Lucy Faust is an American actress. Originally from
,
she performed as part of the
Southern Rep Southern Rep (Southern Rep Theatre) is a regional theatre located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of National New Play Network - (NNPN), National New Plays Network and Theatre Communications Group.
Founded in 1986 by Dr. Rosary O'Neill, i ...
theater company
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
,
before making her name in ''
Mudbound
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'', ''
The Revival'', ''
Looking for Alaska
''Looking for Alaska'' is American author John Green‘s debut novel, published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile. Based on his time at Indian Springs School, Green wrote the novel as a result of his desire to create meaningful young adult fiction ...
'', ''
The Devil All the Time
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'', ''
Midnight Special'' and ''
NCIS: New Orleans''.
Faust is an alumnus of the
Academy of the Sacred Heart and
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. The college currently enrolls 2,858 undergraduates from all ...
.
She is a great-grandniece of
Helen Keller, and played her teacher,
Anne Sullivan
Anne Sullivan Macy (born as Johanna Mansfield Sullivan; April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936) was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller.Herrmann, Dorothy. ''Helen Keller: A Life'', Alfred ...
, in a Bayou theatre production of ''
The Miracle Worker
''The Miracle Worker'' refers to a broadcast, a play and various other adaptations of Helen Keller's 1903 autobiography '' The Story of My Life''. The first of these works was a 1957 ''Playhouse 90'' broadcast written by William Gibson and st ...
'' in 2015.
Filmography
TV Series
References
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Living people
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from New Orleans
American film actresses
American television actresses
Middlebury College alumni
1986 births
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