Auden Thornton
Auden Thornton | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Education | Juilliard School (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Auden Thornton is an American actress.
Life and career
[edit]Thornton was born and raised in Houston, Texas and began performing at a young age. At the age of nine, she was cast in the film Arlington Road starring Jeff Bridges and Joan Cusack. She attended Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan and later moved to New York City and graduated from the Juilliard School in 2011.[1] In New York City, Thornton began performing in Off-Broadway plays, include Years of Sky and Three Sisters. She also guest-starred in a number of television series, include Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, Forever, and Elementary.
In 2017, Thornton played a leading role in the critically acclaimed independent drama film Beauty Mark. The film has 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2] Thornton received positive reviews and won Los Angeles Film Festival Award for Best Breakout Performance.[3][4] In 2019, she was cast in a recurring role for the fourth season of the NBC family drama series, This Is Us.[5] In 2020, Thornton was cast in the ABC pilot Thirtysomething(else), the sequel to critically acclaimed drama Thirtysomething, in which she will play Brittany Weston, the daughter of Elliot Weston (Timothy Busfield) and Nancy Weston (Patricia Wettig).[6][7]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arlington Road | Hannah Lang | |
| 2011 | Pan Am | Anke | Episode: "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" |
| 2013 | Blue Bloods | Angie | Episode: "Unwritten Rules" |
| 2014 | The Longest Week | Woman at Gallery | |
| 2014 | The Good Wife | Darla Riggs | Episode: "We, the Juries" |
| 2015 | Forever | Sarah Clancy | Episode: "Memories of Murder" |
| 2015 | True Story | Lena | |
| 2016 | Elementary | Julie Monahan | Episode: "Ready or Not" |
| 2016 | Royal Pains | Bree | Episode: "Palpating the Orbital Rim" |
| 2017 | Doubt | Gemma Ashford | Episodes: "Pilot" and "Not a Word" |
| 2017 | Beauty Mark | Angie | Los Angeles Film Festival Award for Best Breakout Performance |
| 2018 | Bull | Sarah Lynch | Episode: "Keep Your Friends Close" |
| 2019-2020 | This Is Us | Lucy Damon | Recurring role |
| 2020 | Thirtysomething(else) | Brittany Weston | |
| 2023 | Black Mirror | Jessica Ross | Episode: "Beyond the Sea" |
References
[edit]- ^ "Auden Thornton". www.huntingtontheatre.org.
- ^ "Beauty Mark (2017)" – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
- ^ "Auden Thornton talks Beauty Mark, Louisville". July 26, 2017.
- ^ BEAUTY MARK wins the Special Mention for Breakout Performance for Auden Thornton at the 2017 LAFF. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021.
- ^ Turchiano, Danielle (August 31, 2019). "'This Is Us' Season 4 Casts 'When They See Us' Duo, M. Night Shyamalan (Watch the First Trailer)".
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 18, 2020). "'Thirtysomething(else): Auden Thornton To Star In ABC's 'Thirtysomething' Sequel Pilot".
- ^ "ABC's 'Thirtysomething' Sequel Lands 'This Is Us' Actress". The Hollywood Reporter. February 18, 2020.
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