Noureen DeWulf

Noureen DeWulf
Noureen DeWulf at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Children Uniting Nations/Billboard afterparty, in February 2007
Born	Noureen Ahmed (1984-02-28) 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.
Spouse(s)	James DeWulf (m. 2000–10) Ryan Miller (m. 2011)
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.

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

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. 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.

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

References

External links

• Noureen DeWulf at the Internet Movie Database
• Noureen DeWulf on Twitter
  
• Photos of Noureen DeWulf
• Online Video Guide