Lana Young- Becoming A Successful Actress After Starting Her Career At Age 33

Lana, who has worked professionally since receiving her M.A. in Acting from the Arts Educational School London in her 30s, is currently recurring as Dr. Mary Osder in Fox’s hospital drama The Resident and as Inez Trujillo in OWN’s new saga AMBITIONS airing in March. This year you can catch her in feature films Where’d  You Go Bernadette with Cate Blanchette, Limited Partners with Tiffany  Haddish, Rose Byrne and Salma Hayek and Threes Complicated opposite  Shanola Hampton. Her  tv work includes the recurring roles of Mrs. Douglas in The Vampire  Diaries (CW), Dr. Jacinta Butler in Greenleaf (OWN), Gloria Ruiz in The  Inspectors (CBS); guest-star roles in Gone as Detective Michele Hodiak  (NBC), Linda in Kevin Can Wait(CBS), most recently as Debbie in The Act (HULU) opposite Patricia Arquette, co-star roles in Jessica Jones, Blindspot, Satisfaction, Nashville, Law & Order, NCIS, just to name a few.  Lana  has worked with some of the greats, performing with Christopher Plummer  and Ewan McGregor in the Oscar-winning film Beginners (her first  feature film), playing Gloria the nanny opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and  Rachel McAdams in the boxing drama Southpaw, and playing a fertility  doctor opposite Emily Blunt and Justin Theroux in the feature film The  Girl on the Train.  Lana recently fulfilled a dream when she was cast in Bentley’s Will as the lead in the title role of Bentley opposite Phillip Andre Botello. The film, directed by Zachary Parks Grigg, tells the story of an estranged mother (Young) and son (Botello), who over the course of a day begin the slow process of healing while searching for their missing dog. The film makes its international premiere at Las Crucess International Film Festival in February and is making it’s rounds on the film festival circuit. Lana lives in New York City with her cats Monkey and Lennon.