Amanda Warren (born July 17, 1982) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Lucy Warburton on the
HBO
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
drama series ''
The Leftovers''
and as Betty on the
AppleTV+
Apple TV+ is an American subscription streaming service owned and operated by Apple Inc. Launched on November 1, 2019, it offers a selection of original production film and television series called Apple Originals. The service was announced du ...
comedy series ''
Dickinson''.
Early life
Amanda Warren was born on July 17, 1982, in
New York City. She studied
singing at
Professional Performing Arts School in New York.
Career
In the late 2000s, Warren began appearing in small roles in several American television series and films. In 2010, she appeared in several guest-starring television roles, including ''
Rubicon'', ''
Gossip Girl'', ''
The Good Wife'', and ''
Law & Order
''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise.
''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...
''.
In 2014, Warren portrayed Lucy Warburton on
HBO
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
's drama television series ''
The Leftovers''.
Her film credits include ''
The Adjustment Bureau'' (2011), ''
Seven Psychopaths'' (2012), ''
All Is Bright'' (2013), ''
Deep Powder'' (2013), ''
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' is a 2017 crime drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Martin McDonagh and starring Frances McDormand as a Missouri woman who rents three roadside billboards to draw attention to her daugh ...
'' (2017), and ''
Mother!'' (2017).
Warren signed on for an
CBS political drama pilot titled ''Ways & Means'' in February 2020. The pilot, written by Mike Murphy and
Ed Redlich, depicts a powerful congressional leader who has lost faith in politics, with Warren as the former community organizer and progressive activist Jerlene Brooks. In May 2021, CBS passed on the pilot.
In 2022, Warren was cast as the lead in the CBS cop drama ''
East New York''. She plays Regina Haywood: the newly promoted deputy inspector of the East New York neighborhood in East Brooklyn. The show was picked up for series and set for a fall debut during the
2022-23 United States network television schedule.
In 2021, Warren was cast as Camille De Haan, mother of titular character Monet De Haan, in the 2021 reboot of Gossip Girl.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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African-American actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
Living people
1982 births
21st-century American actresses
People from Coquille, Oregon
21st-century African-American women
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
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