Lauren LeMay

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Artist/Model

Yes, I was born in a small mountain town. After the 1989 revolution, it took six years to take us all out.

No, we didn’t move around much. And I really like my home town, Busteni.

At six years old, at the communist theatre, the communists made me do it. But then I found out I really like attention. We traveled with a bus and putting on shows on the stage. I fell in love with the theatre and told my mom I wanted to go to Hollywood to become an actress when I grow up. She laughed and said “It’s impossible, the communists will never let us leave the country”. So after much resistance during the revolution and after, when we came to America, I started modeling bikini in Chicago, because it paid well, then, after graduating High School, moved to California where I got married and continued with my love for the stage, as well as modeling for various photographers.

I worked in a bakery making fifty thousand million cookies.

I’m the greatest undiscovered talent in the industry.

Yes, all the time. I tend to get a lot of sexy roles. Or glamorous types. I get asked often: “Where are you from?” even before I open my mouth and speak with an accent. People’s first impression is that I am Middle Eastern, Latin, Jewish or Russian, and I don’t sound like it. My accent is different from anything they’ve heard. They say I definitely don’t look American. Sometimes I wish I did.

No one can place my accent and it’s hard for me to get cast. I have had many interesting experiences, resistance, heartbreaks, which I think made me grow, and as long as there is some intelligence developing, one can be a good actor no matter how she looks like. I was told that Hollywood likes blonds with blue eyes and I must become one if I want to make it, so I became a blond. Then I grew out of it, but now, I change the way I look all the time.

I have recently realized that I would make a great supporting actress. It was during the play “Truck Stop Café” aka(Baghdad Café) at the Playhouse Theatre Players, during a performance. Before this, I wanted to be the star of everything. I didn’t even know what supporting role is, and the difference between the two. It was a scene in which a lot of actors came in one after the other, and did their lines, and moved on off stage. So I was there, and saw each one of them come on, and you can’t upstage an actor in his scene, or the audience misses the whole point, so I didn’t. I just supported them while they were there and it worked.

I want them to see me as the star that I am.

I’m a competitive Giant slalom down hill skier, I usually win, I‘m told I‘m very strong.

No, I love a well written script.

I loved the Vintage Vehicle Show. It was when I was fresh in this country and I didn’t understand English that well. I was very nervous and the man that hired me to do the interviews was very nice. I thought: “I should be better, I should be carefull I don’t upset anyone”. And he was just telling me: “That was good”. I had a lot of fun. I love old cars. Especially 1967 Cobra.

What has given me the most confidence in this career is the memory of me when I was five years old, saying to myself with true feeling: “I want to go to Hollywood and be an actress”, in spite the fact that it was an impossible thing to achieve, for example, the communists would not let anyone leave the country. There were many things which should have stopped me. But so far, nothing has been able to touch me in that regards. And that gives me confidence.

Both. A benefit, because I get a lot of attention, and many directors, producers, acting mentors approach me saying: “I want you to read for my play“ or “I have this movie I‘m doing“, etc.. But a hindrance because they don’t want to work with me, or cast me in their movie, but they want to have a sexual experience. I would definitely say it has been more of a hindrance so far. Who knows what will happen in the future? I hope I have learned for my future. Most of the actresses today are very thin, and I think that’s a good idea for me to be as well.

Yes. I’m always cast as the producer’s girlfriend which is not what I had in mind.

Men in L.A. usually approach me by saying they have a play, or they are a director, producer, established actor or playwright of a theatre play or a movie, and would I like a part? Many women give me compliments on my legs and men give me compliments on my twins.

Has your Romania heritage influenced what type roles you have been offered much? Yes. I was cast as a Natzi prison guard in the play Schindler’s List. Even though I told them I don’t sound German.

Yes, Living under Communism Dictatorship is a terrible thing. Living in America, Anything is possible. America has some laws, which, for somebody like me can be a wonderful gift. All these, if, I can free myself from the demons of my past. I miss my friends from Romania. And I miss the mountains as well. That’s the only thing which distorts me most. However, I really like Microwave ovens.

The last play I did, even though I didn’t have many lines, has given me valuable knowledge. My greatest achievement was to get my husband to marry me. It took 9 years.

I can be very dominant and switch to being submissive. I have heard of a great actor who loves to play only humiliating roles, and I love to do that as well. I don’t know, I’m pretty open. Anything goes. I’ve had many experiences in my life which puts me in a position that if I have to play a role, chances are, I experienced it at some point in my life. People often approach me to cast me as a femme fatalle, I would like them to also see that I have an emotional vulnerability.

Yes, modeling did lead to many acting roles. The pictures I added to my portfolio from modeling photo shoots has lead to roles. I have been blessed to shoot with talented photographers. One guy, I liked his pictures so much that I married him.

Yes, that break out role is busy looking for me.

Yes. I had a strict rule about that. I would not do nudes, topless, sex scenes, rape scenes, lesbian, etc. But a lot of auditions today are for projects which require these things. And a lot of my girlfriend actresses are working more than me because they don’t mind doing these things. So now, I realize I must accept to do these roles which require nudity and sexual language if I want a break.

I have seen some of my actor friends getting fame from using their sexuality. It appears I must do the same. However, I have always enjoyed posing nude for my husband.

Sophie Marceau and Anthony Quinn are my favorite of all times. I wish I could be the type actor that they are.

Yes. I have seen the effect Michael and Farrah had on people everywhere. With Michael, people were crying, others had other things to say, others were defending him against accusations. Either way, people had a reaction from this “being”. That has made me realize that whatever happens in life, if people talk bad at some point about me, or give me resistance, that in fact, is a blessing, why get upset and stress about it. So yes, it has caused me to see that I should not be uptight in my life, for every second that I live. Also, not to take prescription drugs. If someone tries to manipulate, or say mean things about me, to not be uptight or stress about it, to learn, because the older I grow, the more I see the stuff that is not real. To enjoy this wonderful gift. Life.

I’d like to have children, I’d like to live a long time with my husband, I want to build a home for my family, remove distortion from my life. Be happy, Healthy, Be a good working actress, Be in high budget Movies, visit Romania without emotions of self pity or regret, have more children, then retire in the country and raise sheep and chickens.