Lauren Ambrose (born Laura Anne D'Ambruoso, 20 February 1978) is an American film and television actress, best known for portraying the character Claire Fisher on the popular HBO drama Six Feet Under.
Attended Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford and Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, but transferred and graduated from the High School in the Community, a magnet school also in New Haven. She also attended the Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven's performing arts school, and spent summers studying voice at Tanglewood in Massachusetts.
Classically trained opera singer
Occasionally attends Notre Dame High School of West Haven, CT, Ultimate Frisbee Club games.
Lives in Manhattan with her husband, Sam.
Her father, Frank, is a caterer, and her mother, Annie, is an interior designer.
Has a younger brother, John.
Lauren is taking piano lessons.
Husband Sam is a photographer, originally from Boston.
Gave birth to her first child, a baby boy named Orson, on January 17th, 2007.
