Emmy Raver-Lampman Biography
Emmy Raver-Lampman is an American actress and singer. She began her career working in musical theater, and has performed in various Broadway and national touring productions such as Hair, Jekyll & Hyde, Wicked, and Hamilton. She has played Allison Hargreeves in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy since 2019.
How old is Emmy Raver-Lampman? – Age
The American actress is 32 years old as of 5th September 2020. She was born in 1988 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
Who are Emmy Raver-Lampman Parents? – Father and Mother
The actress was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia. She was adopted as a newborn; her adoptive mother Sharon is a professor at Old Dominion University, while her father who is known as Greg is a writer and teacher. She was well raised by her parents well.
Emmy Raver-Lampman Siblings
The actress was raised an only child for long but later she have one half-sister. She has traveled widely (over 50 countries) and lived in the Czech Republic, Ukraine and India when she was young due to her mother’s work. She has one half-sister, who is younger by 20 years.
Emmy Raver-Lampman Education
The actress attended a performing arts high school, Governor’s school for the Arts, as well as Maury High in Norfolk. She then attended Marymount Manhattan college in New York City. She began working as a professional actress while in school and began studying remotely for her junior year. She landed a part in a production of Hair, and she left her course temporarily with just a semester left before graduation, but eventually returned to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 2012.
Is Emmy Raver-Lampman in a Relationship? – Spouse
Yes, the American actress is currently in love. She is in a relationship with Daveed Diggs, whom she met in 2015 while performing together in Hamilton. She has been dating the same person for several years.
The actress’s fiance, was part of Hamilton’s first Broadway cast with her. They have always remained close after their working relationship ended. As of 2021, the pair have not yet married. They have no children yet.
Emmy Raver-Lampman Career
The actress career began in musical theatre. Her first professional theater role was in a May 2010 production of Children of Eden, produced by the Astoria Performing Arts Center. She auditioned for the musical while she was a sophomore at college and won a leading role. She then auditioned for and subsequently joined the 2010 national tour of Hair.
The actress made her Broadway debut in Summer 2011, when Hair made a return to Broadway with its touring production. The following fall, she joined the 3rd national tour of the musical Jekyll & Hyde as an ensemble member and understudy for the lead role, Lucy Harris. The production transferred to Broadway in April 2013 for a two-month limited engagement but closed after a month.
In 2013, the actress was cast in the Broadway original production of A Night with Janis Joplin. Following her one-year contract with Wicked, she returned to New York in March 2015, and later auditioned for one of the two ensemble roles that Hamilton was adding to its show after its Off-Broadway run.
In September 2015, the actress was part of a star-studded reading of an original rock musical titled Galileo. In December of that year, she took part in an MCC Theatre workshop of Alice By Heart.
In January 2016, it was announced that she was cast as Pearl Krabs in the Chicago production tryout of the musical SpongeBob SquarePants. In March 2017, the actress joined the show’s first national tour, starring as Angelica. She toured with the show until the end of 2017, performing in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
In late 2019, it was announced that she would be joining her former Hamilton castmate Solea Pfeiffer as co-stars of the new original musical Gun & Powder, directed by Robert O’Hara. The show had a month-long regional engagement in Arlington, Virginia, which opened on January 28, 2020.
The actress landed her first major television role in 2017, portraying Allison Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy, opposite actors Elliot Page and Tom Hopper, among others. The show was filmed during the first half of 2018 and was released on Netflix in February 2019. The show was Netflix’s third most popular series in 2019, with more than 45 million viewers.
Throughout 2019, she also had guest roles in television shows like A Million Little Things and Jane the Virgin. In July 2020, it was announced that Raver-Lampman would be replacing Kristen Bell as the voice of Molly Tillerman in the Apple TV+ show Central Park. The announcement came after Bell resigned from her role, due to a controversy over her performance as a mixed-race character. She will voice Molly in the second season of the series.
Emmy Raver-Lampman Net worth
The American actress has an estimated net worth of around $12 million as of 2021.