Biography:
Being a native Floridian, born in Miami, Lauren Rigau
remained close to her Cuban roots. Her natural gravitas towards entertaining was evidenced at the tender age of three,
where she basked in the glory of a ballet recital in front of an enormous
audience.
Now in her early twenties is no different, she has always been
comfortable in the limelight.
Lauren's most recent accomplishment has been the role of Claudette
Rousseau - a lead in the upcoming feature film "The Inner Circle". In
this coming of age story Lauren plays a mischievous and tortured girl, who
discovers what is truly unraveling behind closed doors at the boarding school
she attends.
It all began when Lauren and her Dad, Carlos - an award-winning
photojournalist, noticed that there was no media geared towards teens and teen
issues. That is when they created "Teen Talk". Teen Talk was a weekly
segment that introduced fun and serious stories about kids and adults that
impact teenagers' lives - this was at the age of fourteen. Lauren and her Dad
brought the concept to General Manager, Don Browne and News Director, Tim
Geraghty of NBC-6. They loved the idea of bringing a fresh perspective to their
already successful veteran News Anchors. Thus, Lauren began producing and
hosting, subsequently, complimenting the news gathering team.
As host of
NBC-6's Teen Talk, Lauren has hosted/produced: an exclusive segment with Aaron
and Angel Carter for Access Hollywood; Andy Garcia for his 2006 film, "The
Lost City" for the NBC-6 morning news; a documentary about Cuban musical
prodigy, Israel "Cachao" Lopez; and reported on the World Series
Champion Florida Marlins.
Other interviews: Gone one-on-one with Access
Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell; Pit Bull; Tennis Player, Maria Sharapova;World
Renowned Artist, Romero Brito;Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys; Gloria and Emilio Estefan;
O'Town; ; Access Hollywood's Billy Bush; Russell Simmons & Rev Run; Julio
Iglesias, Jr., N'Sync; Fame's Debbie Allen; Even Stevens' A J Trauth; Artist,
Alexandra Nechita; Latin Grammy Award Winner, Jorge Moreno; Nestor Torres;
Julio Mechoso and Candace C.C. Carey of Drumline. Teen Talk aired Sunday
mornings on Today in South Florida for two years. You can listen to and view
some of Lauren's work under her Hosting Reel in "Video Links" above.
In addition, Lauren was a guest host for two years on J.D. Balart's American
Radio Journal with her nationally aired live segment "Teen Talk" on
Fox News Radio. Here Lauren spoke on an array of teen related issues such as
drugs, underage drinking, teen pregnancy and the obesity epidemic.
In the
Summer of 2005, Lauren worked on a short film "Common Practice"
playing the role of the shopkeeper's daughter. This film was featured in the
2006 Sundance Film Festival.
Lauren has appeared as Lenore on Nickelodeon's
Ned's Declassified and was featured on Strictly Dr. Drew/ Discovery Health
Channel, Lauren was able to show her professionalism and experience on a youth
panel discussing teen issues. She has also performed stand up at the world
renowned LA Improv, and can currently (2007) be seen in a National Commercial
for Lifesavers where she plays the bass guitar - ironic thing is that she has
never played the bass guitar.
She has also lent her voice to Nickelodeon's New
Generation Latinos, MetLife Foundation, and Walmart's Back to School Campaign.
In recent years Lauren's been a lead in "Girl's Room" a Digital Pilot
for FOX; Guest- Starred on NBC's "Medium" as a mildly Autistic victim
to family murder; Co-Starred on "WEED'S" as a trivial teenage
daughter and most recently a mean girl on ABC Family's "The Secret Life of
the American Teenager."
Lauren's also committed to completing her degree in U.S. History and Political
Science at Arizona State University in 2012 and pursuing further endeavors in
Hosting and Documentary Films.
Lauren's IMDB Link:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2104165/