Marlene Lawston is an American

United States

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 child actress

Child actor

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.

Career

Lawston's acting debut was in the 2005 movie Flightplan

Flightplan

Flightplan is a 2005 thriller film directed by Robert Schwentke and starring Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Erika Christensen, Kate Beahan, Greta Scacchi, and Sean Bean. It was released in North America on September 23, 2005...

, where she played Julia, the six-year-old daughter of Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

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) who was kidnapped

Kidnapping

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 onboard a plane. In 2006 she played Julie Grant in the Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...

episode "Thinking Makes It So". She was featured in the 2007 movie Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Hedges, starring Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche.-Plot:Dan Burns is a newspaper advice columnist, a widower, and a controlling father to his children Jane, Cara and Lilly in the New Jersey suburbs. His column is in...

where she played Steve Carell

Steve Carell

Steven John "Steve" Carell is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, producer, writer, and director. Although Carell is notable for his role on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he found greater fame in the late 2000s for playing Michael Scott on The Office...

's daughter Lilly Burns. In 2010, she played Nicky in an episode of Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods (TV series)

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.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005	Flightplan Flightplan Flightplan is a 2005 thriller film directed by Robert Schwentke and starring Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Erika Christensen, Kate Beahan, Greta Scacchi, and Sean Bean. It was released in North America on September 23, 2005...	Julia Pratt
2007	Dan in Real Life Dan in Real Life Dan in Real Life is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Hedges, starring Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche.-Plot:Dan Burns is a newspaper advice columnist, a widower, and a controlling father to his children Jane, Cara and Lilly in the New Jersey suburbs. His column is in...	Lilly Burns
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...	Julie Grant	Episode: "Thinking Makes It So"
2010	Blue Bloods Blue Bloods (TV series) Blue Bloods is an American police procedural/drama series on CBS, filmed on location in New York City. The show premiered on September 24, 2010, with episodes airing on Fridays at 10:00 pm Eastern and Pacific/9:00 PM Central and Mountain....	Nicky	Episode: Pilot

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