Leven Rambin

Leven Rambin
Rambin in 2014
Born	Leven Alice Rambin May 17, 1990 Houston, Texas, USA
Residence	Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality	American
Other names	Leven Parrack
Education	Texas Tech University Independent School District
Occupation	Actress, voice actress, fashion enthusiast
Years active	2004–present
Known for	The Hunger Games Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Grey's Anatomy
Home town	Houston, Texas
Spouse(s)	Jim Parrack (m. 2015)

Leven Alice Rambin–Parrack (born May 17, 1990)^[1] is an American actress. She is best known for playing look-alike half-sisters Lily Montgomery and Ava Benton on All My Children (2004–08) and her recurring roles in Grey's Anatomy (2005–present), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–09), One Tree Hill (2003–12), Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–12), and CSI: Miami (2002–12). She appeared in the sci-fi film The Hunger Games (2012) as the District 1 tribute Glimmer, and appeared as Clarisse La Rue in the fantasy film Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013).

Early life

Rambin was born in Houston, Texas, to Joseph Howard Rambin III and the former Karen Stacy Guthrie, who founded Moody Rambin Real Estate.^[2][3] She has three siblings, her brother, Joseph Rambin, an older half-sister, Mary Rambin, and an older half-brother, Jay Rambin. Rambin began performing in school plays and 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 moving to New York when she got her first major role on All My Children. While acting, she has also pursued her high school diploma through the Texas Tech University Independent School District.^[4][5]

Career

2004–09: Early works

Rambin at the premiere of War, Inc. at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.

Rambin started her career at age of 13, as a series regular on ABC's All My Children (2004–08), playing the role of Lily Montgomery, the autistic daughter of Jackson Montgomery, played by Walt Willey. It was announced that Rambin had been cast in another role on All My Children, playing the street-smart but lovable older half sister of Lily Montgomery, Ava Benton, where the role only lasted for two consecutive years. Rambin was the only actress from All My Children to be nominated for the 33rd Annual Daytime Awards and 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. She later appeared on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.^[6]

Rambin appeared on NBC's new series, Lipstick Jungle (2008–09). Leven filmed a pilot presentation for the CW titled Austin Golden Hour, directed by Sanford Bookstaver. Leven made her feature film debut in Killer Film's independent picture, Gigantic (2008). The film starred Paul Dano. Rambin joined the cast of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–09), playing the character Riley Dawson, a school friend and love interest of John Connor.^[7] Rambin left the show after filming her last episode "Ourselves Alone".. Rambin landed a recurring role as Sloan Riley, the 18-year-old-daughter of Dr. Mark Sloan on the medical-drama, Grey's Anatomy (2005–present). Rambin briefly returned to All My Children as Lily Montgomery on January 5, 2010 for the show's 40th Anniversary.^[8]

2010–13: Breakthrough

Rambin was cast as the daughter of Virginia Madsen and David James Elliott on the ABC television series, Scoundrels (2010).^[9] However, the series ended its eight-episode run on August 15, 2010, due to low ratings. Rambin appeared on the Disney Channel show, Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–12), in the recurring role of Rosie, who is a Guardian Angel turned Angel of Darkness who was in love with Justin to steal the Moral Compass; Rambin made her debut on the episode "Everything Rosie for Justin" and left the show after the episode "Wizards vs. Angels". Later, Rambin was cast in the recurring role of Chloe Hall, on the long-running CW series, One Tree Hill (2003–12). Then later, Rambin was cast as Molly Sloan on the CBS crime-drama CSI: Miami (2002–12).

It was announced that Lionsgate and director Gary Ross cast Rambin in her first major studio film, in the role of Glimmer, the cut-throat District 1 Tribute in the first film adaption (2012) of the popular book series called The Hunger Games (2008–10) by Suzanne Collins.^[10] In an interview with Seventeen, Rambin explained how she trained for the role, "I did a lot of sword training, which was really challenging. I also did a lot of boxing training and hand-to-hand combat. I just had to get in the mindset of someone who would want to do that every day! It was cool because I pushed myself physically and mentally. I couldn’t be vain about being sweating and smelling gross or worry about taking a hit or two.".^[11] After the film's success, Rambin and the cast of The Hunger Games went on a The Hunger Games Convention Tour and also appeared in The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games.

Further film roles include Chasing Mavericks (2012), which is based on a real-life story about a surfer called Jay Moriarty. In the film, Rambin played the lead love interest, Kim Moriarty.^[12] Rambin later starred in the music video for Green Day's "Stray Heart" which was officially released on November 7, 2012.

Rambin had a lead role in the fantasy film Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013), playing Clarisse La Rue, a hot-tempered, arrogant, large, and strong demigod (also the lead counselor of the Ares Cabin 5) and Percy's rival throughout the story.^[13] In an interview with comingsoon.net, Rambin explained her casting and her time as a brunette, "Yeah, I was really lucky that Thor was able to see me as a brunette with this blonde hair. That's not typically the first thing that comes to mind when you look at me, I don't think. But when I put on that wig – luckily they didn't dye my hair – and change my physicality a lot... Nothing against brunettes – I still felt beautiful. But I felt a lot less inhibited, and I felt down to be a little more brash and powerful and strong. I kind of hid behind all this brown hair, and it gave me the power and confidence to verbally rip this one over here. [Laughs.]".^[14] Her portrayal as Clarisse was met with mostly positive reviews.

