Lauren Courtney Mayhew was born November 27, 1985 in Tampa, Florida to David Mayhew, an orthopedic surgeon and Sharon Mayhew, a nurse. She has a sister named Briana, who was born in 1988. Lauren is an American singer and actress.

At the age of 8, she starred in the PBS series, The Reppies. At the age of 9 she was a finalist in the national Wilhemnia contest. A judge, Marilyn Zitner, who was a manager in New York, signed her. She booked the role of Marah Lewis on Guiding Light.

Lauren took a break from acting and signed with Sony Records to be part of the group PYT, which went on to release an album and tour with Destiny's Child, 'N SYNC, and Britney Spears.

Lauren performed at the preshow for the Super Bowl in 2001, and has been featured in numerous magazines with PYT. She has also appeared in music videos with Mandy Moore, Faith Hill and two of her own music videos with PYT. After PYT broke up, she joined her former bandmate Lydia Bell in a new group called "Turning Point."

In her feature film debut, New Line Cinema's Raise Your Voice, Lauren starred as Hilary Duff's arch-rival "Robin," a role that allowed her to transform into a cynical and malicious diva for the first time. She later appeared in the direct-to-video movie American Pie Presents: Band Camp as Arianna, the lust of Matt Stifler's life.

She has also guest starred on such shows as: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Law & Order, Joan of Arcadia, Medical Investigation, and had a reoccurring role for one season on NBC's drama American Dreams.

Lauren is involved with The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, a charitable organization in helping to prevent against eating disorders.

In 2006 she released a solo album called Mayhew, available on iTunes. She is also attending college at UCLA in Los Angeles.

For more information refer to:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_C._Mayhew