Clara Mamet (born September 29, 1994) is an American actress and musician best known for her role as Amber Weaver in the ABC television comedy '' The Neighbors''.

Early life

Mamet was born in Randolph, Vermont, the daughter of playwright

David Mamet David Alan Mamet (; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, filmmaker, and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1984) and '' Speed-the-Plow'' (1988). He first gained cri ...

and actress

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, and is the half-sister of actress

Zosia Mamet Zosia Russell MametAccording to Vermont Births, 1981–2001, and Vermont Birth Records, 1909–2008, at Ancestry.com. (; born February 2, 1988) is an American actress and musician who has appeared in television series including ''Mad Men'', ...

. She has a brother, Noah. Her father was born to a Jewish family and her mother converted to Judaism.

Career

Mamet became legally emancipated at 15 so she could leave

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at 16 to pursue her career to become a playwright and actress. She started auditioning for acting parts when she was 14, but "nobody had ever hired me before. So I thought I'd hire myself" by writing roles. Mamet wrote, directed and starred in her first film, '' Two-Bit Waltz'' (2014), a semi-autobiographical movie with

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, her mother

, and Jared Gilman. Mamet has also written plays, ''Paris'' and ''The Solvit Kids'', the latter co-written with

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. In September 2015, it was revealed Mamet had been cast in '' Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising''. Since then, she has had other roles.

Filmography

Film

Television

Works or publications

* Mamet, Clara.
Paris.
' New York: Samuel French, 2012. * Mamet, Clara, and Jack Quaid.
The Solvit Kids.
' New York: Samuel French, 2012.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mamet, Clara 1994 births Living people American stage actresses American television actresses American film actresses Jewish American actresses 21st-century American actresses People from Randolph, Vermont Actresses from Vermont 21st-century American Jews