But do good things really do come to waitresses who wait (and continue to audition like crazy)? Apparently, yes, as Luddington’s life has really bloomed over the past decade. During a cliche-because-it’s-true audition-rejection-waitressing cycle, she endured one particularly cringe-worthy shift working at a Santa Monica sports bar when the director who’d nearly given her the leading role in a big movie was seated - along with the actress who had just been chosen for the part - at one of her tables. Far from living the Hollywood high life in those early years, Luddington certainly paid her dues. She would later move to NYC (where she attended New York Film Academy) before moving to Los Angeles in 2007. The happy coincidence that the London girl group was popping on all cylinders during the exact time Luddington arrived at her new school in Austin (with freshly dyed red hair) instantly made any Brit cool by association. But being able to alternate between a perfect British accent for one production and an equally flawless American accent for another? That’s a piece of cake, thanks to nearly equal time spent living on either side of the pond. Born and raised near London, her family moved to Texas for a year when she was 14, a transition Luddington says was made easier thanks to what you might call The Spice Girls factor. To play a physically demanding role that could very well have kicked her ass, the actress had to kick her fitness game up a notch - or five. And if TV isn’t your thing, maybe gaming is? Luddington is the voice and body behind Lara Croft, Tomb Raider’s athletic archaeologist. Though the production may have been more focused on fashion than anything else, it did increase her visibility, helping her land subsequent parts - as a naughty nanny in Californication and a telepathic faerie in True Blood. And the other three? Luddington’s first big break came in 2011 when she was cast as Kate Middleton in the Lifetime movie “William and Kate” that saw her embody (through 72 glorious costume changes) the future Duchess’ evolution from college girl to future queen. Jo Wilson on the hit medical procedural that’s now in its 16th (whoa) season. Of the four career-building roles British-born actor Camilla Luddington has played, she is, in our Grey’s Anatomy-loving opinion, best known (and most loved) for her role as Dr.
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