Lauren Lane
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Lauren Lane (born February 2, 1961)<ref>Template:Cite news See also:
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Life and career
Lane was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and raised in Arlington, Texas.<ref name="The Nanny: Cast and Crew">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She attended Lamar High School and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. Lane also earned a Master's degree in the advanced training program at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2013, she briefly taught at Carnegie Mellon University.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lane is on the faculty of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State University in San Marcos.<ref name="faculty bio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lane was married to businessman David Wilkins and together they have one daughter, Kate Wilkins.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Lane began her acting career in the 1984 film, Interface. She went on to appear in television and film productions such as Positive I.D., Nervous Ticks, Hunter, and L.A. Law, before being cast as C.C. Babcock in The Nanny in 1993. Lane starred in The Nanny until the show ended in 1999. While still performing on The Nanny, she appeared on The Daily Show in August 1997.
Lane voiced Ivana Baiul in the 2000 film Gen13. In December 2004, she joined the rest of the cast of The Nanny for the Lifetime one-hour special, The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember.
Since 2000, Lane has performed in various productions at the Zachary Scott Theatre, in Austin, Texas. In 2010, she was a guest on The Fran Drescher Show. In 2015, she starred in a one-off performance in A. R. Gurney's Love Letters opposite her The Nanny co-star Daniel Davis with proceeds going to the Texas State BFA Acting Program.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1984 | Interface | Amy Witherspoon | |
| 1987 | Positive I.D. | Dana | Credited as Laura Lane |
| 1992 | Nervous Ticks | Blonde | |
| 1993 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal | Lauren Kent | |
| 1999 | Gen13 | Ivana Baiul | Voice role |
| 2001 | Template:Sortname | Joan Swanson | |
| 2019 | Dress Code | Sylo | Short Film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Hunter | Police Sgt. Chris Novak | Main role (season 7), 11 episodes | |
| 1991–1992 | L.A. Law | Julie Rayburn | Recurring role, 5 episodes | |
| 1993 | South Beach | Brooke Wyatt | 1 episode | |
| Template:Sort | Template:Sortname | Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock | Main role, 144 episodes | |
| 1995 | Burke's Law | Tanya Lovette | 1 episode | |
| 1996 | Duckman | Director's Assistant | Voice role; 1 episode | |
| 1999 | Partners | Barbara | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2004 | Template:Sortname | Herself | Television special | |
| 2010 | The Fran Drescher Show | Herself | 1 episode |
Theater
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1989 | Judevine | ||
| 1992/1994 | The Madman on the Roof & Electra, The Actor's Gang | ||
| 2001 | Dinner with Friends | Karen | |
| 2005 | The Vagina Monologues | ||
| 2007/2008 | The Dick Monologues | ||
| 2008 | The Clean House | Lane | |
| 2009 | House of Several Stories | Mother | |
| 2010 | Becky's New Car | Becky | |
| 2010 | Celebrity Autobiography | ||
| 2011 | A Writer's Vision(s) | ||
| 2011 | August: Osage County | Barbara | |
| 2011 | Cherry Orchard | Madame Ranyévskaya | |
| 2011 | God of Carnage | Veronica Novak | |
| 2013 | Harvey | Veta Louise | |
| 2014 | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Sonia |
References
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- 1961 births
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from Oklahoma City
- Actresses from Texas
- American film actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- American voice actresses
- Carnegie Mellon University faculty
- Lamar High School (Arlington, Texas) alumni
- Living people
- Texas State University faculty
- University of Texas at Arlington alumni
- American Conservatory Theater alumni