Her family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina when she was 9. Lauren has one younger sister, Kristen and her parents are Larry and Andrea Jenkins. Lauren began her involvement in the theatre at age 7. Before Lauren became an actor, she was involved in dance, competitive swimming, modeling, singing and songwriting. At age 15 Lauren won a local model search in Charlotte, North Carolina and was signed to an agency. Lauren started acting in Indie films and booking print jobs. She signed with another agency out of Tennessee and began auditioning and booking commercials, music videos, TV pilots and feature films. Lauren was recently accepted into the William Esper Studio in NYC and is attending the 2 year acting program.