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Lynn Favin

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Lynn Favin
Lynn Favin at Smash Studios NYC
EducationOld Vic (MFA)
Wesleyan University (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present

Lynn Favin is an American actress. She is known for her roles on The Get Down, Veep, Famous in Love, The Show Must Go Online, and for voicing seventeen characters on the animated series Robot Chicken on Adult Swim. She is a regular actress with the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, and currently resides in New York City.

Early life and education

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Favin received a double Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Theater from Wesleyan University, where she appeared in numerous plays and musicals.[1] She holds a Master in Fine Arts in Acting from the Old Vic (UK).[2]

Television

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Favin is a major recurring voice actor on Robot Chicken seasons 8 through 11. She has also guest starred on Veep, Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack, The Get Down, and The Show Must Go Online. Her national commercial work includes spots for Subway, Dramamine, American University, and Amazon Prime's Jean-Claude Van Johnson.[3]

She also starred in the VitaminWater: Brooklyn Bridge commercial directed by Spike Lee.[4]

She is currently in development to star as Soo-Yeon in Gig Work, releasing 2024.[5]

Film

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Favin is a recurring leading actress with the AFI in Los Angeles, with work on the independent film Papa Gorilla Banana, shot in Venice, California. She received top billing as The Cellist in Ving Rhames's movie Uppercut: the Still Version, released in 2023, and is in development for Uppercut: the Sparkling Version, releasing in 2024.

Theater

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Favin played Rosalind in As You Like It,[6] and Glauce in the world premiere of Medea: A Rock Cantata[7] before booking her first National Tour, playing Ophelia in Hamlet,[8] Lily in The Giver,[9] the Narrator/Cellist in Grapes of Wrath in repertory. She was the Inaugural Equity Guest Artist for Shakespeare on the Bluff in Los Angeles,[10] starring as Desdemona in Othello and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and appeared as a Witch in Macbeth with the Shakespeare Theater of Los Angeles.[11] She has numerous regional Equity credits including Life x 3 at Coachella Valley Rep,[12] and was in the opening company of the Sarah Play at Round House Theatre.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Favin currently lives in New York City and is represented by Buchwald.[13]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role
2015-2021 Robot Chicken Supergirl, Mei Ling, Tibby, Various voices
2016 The Get Down Singer
2016 Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack Cher
2017 Veep Assistant
2017 Famous in Love Girl #1
2019 The New Negroes Money Girl
2020 The Show Must Go Online Lady Percy, Queen Margaret
2023 Austintatious Susan
2024 Gig Work Soo-Yeon

Film

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Year Title Role
2010 Papa Gorilla Banana Cecil Yamamoto
2017 E-Men Video Saija
2018 Dry City Andie
2019 Deuterostomes Jane
2021 Haunted City: Radio Play Phantom Faye
2021 Reunion of Champions Annie Prescott
2023 Uppercut: the Still Version The Cellist
2024 Uppercut: the Sparkling Version The Cellist

Stage

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Dr. Faustus Gluttony International
2012 Medea: A Rock Cantata Glauce World Premiere
2015 As You Like It Rosalind Regional
2016 The Grapes of Wrath Narrator National Tour
2016 The Giver Lily National Tour
2016 Hamlet Ophelia National Tour
2017 Macbeth Witch Regional
2018 Othello Desdemona Regional
2018 A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania Regional
2019 RIchard III Lady Anne International
2020 Pericles The Bawd International
2022 Life x 3 Sonia Regional

References

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  1. ^ ""Oedipus Rex" spooks audience with stunning visual performance". Wesleyan Argus. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  2. ^ "Lynn Favin". Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  3. ^ "Lynn Favin (SAG-AFTRA/AEA) - National Commercial Reel". YouTube. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  4. ^ "vitaminwater: brooklyn bridge". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  5. ^ "Lynn Favin". IMDB. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  6. ^ "Theatre Review: 'As You Like It' at Baltimore Shakespeare Factory". MD Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  7. ^ "Medea: A Rock Cantata". Red Shark Productions. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  8. ^ "Review: 'Hamlet' at National Players at Olney Theatre Center". DC Theater Arts. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  9. ^ "Theatre Review: 'The Giver' by National Players at Chesapeake Arts Center". MD Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  10. ^ "Shakespeare on the Bluff: "Othello"". Loyola Marymount University. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  11. ^ "Theatre in Historic Places: Lummis House Doubles as Scottish Castle for MACBETH". Broadway World. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  12. ^ "Dinner Party Gone Wrong: 'Life x 3' Is Superb Look at Life, Love and the Complexities of Friendship". Coachella Valley Independent. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  13. ^ "Voice Department". Buchwald. Retrieved 2023-03-31.