Lauren Young American Actress Born 1993 in Alexandria

Early life

Lauren Anne Talde Young was born on 8 November 1993. She is a Filipino-American actress, singer and model, and she is the younger sister of the actress Megan Young, who won the Miss World title in 2013. Lauren finished high school at Angelicum College and later studied culinary arts at De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde.

Career

Young made her acting debut on 17 June 2006 with a cameo in "Bampy", an episode of the anthology series "Komiks" that was shown as part of the 14th anniversary special of Star Magic on ABS-CBN. She was one of twenty new performers introduced that year as the Star Magic Batch 13. In the same year she appeared opposite Piolo Pascual in "Star Magic Presents: All About A Girl" and took part in "Abt Ur Luv".

In 2007 she appeared in the film "One More Chance", which was a commercial success. She was in "Your Song Presents: Impossible" in 2008, and in 2009 she acted in another episode of the same anthology, "Underage", opposite AJ Perez. Her 2010 work included the film "Sa 'Yo Lamang", in which she played Lorraine opposite Enchong Dee, and "Juanita Banana", where she was cast as the younger sister of Rodjun Cruz. Her first widely noticed role came in 2011, when she played Via Pereira in ABS-CBN's remake of the drama "Mula Sa Puso", a part first played by Claudine Barretto.

In 2012 Young moved to GMA Network. Her first project there was "Mundo Mo'y Akin", in which she played the anti-hero Darlene Carbonel alongside Alden Richards and Louise delos Reyes. She then took the leading role of Hazel Mendoza in the teen suspense series "Dormitoryo", a character determined to find out the truth about the death of another student, played by Wynwyn Marquez. The cast also included Enzo Pineda, Joyce Ching and Ruru Madrid. Her first mainstream film for GMA Films was "Overtime", in which she appeared with Richard Gutierrez.

In 2015 Young played one of the main antagonists, Antonia Santibañez, in the series "Marimar", whose title role was played by her sister Megan. It was their second joint project, following "Star Magic Presents: Abt Ur Luv Ur Lyf 2". She has been an exclusive artist of GMA Network. As of April 2025 she had about 142,000 subscribers on YouTube.

Personal life

Young is a cousin of the actress Max Collins.