Clara Mamet


Clara Mamet is an American actress and musician best known for her role as Amber Weaver in the ABC television comedy The Neighbors.

Early life

Mamet was born in Randolph, Vermont, the daughter of playwright David Mamet and actress Rebecca Pidgeon, and is the half-sister of actress Zosia Mamet. She has another half-sister, Willa Mamet, and a brother, Noah Mamet. Her father was born to a Jewish family and her mother converted to Judaism.

Career

Mamet became legally emancipated at 15 so she could leave high school at 16 to pursue her career to become a playwright and actress. She started auditioning for acting parts when she was 14, but "nobody had ever hired me before. So I thought I'd hire myself" by writing roles. Mamet wrote, directed and starred in her first film, Two-Bit Waltz, a semi-autobiographical movie with William H. Macy, her mother Rebecca Pidgeon, and Jared Gilman. Mamet has also written plays, Paris and The Solvit Kids, the latter co-written with Jack Quaid.
In 2012, along with her half-sister Zosia Mamet, she launched a folk music duo project called The Cabin Sisters. In April, they both played live in The Bowery Electric in New York City. In 2013, The Cabin Sisters launched a Kickstarter to fund the shooting of their first music video for their song, "Bleak Love". The campaign was unsuccessful and ended on June 9th, raising only $2,783 out of their requested budget of $32,000.
In September 2015, it was revealed Mamet had been cast in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising.

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