Lauren Bowles
Acting • Born 1970-03-24
Biography
Lauren Bowles is an actress and writer. Bowles majored in drama at New York University. Bowles has appeared in numerous TV shows, including Arrested Development, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Judging Amy and Private Practice. She has appeared with Louis-Dreyfus in programs such as Seinfeld, as a waitress at the diner; The New Adventures of Old Christine, Watching Ellie, and Veep. She has also appeared in some feature films. In April 2010, she was cast as Holly Cleary, a Wiccan, in the vampire television series True Blood. She currently appears on XM radio's Take Five channel, where she does features for their Five Minute Magazine. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is her maternal half sister.
Filmography
62 credits
Hall Pass
Movie • 2011
Britney
Night Shift
Movie • 2023
Birdie
Horror Anthology Volume 1
Movie • 2022
Underdog Kids
Movie • 2015
Mrs. Jones
Gone Missing
Movie • 2013
Lisa
The Starving Games
Movie • 2013
Effoff
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Movie • 2022
Nurse Shirley
The Uninvited
Movie • 1996
Sarah Parrish
The Heartbreak Kid
Movie • 2007
Tammy
Starstruck
Movie • 2010
Sherry Wilde
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
Movie • 2016
Barb Archer
Art School Confidential
Movie • 2006
Woman Strangled
George of the Jungle
Movie • 1997
Ursula's Friend
Her Last Will
Movie • 2016
Leslie
Best Fake Friends
Movie • 2016
Joy
Broken Star
Movie • 2018
Kara
Ghost World
Movie • 2001
Angry Garage Sale Woman
Spartan
Movie • 2004
Entertainment Reporter (uncredited)
Dance Flick
Movie • 2009
Glynn
The Test
Movie • 2013
Free Birds
Movie • 2013
Jake's Mother (voice)
Haunted Trumpet
Movie • 2013
Goodnight Darling
Movie • 2021
Mom
Watching Ellie
TV • 2002
Susan
The Single Guy
TV • 1995
Paula
CSI: NY
TV • 2004
Jamie Blake
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Callie Horne
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Ellen the Barmaid
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Alice Franklin
True Blood
TV • 2008
Holly Cleary
Mom
TV • 2013
Mary
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Blonde Longhaired Woman
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV • 2000
Miriam
Unhitched
TV • 2008
Annie
Rush Hour
TV • 2016
Molly
NCIS
TV • 2003
Mary Wiles
Rosewood
TV • 2015
Loretta Franks
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Waitress
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Waitress #1
Lie to Me
TV • 2009
Valerie Blunt
Rita Rocks
TV • 2008
Audrey
NCIS
TV • 2003
Nance Freeman
Veep
TV • 2012
Monica
Scandal
TV • 2012
Harmony
Station 19
TV • 2018
Max's Mother
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Ana
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
Stripper
Veronica Mars
TV • 2004
Karin Mackay
How to Get Away with Murder
TV • 2014
Montes
Stalker
TV • 2014
Monica Grant
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Lucy Stoker
9-1-1: Lone Star
TV • 2020
The New Adventures of Old Christine
TV • 2006
Patty
Good Luck Charlie
TV • 2010
Elaine
The Messengers
TV • 2015
Cindy Richards
The Closer
TV • 2005
Donna
Four Kings
TV • 2006
Judy Richardson
Private Practice
TV • 2007
Cyndy Roberts
Still Standing
TV • 2002
Nancy
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Gaia
NCIS: Origins
TV • 2024
Shelly Wheeler
The Hunting Wives
TV • 2025
Sienna Colson