Noureen DeWulf


Noureen Ahmed, known professionally as Noureen DeWulf, is an American actress who starred as Lacey in television sitcom 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 Gujarati Indian parents from Pune, India, and grew up in Stone Mountain, Georgia. She was raised Muslim. She has two sisters. Her older sister, Aziza, teaches law at Northeastern University in Boston. Her younger sister, Sara, practices law in San Francisco.
DeWulf attended Boston University's School for the Arts and studied international relations and theatre. After graduation, she relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She is fluent in Hindi, Urdu, and Gujarati.

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 in the romantic comedy film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and played opposite Jeremy Piven in . She starred in The Taqwacores, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2010. She co-starred with Charlie Sheen in the television sitcom Anger Management, which premiered on June 28, 2012 on FX and concluded in December 2014.
In 2014, 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 as one of the most desirable women on the planet according to the magazine's readers. 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 of reality television series Hockey Wives. The series 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. The couple have one child, a son called Bodhi Ryan.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web