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. 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] Best Comedic Play in 2008, Best Sketch Troupe in 2006, 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".

Lauren Ash
Ash at the 2019 WonderCon
Born
Lauren Elizabeth Ash[1]

(1983-02-04) February 4, 1983[2]
Belleville, Ontario, Canada[3][1]
NationalityCanadian
Occupation
  • Actress
  • comedian
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]

Career

Ash has played various roles in Scare Tactics as well as the Canadian TV series Almost Heroes. 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.[8] 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 has starred as Dina Fox on the NBC sitcom Superstore since 2015.

In 2020, she began a weekly podcast titled True Crime and Cocktails with her cousin Christy Oxborrow[9]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007Lars and the Real GirlHolly
2008CamilleWaitress
2011Calvin's DreamSylvia
2012S is for BirdSunnyShort film
2014Dirty SinglesCarol
2014Apple's Hack Proof iPhoneShort film
2015Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2Mindy
2017The Disaster ArtistFlorist

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005–2014Video on TrialHerselfVarious appearances as Juror
2006The WilkinsonsScarlett Tucker
2006RunawayPolice OfficerEpisode: "There's No Place Like Home"
2007Across the River to Motor CityVickiEpisode: "Walk Like a Man"
2008Facebook of Revelations: RobotA6Television short
2008Facebook of Revelations: PuppyMurray's WifeTelevision short
2008Facebook of Revelations: HeroesLenoreTelevision short
2009Howie Do It11 episodes
2009Hotbox3 episodes
2009–2010The Dating GuySam Goldman, Danica Morris (voices)26 episodes
2010–2011, 2013The Ron James Show6 episodes
2010–2013Scare TacticsVarious12 episodes
2012Almost Naked AnimalsPuma (voice)Episode: "Octopi P.I./The Lost Stunt"
2013Bomb GirlsOlgaEpisode: "The Quickening"
2013CrackedOfficer Kelly MorrisEpisode: "Spirited Away"
2013Lost GirlJaneEpisode: "Fae-ge Against the Machine"
2013Call Me FitzSidekick SadieEpisode: "Baby's First Brothel"
2013–2014Super Fun NightMarika17 episodes
2014Spun OutJulie AndersonEpisode: "Stalkblocker"
2015Another PeriodHortense Bellacourt9 episodes
2015–presentSuperstoreDina FoxMain Role; also writer for the episode Gender Reveal
2017, 2018Hollywood Game NightHerselfMultiple episodes
2018$100,000 PyramidHerselfCelebrity
2018-2020She-Ra and the Princesses of PowerScorpia (voice)Main Role

References
  1. "Last Call with Carson Daly "Elisabeth Moss, Tiger Army, Lauren Ash"". Last Call with Carson Daly. May 3, 2017. NBC. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  2. "Lauren Ash Biography". BuddyTV. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  3. "City comic nets ABC role". The Intelligencer. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  4. "Surreal ride for Canuck comic Lauren Ash's turn on Super Fun Night". Calgary Herald. October 1, 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  5. "2006 Award Winners". Canadian Comedy Awards. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  6. "2007 Award Winners". Canadian Comedy Awards. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  7. "Award Winners 2012". Canadian Comedy Awards. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  8. Vlessing, Etan (2012-11-15). "Lauren Ash Joins ABC Comedy Pilot 'Super Fun Night'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  9. Fraser, Emma. "True Crime & Cocktails Mixes, Booze, Mystery, and Pajamas". Archived from the original on 2021-02-05.
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