Kelen Coleman Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Quote: "[on "The Newsroom"] "I think the show makes great points from each side of the political spectrum and any art that takes a stance one way or another deserves to be heard, no matter what side it leans․""
• Enjoys working in both cinema and television, but enjoys the immediacy of being able to see work pay off more quickly in television
• Known for playing Lisa on "Newsrom" and Alex on "The Mindy Project․"
• Listed "True Blood," "The Office," "Modern Family," "Shameless" and "Californication" as some of her favorite television shows to watch
• Enjoys singing, and was exposed to bluegrass and folk growing up with her bluegrass musician father
• Though she was born in Nashville, Tenn․, she spent her childhood in a suburb of Washington, D․C․, Potomac, Md