Noureen DeWulf
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Noureen DeWulf at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Children Uniting Nations/Billboard afterparty, in February 2007
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| Born | Noureen Ahmed February 28, 1984 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Boston University[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Home town | Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Children | 1 |
Noureen Ahmed, known professionally as Noureen DeWulf (born February 28, 1984[2]), is an American actress who starred as Lacey in Anger Management. She is best known for her roles in films such as West Bank Story, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and The Back-up Plan.
In March 2015, DeWulf joined the cast of reality show Hockey Wives, chronicling her life with husband Ryan Miller, a goaltender in the NHL.
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Early life and education
DeWulf was born Noureen Ahmed in New York City to Indian Muslim parents from Pune, India, grew up in Stone Mountain, Georgia[3][4][5] and attended Boston University.[1] She is fluent in English, Hindi, Urdu, and Gujarati.[6]
Career
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. DeWulf began her acting career in the Academy Award-winning short film West Bank Story, where she played the lead role of Fatima, a singing and dancing Palestinian cashier who falls in love with an Israeli soldier. She has been working in comedic television series and films ever since. From 2009-11, she played recurring roles on NBC's Outsourced, TNT's Hawthorne and MTV's The Hard Times of RJ Berger, and appeared in the Lifetime miniseries Maneater.
DeWulf has been seen in a number of box-office hits, including Ocean's Thirteen, and The Back-up Plan. She has starred opposite Matthew McConaughey as Melanie, the present ghost in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and played opposite Jeremy Piven in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. in 2009. She starred in The Taqwacores which premiered at Sundance in 2010. She co-starred with Charlie Sheen in the TV series Anger Management, which premiered June 28, 2012 on FX.[7]
Its run concluded in December 2014. In that same year, DeWulf won Best Actress at the Comedy Ninja Film and Screenplay Festival for her portrayal of a murderous temp in the independent film Coffee, Kill Boss. In 2014, DeWulf was ranked #93 in Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" for the second time (the first time being 2007) as one of the most desirable women on the planet according to the magazine's readers.[8] In 2009, she was listed in the 'Top 30 under 30' for Nylon magazine.[citation needed] In addition, DeWulf has appeared in pictorials in Details, Men's Health, Zink, Giant, and Complex. In 2015, Dewulf joined the cast and currently stars in Hockey Wives, a reality series that follows wives and girlfriends of professional hockey players.[citation needed]
Personal life
In June 2000, she married avant-garde artist James DeWulf. During their marriage, Noureen began using James' surname as her stage name. They divorced January 2010, after ten years of marriage.
On September 3, 2011, DeWulf married National Hockey League goaltender Ryan Miller in Los Angeles. They have one child.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | West Bank Story | Fatima | Short film |
| 2006 | American Dreamz | Shazzy Riza | |
| 2006 | National Lampoon's Pledge This! | Poo Poo | Direct-to-video |
| 2007 | Americanizing Shelley | Littly J. Singh | |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | 'Nuff Said expo girl | |
| 2007 | The Comebacks | Jizminder Featherfoot | |
| 2008 | Killer Pad | Delilah | |
| 2008 | Pulse 2: Afterlife | Salwa Al Hakim | Direct-to-video; uncredited |
| 2008 | Pulse 3: Invasion | Salwa Al Hakim | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | The Strip | Maliah | |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Melanie | |
| 2009 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. | Heather | |
| 2010 | The Taqwacores | Rabeya | |
| 2010 | The Back-up Plan | Daphne | |
| 2010 | The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It | Kim | Direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Breakaway | Reena Singh | |
| 2012 | The Babymakers | Bride | |
| 2012 | Zambezia | Pavi | Voice only |
| 2013 | Coffee, Kill Boss | Temp | |
| 2014 | They Came Together | Melanie |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | CSI: NY | Matrice Singh | Episode: "On the Job" |
| 2005 | Girlfriends | Jasmine Crane | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Welcome to the Jungle Gym | Amy | Unsold CBS pilot |
| 2006 | Mindy and Brenda | Mindy | Unsold WB pilot |
| 2006 | Numbers | Santi | Episode: "Harvest" |
| 2006 | Love, Inc. | Tricia | Episode: "Curb Your Enthusiasm" |
| 2007 | Revenge | Nadia | Unsold Fox pilot |
| 2008 | Courtroom K | Rose Marie Cheeks | Unsold Fox pilot |
| 2008 | Chuck | Lizzie | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Marlin" |
| 2008 | Welcome to The Captain | Shampoo Girl | Episode: "The Letter" |
| 2009 | Two Dollar Beer | Fakhri | Unsold Fox pilot |
| 2009 | 90210 | Nika Raygani | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Reno 911! | Hot librarian | Episode: "VHS Transfer Memory Lane" |
| 2009 | Maneater | Polo | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2010 | 'Til Death | Dina | Episode: "The Joy of Learning" |
| 2010–2011 | Hawthorne | Judy Pasram | 5 episodes |
| 2010 | The Hard Times of RJ Berger | Claire | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Hail Mary | Ingrid Collins | Unsold CBS pilot |
| 2011 | Outsourced | Vimi | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Happy Endings | Molly | Episode: "Secrets and Limos" |
| 2012–2014 | Anger Management | Lacey | Main cast |
| 2014 | Garfunkel and Oates | Jennifer | Episode: "Road Warriors" |
| 2014 | Over the Garden Wall | Pumpkin Gal (voice) | Episode: "Hard Times at the Huskin' Bee" |
| 2015 | Hockey Wives | Herself | Main cast |
| 2015–2016 | Grandfathered | Priya | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Life in Pieces | Dionne | Episode: "Will Trash Book Spa" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2012 | First Dates with Toby Harris | Sarah | Episode: "Ex-Boyfriends" |
| 2012–2013 | Burning Love | Titi | 10 episodes |
| 2014 | Kiss Her I'm Famous | Hannah | 2 episodes |
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- Noureen DeWulf at the Internet Movie Database
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- Photos of Noureen DeWulf
- Online Video Guide
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- 1984 births
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Actresses from New York City
- American film actresses
- American actresses of Indian descent
- American television actresses
- Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni
- Living people
- People from Stone Mountain, Georgia
- American people of Gujarati descent
- American web series actresses
