Molly Ephraim

Molly Ephraim (born May 22, 1986) She is Jewish. She grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Ephraim performed in shows at the Bucks County Playhouse, and in professional productions at the Prince Music Theater and at the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia. At Princeton she was a member of the Triangle Club and performed in and choreographed various shows for Princeton University Players and Theatre Intime.

Career

Theater Ephraim made her Broadway debut as Little Red Riding Hood in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods in 2002, receiving a Drama League Award nomination. She later played Bielke in a Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof (2004). Off-Broadway, Ephraim played Rachel Stein in End Days at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in 2009. She played Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Barrington Stage Company in 2008, in a remounting of the production with new direction by Jeremy Dobrish, and at the North Shore Music Theatre. In 2010, she played Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank at the Westport Country Playhouse.

In 2015, Ephraim appeared as "Daphna Feygenbaum" in Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.

Film and television

Ephraim appeared as a series regular in the role of Mandy Baxter, daughter of series' lead Mike Baxter (portrayed by Tim Allen), on the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing, which premiered on October 11, 2011 and originally ended in March 2017, canceled after six seasons.

Ephraim has appeared on several other television series, including Royal Pains (2009), Law & Order (2008), the Michael J. Fox-produced pilot Hench at Home (2003), the HBO pilot The Wonderful Maladys (2009), and Ali Rey in the film Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) and the spin-off film Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014). Ephraim appeared in a supporting role in the 2018 biographical political drama The Front Runner, portraying Irene Kelly. She also played Gypsy Rose Blanchard's attorney in The Act on Hulu.

Ephraim played Maybelle Fox on the Amazon series A League of Their Own.

Personal life

Ephraim married in September 2021. Her husband, Evan, works at a software company. On December 1, 2021, Ephraim gave birth to the couple's first child, daughter Zia.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2008 College Road Trip Wendy Greenhut 2010 Paranormal Activity 2 Ali Rey 2014 Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones Ali Rey 2015 Gravy Cricket 2018 The Front Runner Irene Kelly 2021 Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal ActivityHerselfDocumentary film

Television Year Title Role Note(s) 2003 Hench at Home Ally Hench Unsold ABC pilot 2008 Law & Order Anne-Marie Liscomb Episode: "Tango" 2009 Royal Pains Beth Samuels Episode: "It's Like Jamais Vu All Over Again" 2010 The Wonderful Maladys Emo Girl Unsold HBO pilot 2011–2017 Last Man Standing Mandy Baxter Main role, 130 episodes 2017 Brockmire Bartender Recurring role, 5 episodes Halt and Catch Fire Alexa Vonn Recurring role (season 4), 5 episodes 2018 Casual Jess 3 episodes 2019 The Act Kate Episode: "Free" Modern Family Libby Episode: "Snapped" 2020 Perry Mason Hazel Prystock Episode: "Chapters 4-8" 2021 Pretty Smart Margot Wainwright Episode: "Did you hear?! Chelsea ran into Margot!" 2022 Angelyne Wendy Wallach 2 episodes A League of Their Own Maybelle Fox 8 episodes 2025 The Paper Summer Cooper