Noureen DeWulf

  American actress Noureen DeWulf, a native of the United States, (nee Ahmed), Her most memorable roles include in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) and West Bank Story (2006). She also played Lacey on the sitcom Anger Management (2012-2014). DeWulf was Noureen Ahmed the daughter of Gujarati Indian parents in Pune, Maharashtra. She was born in Stone Mountain, Georgia. She was raised Nizari Ismaili Muslim. There are two sisters older than her. The older sister, Aziza, teaches law at Northeastern University in Boston. The younger sister, Sara, practices law in San Francisco. DeWulf was a theatre student and studied international relations at Boston University's School for the Arts. After graduating, DeWulf moved to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career as an actor. She is fluent in Hindi, Urdu and Gujarati proficiently. DeWulf began her acting career in the Academy Award-winning short film West Bank Story. She played Fatima the dancing and singing Palestinian cashier who falls for the love of an Israeli soldier. The actress has been in comedic films and television shows since. From 2009 to 2011, she starred in the lead role in the NBC series Outsourced, TNT's Hawthorne and MTV's The Hard Times of RJ Berger and also appeared in the Lifetime miniseries Maneater.DeWulf has appeared in numerous box-office successes, including Ocean's Thirteen (2007), and The Back-up Plan (2010). She played opposite Matthew McConaughey in the romantic comedy film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), and played opposite Jeremy Piven in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009). She was also a star in The Taqwacores (2010), that premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2010. She co-starred alongside Charlie Sheen in the television sitcom Anger Management that aired from 2012 to the year 2014 on FX.In 2014, DeWulf won Best Actress at the Comedy Ninja Film and Screenplay Festival for her portrayal of the 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 was in 2007) she was listed as one of the most sought-after women in the world, according to readers of the magazine. [10] She was listed in Nylon's 'Top 30 under 30’ list for 2009 [citation needed] In addition, DeWulf has appeared in pictorials in Details, Men's Health, Zink, Giant, and Complex.