Clara Mamet

Mamet was born in Randolph, Vermont, the daughter of playwright David Mamet and actress Rebecca Pidgeon, and is the half-sister of actress Zosia Mamet.{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Casey|title=Clara Mamet on Her Alien Sitcom, Film Aspirations, and Famous Family|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/entertainment/tv/2013-03/clara-mamet-interview|work=Teen Vogue|accessdate=22 March 2014|date=March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322081245/http://www.teenvogue.com/entertainment/tv/2013-03/clara-mamet-interview|archive-date=22 March 2014|url-status=live}} She has another half-sister, Willa Mamet, and a brother, Noah Mamet.{{cite web|last=Zollo|first=Paul|title=From Shadows Into the Sun With Rebecca Pidgeon|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/03/shadows-sun-rebecca-pidgeon/|work=American Songwriter|accessdate=22 March 2014|date=March 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322075948/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/03/shadows-sun-rebecca-pidgeon/|archive-date=22 March 2014|url-status=live}} Her father was born to a Jewish family and her mother converted to Judaism.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/clara_mamet_makes_her_way_in_the_family_biz |title=Clara Mamet makes her way in the family biz | the Ticket | Jewish Journal |work=Jewish Journal |access-date=2016-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529165630/http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/clara_mamet_makes_her_way_in_the_family_biz |archive-date=2016-05-29 |url-status=live }}

Mamet became legally emancipated at 15 so she could leave high school at 16 to pursue her career to become a playwright and actress.{{cite web|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|title=Clara Mamet makes her way in the family biz|work=Jewish Journal|date=September 10, 2012}} 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 William H. Macy, her mother Rebecca Pidgeon, and Jared Gilman.{{cite magazine|last=Marshall|first=JoJo|title=Clara Mamet on her movie, having aliens for 'Neighbors' and her famous last name|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/03/21/clara-mamet-on-her-movie-having-aliens-for-neighbors-and-her-famous-last-name/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=22 March 2014|date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321200230/http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/03/21/clara-mamet-on-her-movie-having-aliens-for-neighbors-and-her-famous-last-name/|archive-date=21 March 2014|url-status=live}} Mamet has also written plays, Paris and The Solvit Kids, the latter co-written with Jack Quaid.{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Reed|title=Two new Mamet plays — Clara Mamet, that is|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-apr-20-la-ca-clara-mamet-20120422-story.html|access-date=22 March 2014|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322085040/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/20/entertainment/la-ca-clara-mamet-20120422|archive-date=22 March 2014|url-status=live}}

In September 2015, it was revealed Mamet had been cast in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/neighbors-sequel-casts-two-more-823410|title='Neighbors' Sequel Casts Two More Sorority Girls (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Rebecca|last=Ford|date=September 15, 2015|accessdate=May 27, 2016}}

• Mamet, Clara. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/827785115 Paris.] New York: Samuel French, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-573-70068-2}} {{cite web|title=Paris|url=http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/9778/paris|work=Samuel French|accessdate=22 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322080212/http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/9778/paris|archive-date=22 March 2014|url-status=live}}
• Mamet, Clara, and Jack Quaid. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/820787786 The Solvit Kids.] New York: Samuel French, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-573-70087-3}}{{cite web|title=Solvit Kids, The|url=http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/9779/solvit-kids-the|work=Samuel French|accessdate=22 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322082226/http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/9779/solvit-kids-the|archive-date=22 March 2014|url-status=live}}

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