Molly Ephraim (born May 22, 1986) is an American actress who has appeared in films, on television, and in Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions. She is best known for playing the role of middle daughter and entrepreneur Mandy Baxter in the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing, which aired from October 2011 to March 2017.
Ephraim played Wendy Greenhut in the film College Road Trip (2008), as well as Ali in Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) and Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014).
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Early life
Ephraim was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America, the daughter of Nina Zebooker and William Ephraim. She was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She performed in shows at the Bucks County Playhouse as a child and in professional productions at the Prince Music Theater and Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia as a teenager.
In 2008, Ephraim graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Religious studies. At Princeton she was a member of the Triangle Club and performed in and choreographed various shows for Princeton University Players and Theatre Intime. Ephraim was raised Jewish.
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Career
Theater
Ephraim made her Broadway debut as Little Red Riding Hood in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods (2002), receiving a Drama League Award nomination. She later played Bielke in a Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof (2004). Off-Broadway, Ephraim played Rachel Stein in End Days at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in 2009. She played Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Barrington Stage Company in 2008, in a remounting of the production with new direction by Jeremy Dobrish, and at the North Shore Music Theatre. In 2010, she played Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank at the Westport Country Playhouse.
In 2015, Ephraim appeared as "Daphna Feygenbaum" in Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
Screen
Ephraim played Wendy Greenhut in the film College Road Trip (2008). She had roles in episodes of the television shows Royal Pains (2009), Law & Order (2008), the Michael J. Fox-produced pilot Hench at Home (2003), and in the HBO pilot The Wonderful Maladys (2009). Ephraim played Ali Rey in the film Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) and the spin-off film Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014).
Ephraim appeared as a series regular in the role of Mandy Baxter, one of Tim Allen's character's daughters, in the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing.
Filmography
Film
Television
See also
- Last Man Standing (U.S. TV series)
References
Bibliography
External links
- Molly Ephraim at the Internet Broadway Database
- Molly Ephraim on IMDb
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