Lauren Ash
Lauren Elizabeth Ash (born February 4, 1983)[1][2] is a Canadian actress and comedian based in Los Angeles, but originally from Belleville, Ontario. Ash is best known among television audiences for her role as Dina Fox on the sitcom Superstore. She is also an alumna of both Second City Toronto Mainstage[4] and Second City Chicago mainstage and is one half of sketch comedy duo "Cory!" She is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser in 2006[5] and 2007[6] and has also won for Best Performance by a Female - Television for Almost Heroes in 2012[7] and in 2015 won Best Female Performance in a Feature Film for her role as Carol in the movie Dirty Singles. She also appeared in the prank show "Scare Tactics". Since 2020, Lauren co-hosts her own podcast, "True Crime and Cocktails" along with her cousin, Christy Oxborrow.
Career
Ash has played various roles in Scare Tactics as well as the Canadian TV series Almost Heroes where she won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also won Best Comedic Play in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006.[8]
She had a recurring role in The Ron James Show and made guest appearances in Lost Girl, Cracked, Bomb Girls and Call Me Fitz. Other film and television credits include Video on Trial, Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated film Lars and the Real Girl. She was also the voice of Sam Goldman in the animated Canadian series The Dating Guy. She was part of the American sitcom Super Fun Night alongside Rebel Wilson and Liza Lapira.[9] She previously appeared in the first season Comedy Central series Another Period as Hortense, having taken over the role from Artemis Pebdani who played her in the pilot.
She won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards for her appearance on Spun Out.
Ash starred as Dina Fox from 2015-2021 on the NBC sitcom Superstore.[10][11]
From 2018 to 2020, she voiced Scorpia in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
In 2020, she began a weekly podcast titled True Crime and Cocktails with her cousin Christy Oxborrow.[12]
On April 13, 2021, Variety Magazine reported that Ash had inked an overall talent and development deal with NBCUniversal. She will also write a half-hour comedy pilot with Universal Television as part of her contract.[13] She also starred in the Netflix animated comedy Chicago Party Aunt in the same year.[14]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Lars and the Real Girl | Holly | |
| 2008 | Camille | Waitress | |
| 2011 | Calvin's Dream | Sylvia | |
| 2012 | S is for Bird | Sunny | Short film |
| 2014 | Dirty Singles | Carol | |
| Apple's Hack Proof iPhone | Short film | ||
| 2015 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | Mindy | |
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist | Florist |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–2014 | Video on Trial | Herself | Various appearances as Juror |
| 2006 | The Wilkinsons | Scarlett Tucker | |
| Runaway | Police Officer | Episode: "There's No Place Like Home" | |
| 2007 | Across the River to Motor City | Vicki | Episode: "Walk Like a Man" |
| 2008 | Facebook of Revelations: Robot | A6 | Television short |
| Facebook of Revelations: Puppy | Murray's Wife | Television short | |
| Facebook of Revelations: Heroes | Lenore | Television short | |
| 2009 | Howie Do It | 11 episodes | |
| Hotbox | 3 episodes | ||
| 2009–2010 | The Dating Guy | Sam Goldman, Danica Morris (voices) | 26 episodes |
| 2010–2011, 2013 | The Ron James Show | 6 episodes | |
| 2010–2013 | Scare Tactics | Various | 12 episodes |
| 2012 | Almost Naked Animals | Puma (voice) | Episode: "Octopi P.I./The Lost Stunt" |
| 2013 | Bomb Girls | Olga | Episode: "The Quickening" |
| Cracked | Officer Kelly Morris | Episode: "Spirited Away" | |
| Lost Girl | Jane | Episode: "Fae-ge Against the Machine" | |
| Call Me Fitz | Sidekick Sadie | Episode: "Baby's First Brothel" | |
| 2013–2014 | Super Fun Night | Marika | 17 episodes |
| 2014 | Spun Out | Julie Anderson | Episode: "Stalkblocker" |
| 2015 | Another Period | Hortense Bellacourt | 9 episodes |
| 2015–2021 | Superstore | Dina Fox | Main Role, 113 episodes; also writer for the episode Gender Reveal |
| 2017 | Bill Nye Saves the World | Kale | Episode 08 "This Diet Is Bananas" |
| 2017, 2018 | Hollywood Game Night | Herself | Multiple episodes |
| 2018 | $100,000 Pyramid | Herself | Celebrity |
| 2018–2020 | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | Scorpia (voice) | Main Role |
| 2020 | It's Pony | Officer Karen (voice) | Episode: "10 Minute Ticket" |
| 2021–present | Chicago Party Aunt | Aunt Diane (voice) | Main Role |
| 2022-present | Not Dead Yet | Lexie | Series Regular |
References
- ^ a b c "Last Call with Carson Daly "Elisabeth Moss, Tiger Army, Lauren Ash"". Last Call with Carson Daly. May 3, 2017. NBC. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ a b "Lauren Ash Biography". BuddyTV. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ^ "City comic nets ABC role". The Intelligencer. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Surreal ride for Canuck comic Lauren Ash's turn on Super Fun Night". Calgary Herald. October 1, 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ . Canadian Comedy Awards. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ . Canadian Comedy Awards. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ . Canadian Comedy Awards. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "second city". Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (2012-11-15). "Lauren Ash Joins ABC Comedy Pilot 'Super Fun Night'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Working on 'Superstore' has been creatively fulfilling: Lauren Ash". IANS-English. 8 October 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Watson, Fay (4 December 2020). "Superstore cancelled: Why has Superstore been cancelled on NBC?". Express Online.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Fraser, Emma. "True Crime & Cocktails Mixes, Booze, Mystery, and Pajamas". from the original on 2021-02-05.
- ^ Zorrilla, Mónica Marie (2021-04-13). "'Superstore' Alum Lauren Ash Sets Overall Deal with NBCUniversal". Variety. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ Framke, Caroline (17 September 2021). "Netflix's 'Chicago Party Aunt' Skims the Surface, Loudly: TV Review". Variety. Retrieved 24 May 2022.