauren's performance in The Legend of Ben Hall saw international acclaim, landing the Best Supporting Actor award at America's Wild Bunch Film Festival, while her performance in the titular role in sci-fi drama, Maya, saw a nomination for Best Actor at the Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival. Additionally, Lauren holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature, art history, and cinema studies. An avid lover of horror, Lauren is also an official patron of new dark-genre film festival Dark Nights Film Fest.