Leven Rambin

Infobox Actor

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name = Leven Rambin
caption = Leven Rambin (Photo by Christopher Peterson)
birthname = Leven Alice Rambin
birthdate = birth date and age|1990|5|17
location = Houston, Texas, United States
yearsactive = 2004–present
homepage =

Leven Alice Rambin (born May 17, 1990 in Houston, Texas) is an Emmy nominated American actress. Her father (Joseph Howard Rambin, III.) is co-founder of Moody-Rambin, the largest locally owned commercial real estate firm in Houston. Her mother is the former Karen Stacy Guthrie. Her brother's name is Joseph Harper Rambin who is currently enrolled at The University of Alabama. Her older sister, Mary, is the designer of the Moe handbag line and resides in New York City. [ [http://www.soapoperadigest.com/soapstarstats/levenrambinbio/ Leven Rambin - Actor Bio - All My Children - AMC - Lily - Ava ] ] She is the granddaughter of J. Howard Rambin, Jr, former CEO and president of Texaco oil company.

Biography

She began performing in school plays. She studied at the Houston School of Film and Theatre and at St. Francis Episcopal Day School where she starred in her first school play before relocating to Los Angeles when she got cast on "All My Children" (her first professional acting role). While acting, she is also pursued her high school diploma through the Texas Tech University Independent School District. [cite news|last=Usigan|first=Ysolt|title=Cyber School Halls of Fame|publisher=KRQE|url=http://www.krqe.com/Global/story.asp?s=6389383|accessdate=2008-09-20]

Career

Rambin joined the cast of ABC's "All My Children" in February 2004, playing the role of Lily Montgomery, the autistic daughter of Jackson Montgomery (Walt Willey).

On March 30, 2007, Rambin began juggling dual roles on AMC. She continues to play the autistic Lily Montgomery, as well as her street-smart but lovable older half sister, Ava Benton. She later appeared on an episode of "". On February 28, 2008, Leven will appear on NBC's new series "Lipstick Jungle". Leven will appear in film for the first time in Killer Film's independent picture, "Gigantic". The film stars and is produced by Paul Dano. Leven filmed a pilot presentation for the CW titled "Austin Golden Hour", directed by Sanford Bookstaver in April 2008.

Leven Rambin was the only actress from "All My Children" to be nominated for the 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. She was nominated for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for her roles of Lily Montgomery and Ava Benton.

On June 18, 2008 TV Guide announced that Rambin would be joining the cast of "" as a series regular, playing the character , a school friend and potential love interest of John Connor. [cite news | last =Mitovich | first =Matt | title = TV's Terminator Sets Sights on Soap Starlet | work =Today’s News: Our Take | publisher =TV Guide | date =2008-06-18 | url = http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Sarah-Connor-Casting/800041855 | accessdate =2008-06-19]

She has also recently been signed to Wilhelmina Models.fact|date=September 2008

Daytime roles

* Lily Montgomery (June 1, 2004 to June 10, 2008)
* Ava Benton (March 30, 2007 to February 19, 2008)

Personal life

She resides in both Los Angeles and New York. [ [http://abc.go.com/daytime/allmychildren/bios/87728_1.html All My Children bio] ] Leven's favorite sport is field hockey.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1628079/bio Leven Rambin's Bio & Trivia at IMDb] She also loves snow and water skiing, reading and writing, fashion. Other things she loves to do is play softball and basketball. She is close friends with Katelyn Tarver, Lydia Hearst-Shaw.

References

External links

*imdb name|1628079
* [http://www.tv.com/leven-rambin/person/313230/summary.html?q=Leven%20Rambin&tag=search_results;title;0 Biography] at TV.com
* [http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/tv_film/Oct06/Leven_Rambin.php Making a Difference With Her Character] (interview in "American Superstar Magazine")
* [http://levenrambin.com/ Official Site]