Lauren McKnight

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| name = Lauren McKnight

| image = Lauren McKnight at MTV Movie Awards 2012.jpg

| caption = McKnight at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|03}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2005–present

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Lauren McKnight (born October 3, 1988) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Skye Rotter in the My Super Psycho Sweet 16 trilogy (2009–2012).

Career

McKnight began her career when she was seventeen at 2005 at Disney Channel's TV Movie Go Figure. She then landed a supporting role at feature film Unaccompanied Minors in 2006. In 2007, she starred in the film Whisper Island, in which she played the role of Sam Dalton.

She is also known for her roles in the 2008 television series Lifeless and teen romantic comedy HottieBoombaLottie which was picked up by MTV.

In 2009 she played the lead role, serial killer's daughter Skye Rotter, at MTV's My Super Psycho Sweet 16. At 2010 she reprised her character in My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2, and again, for the final time, at the 2012 third installment of the series, My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3.{{cite web|title=Exclusive Interview: Actress Lauren McKnight Talks the Evolution of Skye Rotter and More for My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3 - Dread Central|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/31651/exclusive-interview-actress-lauren-mcknight-talks-the-evolution-of-skye-rotter-and-more-for-my-super-psycho-sweet-16-part-3/|website=dreadcentral.com|accessdate=26 September 2016|date=9 March 2012}} In 2013, McKnight played Elizabeth the "Lizard" on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.{{cite web|title='OUAT in Wonderland' Spoilers and Casting News: Beowulf's Grendel and The Lizard|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/once-upon-a-time-in-wonderland/ouat-in-wonderland-spoilers-an-51170.aspx|website=buddytv.com|accessdate=26 September 2016}}

Personal life

McKnight has three younger brothers.

In an interview, McKnight said that when she is not working, she is usually out with friends. She loves going to movies, or out to local concerts.

In January 2016 McKnight was the lead subject of a New York Times article about Los Angeles based actors and artists taking jobs driving for Uber and Lyft at between acting and artistic jobs.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/fashion/uber-lyft-actors-writers-los-angeles.html |work=The New York Times | title=The New Side Job for Actors and Artists in Los Angeles: Driving | date=January 24, 2016 | accessdate=January 24, 2016 |author=Jacob Bernstein}}