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 Tammy Lauren appears as New Orleans tour guide Lily Crawford, whom Drew begins a relationship with while on vacation with the gang in "The Big Easy", appearing in a total of 4 episodes in Seasons 8 and 9 | ||||
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| Born: | November 16, 1968 | |||
| Birthplace: | San Diego, California, U.S. | |||
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Actress | |||
| Years Active: | 1978-present | |||
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| Appeared on: | The Drew Carey Show | |||
| Appears as: | Lily Crawford, Drew's girlfriend from New Orleans | |||
| Episodes appeared in: | 4 in Seasons 8 & 9 | |||
Tammy Lauren Vasquez (credited as Tammy Lauren; born November 16, 1968) played the recurring role of Lily Crawford, who meets and falls in love with Drew after the two meet when Drew, Lewis, Oswald, and Kellie take a vacation trip to New Orleans in Season 8 (in "Drew Answers the Belle", episode #23). She appears in four episodes that season and Season 9.
Biography[]
Born Tammy Lauren Vasquez in San Diego, California, Tammy's mother is Suzanne Bledsoe, who worked as a talent manager, and her stepfather was British film and TV director Charles Jarrott. As a child, she began her Hollywood acting career.
Her debut was in the role of Melissa Turner in the one-season on the short-lived NBC-TV sitcom series Who's Watching the Kids, which aired in 1978.
This was followed by an appearance on the short-lived NBC sitcom Out of the Blue, which aired the following year. Lauren's guest-star appearances included TV shows as Angie, Mork & Mindy, Fantasy Island, The Facts of Life, Family Ties, and Little House on the Prairie.
Later on, young Tammy starred in Disney's The Last Flight of Noah's Ark. She then landed a recurring role on the CBS-TV produced daytime soap The Young and the Restless, in which she portrayed Maggie Sullivan. In addition, she costarred in a multitude of other TV productions, including the movies Tattle: When To Tell On a Friend, Crime of Innocence, and the 1988 remake I Saw What You Did. On TV, Lauren portrayed Ginger Szabo on Homefront; and has also landed recurring roles on Home Improvement, Wanda at Large, Martial Law, and Walker, Texas Ranger.
She also guest starred in an episode of ABC-TV's MacGyver and an episode of Two and a Half Men. In 2014, Lauren appeared on Criminal Minds. In her personal life, Lauren is married to Israeli actor Guri Weinberg, whose father Moshe was killed in the Munich massacre.
External links[]
- Tammy Lauren article at Wikipedia
Tammy Lauren at the Internet Movie Database
