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Mara Lane Ethnicity, Age, Biography, Family, Other Facts

Published: 2019-01-07


Mara Lane is a talented American actress and film producer whose fame came after she featured as Jasmine in one episode of the comedy television series ‘The Brinks’ in 2015 – a show which featured actors like Pablo Schreiber, Jack Black, among others. Lane is an example of a woman with a refined character who knows how best to handle situations. This article will discuss salient and interesting facts about the amiable actress and wife of famed actor Jonathan Rhys Meyer – her biography, age, family, and son, Wolfie Meyer.

Mara Lane Biography ( Ethnicity, Age)

Mara Lane was born in the United States. Expansive details surrounding her birth, early background, parents, siblings, including her educational history are sketchy as at this moment. What we know, however, is that she shares Asian and British heritage even though she was born in the US. She is a lover of children and was once a Sunday school teacher in Malibu where she commonly referred to her children as ‘twinkling lights’.

She began her acting career in 2005 with a minor role as a partygoer in the detective film Venice Underground and moving on from that point, she made appearances in other short films like Friendly Fire (2006) and Madrugada Guebradiza (2013). Her features in television series include Chuck (2010) In A World (2013) and Love Struck (2013) where she took up the role of Meagan Takashi. Mara Lane appeared in 5 episodes of Modern Music where she assumed the character Candy in 2013 and Eugene (2014) , a short comedy show where she appeared as Kiley.

Moreso, Lane has tried her hands on film production with her efforts seen in films like You Are (2014) and she co-produced Damascus Cover which she featured in alongside her husband in 2017. She is indeed not doing badly for herself and standing as her husband’s support and pillar.

Family – Husband

While nothing is known about Mara Lane birth family, we know that she has a British-Asian ancestry. It is also on records that she has a cousin named Nhi Nhi while Baco is the name of her grandma. However, with regards to marriage, Lane is happily married to famous Irish Actor, Jonathan Rhys Meyer.

The gifted Irish man was born on 27th July 1977 as Jonathan Michael Francis O’Keefe which he changed to his mother’s maiden name when he ventured into acting. He has featured in commercially successful movies like The Tudors , Dracula , and Vikings, among others.

The couple dated from January 2013, after which they were engaged for a year in 2014. They quietly had a private marriage ceremony in 2016 after three years of dating while their union was blessed with a son whom they named Wolf Rhys Meyer. He was birthed on the 15th of December 2016 but sadly a year after the birth of their boy, they lost their would-be baby No. 2, a daughter (who they named Willow) to a miscarriage.

The occurrence robbed off wrongly on the talented Irish Actor, as he became troubled emotional during this period, and reverted back to alcoholism as he battled with depression. He was reported to have acted out of character at times in public.

Other Facts About Mara Lane

We can say that indeed this beautiful American born actress as gathered quite some fortune of her own from acting and producing films in the entertainment industry as well as serving as brand ambassador for Toyota and other notable companies in the past. Although the net worth of Mara Lane is not readily available as of now, we know her husband is worth about $18 million.

Mara Lane is a philanthropist, and she has worked with Barretstwon – an organization that caters to children who are suffering from cancer and terminal related illnesses creating therapeutic agendas and schedules for them.

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The multi-talented slender actress is said to be about 4 inches taller than 5 feet (1.63 m). She has a lovely brown hair and eyes to match with her looks.

She took to her Instagram page on September 2017 to announce the loss of her would-be daughter, Willow, through a miscarriage. The loss affected her husband, Jonathan adversely that he had to seek help to deal with depression. The family planted a tree in honor of their lost daughter.