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on of their audition .
In the fall of 2004 , Lauren moved to New York City to study film and television performance at that school , and was also still heavily involved with music . Things didn ’ t work out between the music manager and Lauren because of opinions over songs , and was dropped off from the management deal . That didn ’ t stop her though . She started going to open mic nights singing cover songs to get more exposure . One day she got a call from another music producer who had found her listing on a musician website she had advertised for herself . Interestingly enough , he was as well looking to put together a multi ethnic girl group to submit to his colleague at J Records . After trying to fit in with the girls , the producer saw it was better for Lauren to go solo , and worked on a few songs for her solo album .
After Lauren graduated from The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts , she felt like she was now in the real world . With having the support of her parents throughout her whole life and through school , it was starting to become a scary time without the prior help . With so many things happening , but nothing actually solid , she got her first taste of what it meant to be a “ starving artist ”. Lauren didn ’ t let that get to her though . She started submitting to independent films , and was cast as her first film role ever , called “ Daughters of America ”, where she played a troubled teen who had a rough life of drugs and incarceration . The thrill of becoming another character so unlike herself and watching it back on screen was exciting to her . After endlessly submitting for more roles , and facing the tough rejection of the business of acting , she turned to work behind the scenes for the first time . Her friend told her about an Applebee ’ s commercial that needed production assistants , so she joined on to do that , and being on her first real film set was even more exciting . So much exciting , she worked another gig behind the scenes , but this time was helping a casting director with organization of actors and all materials for another commercial audition . Being able to see the process of what it ’ s like to audition for a commercial in front of a reputable casting director was just as interesting to her . But she knew in front of the camera is where she wanted to be for now .
With finances getting hard being on her own and a true starving artist submitting to castings and not hearing back , she started looking into modeling again . She started seeing castings for models and how much money they were making , so started becoming interested in that again . Lauren immediately started receiving many calls to model , and that took over for many years while acting and music took a backseat . She started working with photographers who were hiring her to update their portfolio , which one led to a publication in an art book that came out in Germany . Lauren had so much success in the modeling world , that it completely took over her career then for the next 4-5 years before she started getting back into music and acting again .
photo credits : Matt Farrara - MJF Portraiture ,
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