2014–present: Continuous acting

Rambin had been cast as Daisy in the romantic comedy Two Night Stand (2014). Rambin appeared in the comedy drama, Walter (2014) as Kendall, the main love-interest of the title character. Rambin also appears in Seven Minutes (2014) as Kate. She was cast as Natalie in The Tomorrow People (2013–14), appearing in the final three episodes of the television series. Rambin later appeared in True Detective (2014–present) as Athena Bezzerides and will appear in the film I Am Michael (2015) as Catherine.

Personal life

Rambin was previously engaged to producer Geoffrey James Clark.^[15] She began dating True Blood (2008–14) actor Jim Parrack in the spring of 2014. The couple became engaged in August 2014, and were married October 10, 2015 in Austin, TX.^[16]

Rambin is a fashion enthusiast and has written several editorials on New York Fashion Week for Paper Magazine and Page Six Magazine. Rambin is very passionate about Autism research and awareness as well as the humane treatment of animals.^[17] Rambin is also involved with Surf for Life, an organization that creates educational and cultural development projects in coastal communities around the world.^[17]

Filmography

List of film performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Gigantic	Missy Thaxton
2010	Babe	Sarah	Short film
	Case 219	Carla Evans
2012	The Hunger Games	Glimmer
	Chasing Mavericks	Kim Moriarity
2013	Isolated	Ambassador for Peace
	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Clarisse La Rue
2014	Two Night Stand	Daisy
	Seven Minutes	Kate
	Dissonance	Cera	Short film
	Walter	Kendall
2015	I Am Michael	Catherine	Completed

List of television performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004–2010	All My Children	Lily Montgomery & Ava Benton	Main cast; 162 Episodes. Nominated—Outstanding Female Newcomer Nominated—Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
2006	The Book of Daniel	Caroline Paxton	Main cast; 4 Episodes.
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Reagan Michaels	Episode: "Responsible"
2008	Lipstick Jungle	Chloe Jamison	Episode: "Chapter Four: Bombay Highway"
	Austin Golden Hour	Annie	Television film.
2008–2009	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Riley Dawson	Recurring cast; 10 Episodes.
2009–2010	Grey's Anatomy	Sloan Riley	Recurring role; 5 Episodes.
2010	Good Morning Rabbit	Dumbleshe	Episode: "National Hamburger Day"
	Private Practice	Sloan Riley	Episode: "Another Second Chance"
	Scoundrels	Heather West	Main cast; 8 Episodes.
2011	Wizards of Waverly Place	Rosie	Recurring role; 3 Episodes.
	CSI: Miami	Molly Sloan	Recurring role; 4 Episodes.
	One Tree Hill	Chloe Hall	Recurring role; 3 Episodes.
2014	The Tomorrow People	Natalie	Recurring role; 3 Episodes.
2015	True Detective	Athena Bezzerides	Recurring role; 2 Episodes.

Music Videos

Song	Year	Artist	Director	Reference(s)
"Stray Heart"	2012	Green Day	Robert Schober	N/A

Awards and nominations

Year	Organisation	Award	Work	Result
2005	19th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards	Outstanding Female Newcomer	Lily Montgomery	Nominated
2006	33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	Lily Montgomery and Ava Benton
2007	34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

References

1. Person Details for Leven Alice Rambin, "Texas, Birth Index, 1903–1997" —. Familysearch.org. Retrieved on November 2, 2015.
2. Houston teen has recurring role on 'All My Children' – Houston Chronicle. Chron.com (August 9, 2004). Retrieved on 2015-11-02.
3. Native Houstonian will be featured on Conan O'Brien tonight to discuss new movie,... – HOUSTON, Aug. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/. Prnewswire.com. Retrieved on November 2, 2015.
4. Usigan, Ysolt. "Cyber School Halls of Fame". KRQE. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
5. "Leven Rambin: 'I'm not too young to wed'". The San Francisco Chronicle.
6. "Leven Rambin Biography". buddyTV. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
7. Mitovich, Matt (June 18, 2008). "TV's Terminator Sets Sights on Soap Starlet". Today’s News: Our Take (TV Guide). Retrieved June 19, 2008.
8. Barr, Riegel, Rambin and La Rue Return for AMC 40th Anniversary, By Luke Kerr on November 11, 2009, Daytime Confidential
9. Scoop: McSteamy's daughter joins 'Scoundrels', by Michael Ausiello, February 22, 2010, Entertainment Weekly
10. Fleming, Mike (April 19, 2011). "'Hunger Games' Sets Leven Rambin For Glimmer Role". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
11. "The Hunger Games star Leven Rambin reveals juicy movie scoop!". Seventeen. October 15, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
12. "Mixing business with pleasure: Buff Gerard Butler larks around with pretty co-star Leven Rambin on set of new surfing movie". Daily Mail (London). October 15, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
13. "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
14. "A Chat with the Demigods of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
15. Caplan, David (February 10, 2010). "Grey's Anatomy's Leven Rambin Prayed to Get Engaged". People Magazine. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
16. Corriston, Michele. (February 19, 2015) Jim Parrack and Leven Rambin Are Engaged – Couples, Engagements, True Blood, The Hunger Games, Leven Rambin. People.com. Retrieved on 2015-11-02.
17. "Leven Rambin Biography". Leven Rambin. Retrieved November 21, 2013.

External links

• Official website
• Leven Rambin at the Internet Movie Database
• Leven Rambin on Facebook
• Leven Rambin on Twitter