Lauren Woodland

Lauren Woodland
Lauren Woodland (photo by Lesley Bohm)
Born	(1977-10-29) October 29, 1977 (age 39) Carson City, Nevada
Education	University of Southern California UCLA School of Law
Occupation	Actress, attorney
Awards	Daytime Emmy Award nomination

Lauren Woodland (born October 28, 1977) is an American actress and attorney. Before entering the field of law, she appeared in more than 50 commercials, guest starred in more than 20 television programs and starred as a series regular in four television series. She received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her role as Brittany Hodges in the CBS daytime soap The Young and the Restless. She is an attorney with the Los Angeles-based law firm Browne George Ross LLP.

Woodland attended the Highly Gifted Magnet at North Hollywood High School from 1992 to 1995. She spent her summers in high school attending programs at the Boston Ballet and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. After graduating from high school, she attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University before transferring to the University of Southern California where she graduated magna cum laude with a major in history and a minor in religion. In 2011, she obtained a law degree from the UCLA School of Law where she served as managing editor of the UCLA Entertainment Law Review.

Woodland has been acting since childhood. In 1989, she appeared in the Fox Network science fiction series Alien Nation as the child newcomer Emily Francisco. She reprised her role in the 5 Alien Nation TV movies.

Woodland has numerous soap opera credits, including a 1998 role as Sara Cummings on the soap opera Sunset Beach, a role as Janelle on Port Charles in February 1999, and as Brittany Hodges on The Young and the Restless, which she portrayed from March 2000 until November 2005. She also appeared on an episode of Cold Case entitled "Stand Up and Holler" which premiered April 1, 2007.