She's got dimples as deep as a Chicago pie and a smile that almost distracts us from her flawless figure, but Lauren London is much more than the sum of her parts. "I really wasn't a vixen," says the woman who cut her teeth as a video model when she was only 18. "The girls would go hang out with the rappers, and I'd call my mom to pick me up because I had to go to school in the morning." After her first gig opposite T.I. in ATL (Warner Bros.) and her role as Turtle's love interest on HBO's Entourage, she was offered a part in the upcoming holiday flick This Christmas (Screen Gems) - without an audition. Talk about visions of sugarplums. Click here for more interviews from our Juice list.
NAME: Lauren London
AGE: 22
BORN: Los Angeles, CA
RESIDES: Los Angeles, CA
PERSONAL MOTTO:
"I am enough."
SOMETHING I DO EVERY DAY FOR SANITY:
"Pray."
FAVORITE ARTICLE OF CLOTHING/GOOD LUCK CHARM:
"Anklet that I've had since I was 15. One of my best friends stole it for me from the mall. I'll never take it off. You'll see it in photoshoots. Hers turned green but mine's remained on my ankle ever since."
MOST FRUSTRATING MOMENT:
"Having to fight me not believing in myself in the beginning of my career."
PERSON I ADMIRE MOST :
"It's kind of corny, but Barbara Streisand. If I ever met her I'd die."
5 YEARS AGO, MY GOAL WAS...:
"To be doing what I'm doing now."
5 YEARS FROM NOW, MY GOAL IS...:
"To be nominated for an Oscar and to be able to pick and choose the roles I go for. And maybe to be married or engaged."
BIGGEST PROBLEM FACING OUR GENERATION:
"No one really stands for anything anymore. Everyone's just following a trend. People are afraid to be themselves."
FAVORITE BOOK:
"Schooling Carmen by Kathleen Cross."
FAVORITE MOVIE:
"Gone with the Wind."
SONGS I LISTEN TO IN MY CAR:
"Wayne's mixtape, Pac, The Best of Stephanie Mills."
August 09, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
Lauren London: The Girl Next Door
Article tags: ATL, Entourage, Lauryn London, This Christmas
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