Molly Ephraim
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | May 22, 1986
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2002–present |
Molly Ephraim (born May 22, 1986) is an American actress who has appeared in films, television, and Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions.
She is best known for her role as Mandy Baxter in the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing during its original run (2011–2017). Ephraim has also appeared in a number of other TV series including Brockmire (2017), Halt and Catch Fire (TV series) (2017), and Casual (TV series) (2018).
Most recently, Ephraim portrayed Irene Kelly in The Front Runner (2018). [1]
Early life
Ephraim was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [2] and grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She performed in shows at the Bucks County Playhouse as a child and in professional productions at the Prince Music Theater and Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia as a teenager.[3] Ephraim was raised Jewish.[4]
In 2008, Ephraim graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Religious Studies. At Princeton she was a member of the Triangle Club and performed in and choreographed various shows for Princeton University Players and Theatre Intime.[3]
Career
Theater
Ephraim made her Broadway debut as Little Red Riding Hood in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods in 2002, receiving a Drama League Award nomination. She later played Bielke in a Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof (2004).[5] Off-Broadway, Ephraim played Rachel Stein in End Days at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in 2009.[6] She played Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Barrington Stage Company in 2008, in a remounting of the production with new direction by Jeremy Dobrish, and at the North Shore Music Theatre. In 2010, she played Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank at the Westport Country Playhouse.[7]
In 2015, Ephraim appeared as "Daphna Feygenbaum" in Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.[8]
Film and television
Ephraim most recently portrayed Irene Kelly in The Front Runner (film) (2018). She played Wendy Greenhut in the film College Road Trip (2008) [9] and Ali Rey in the film Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) [10] and the spin-off film Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014).[11][12]
She had roles in episodes of the television shows Royal Pains (2009), Law & Order (2008), the Michael J. Fox-produced pilot Hench at Home (2003), the HBO pilot The Wonderful Maladys (2009), Brockmire (2017), Halt and Catch Fire (TV series) (2017), and Casual (TV series) (2018).
Ephraim appeared as a series regular in the role of Mandy Baxter, one of Tim Allen's character's daughter, in the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing, which premiered on October 11, 2011 and originally ended in March 2017, canceled after six seasons.[12] After the series was revived by Fox in May 2018, she opted not to return to the show's seventh season.[13]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | College Road Trip | Wendy Greenhut | |
2010 | Paranormal Activity 2 | Ali Rey | |
2014 | Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones | Ali Rey | |
2015 | Gravy | Cricket | |
2018 | The Front Runner | Irene Kelly |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Hench at Home | Ally Hench | Unsold ABC pilot |
2008 | Law & Order | Anne-Marie Liscomb | Episode: "Tango" |
2009 | Royal Pains | Beth Samuels | Episode: "It's Like Jamais Vu All Over Again" |
2010 | The Wonderful Maladys | Emo Girl | Unsold HBO pilot |
2011– 2017 | Last Man Standing | Mandy Baxter | Main cast, 130 episodes |
2017–present | Brockmire | Bartender | 5 episodes |
2017 | Halt and Catch Fire | Alexa Vonn | 5 episodes |
2018 | Casual | Jess | 3 episodes |
References
- ↑ "Review: Hugh Jackman's 'The Front Runner' Confronts The Political Conundrum Of Our Time" Forbes, October 5, 2018
- ↑ "Molly Ephraim Biography". Tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- 1 2 "Rising star, Questions and answers with actress Molly Ephraim ’08" princeton.edu, March 5, 2008
- ↑ Steinberg, Lisa. "Molly Ephraim – Bad Jews" starrymag, June 9, 2015
- ↑ "Funk, Doyle, Trimm, Hoty, Ephraim and Schwencke Join Roundabout's 'BYE BYE BIRDIE'". Baltimore.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
- ↑ "Ensemble Studio's END DAYS Makes Off Broadway Premiere 3/25". Broadwayworld.com. 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
- ↑ Gates, Anita. "Review. In the Attic With Anne Frank" The New York Times, October 8, 2010
- ↑ Riefe, Jordan (2015-06-18). "'Bad Jews': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ College Road Trip tcm.com, retrieved August 24, 2018
- ↑ Paranormal Activity 2 tcm.com, retrieved August 24, 2018
- ↑ Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones tcm.com, retrieved August 24, 2018
- 1 2 "Ephraim Biography" tcm.com, retrieved August 24, 2018
- ↑ Ausiello, Michael (July 2, 2018). "Last Man Standing Shake-Up: 2 Major Roles Being Recast Ahead of Season 7 (EXCLUSIVE)". TVLine.