Lake Bell Talks Ditching ‘Push-Up Bra’ Roles to Become a Full-On ‘Comedy Person’
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When Lake Bell was 4 years old, she created her own late-night talk show. Growing up in New York City, her parents would tell her it was time for bed and she would stall by saying, “Wait a minute, because The Late Lake Show is starting now!”
Over the years, this passion for performance led to drama school in London and eventually a chance to audition for roles in Los Angeles, where a manager told her to “put on a push-up bra and go audition for Felicity.” She got a callback, but didn’t land the gig, instead making her TV debut in 2002 episode of ER. Her big moment came when she had to vomit on screen at the end of a long tracking shot through the hospital.
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