Noureen DeWulf (née Ahmed) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her film roles in West Bank Story (2005), Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), and The Back-up Plan (2010). She also starred as Lacey on the sitcom Anger Management (2012–2014).

Early life and education DeWulf was born Noureen Ahmed in New York City to Gujarati parents from Pune, India and grew up in Stone Mountain, Georgia. She was raised Nizari Ismaili Muslim. Her father was a physician. 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 (2007), and The Back-up Plan (2010). She starred opposite Matthew McConaughey in the romantic comedy film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), and played opposite Jeremy Piven in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009). She starred in The Taqwacores (2010), which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2010. She co-starred with Charlie Sheen in the television sitcom Anger Management, which aired from 2012 to 2014 on FX. 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 (the first time being 2007), 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 March 2015, DeWulf joined the cast of reality show Hockey Wives, chronicling her life with husband Ryan Miller, a goaltender in the NHL. The series follows wives and girlfriends of professional hockey players.

Personal life She was previously married to artist James DeWulf.

On September 3, 2011, DeWulf married National Hockey League goaltender Ryan Miller in Los Angeles. The couple have two children.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 Happy Birthday Short film 2005 West Bank Story Fatima Short film 2006 American Dreamz Shazzy Riza National Lampoon's Pledge This! Poo Poo Direct-to-video 2007 Americanizing Shelley Littly J. Singh Ocean's Thirteen 'Nuff Said expo girl Jizminder Featherfoot 2008 Killer Pad Delilah Pulse 3 Salwa Gamal Direct-to-video 2009 Maliah Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Melanie Heather 2010 Rabeya Daphne Kim Direct-to-video 2011 Breakaway Reena Singh 2012 Bride Zambezia Pavi Voice role 2013 How to Be A Terrorist: In Hollywood with Abu Nazir Short film Coffee, Kill Boss Temp 2014 They Came Together Melanie 2016 Chee and T Shana 2017 Bad Match Terri Webster 2018 When We First Met Margo 2019 Endings, Beginnings Noureen The Wedding Year Boss Queen 2020 Wheels of Fortune Mandy

Television Year Title Role Notes 2005 CSI: NY Matrice Singh Episode: "On the Job" Girlfriends Jasmine Crane Guest role; 2 episodes 2006 Welcome to the Jungle Gym Amy Unsold television pilot Mindy and Brenda Mindy Unsold television pilot Numbers Santi Episode: "Harvest" Love, Inc. Tricia Episode: "Curb Your Enthusiasm" 2007 Revenge Nadia Unsold television pilot 2008 Courtroom K Rose Marie Cheeks Unsold television pilot Chuck Lizzie Episode: "Chuck Versus the Marlin" Welcome to The Captain Shampoo Girl Episode: "The Letter" 2009 Two Dollar Beer Fakhri Unsold television pilot 90210 Nika Raygani Guest role; 2 episodes Reno 911! Hot librarian Episode: "VHS Transfer Memory Lane" Maneater Polo Television mini-series; 2 episodes 2010–2011 Hawthorne Judy Pasram Recurring role; 5 episodes 2010 'Til Death Dina Episode: "The Joy of Learning" Claire Guest role; 2 episodes 2011 Hail Mary Ingrid Collins Unsold television pilot Outsourced Vimi Guest role; 3 episodes Happy Endings Molly Episode: "Secrets and Limos" 2012–2014 Anger Management Lacey Main role; 100 episodes 2014 Garfunkel and Oates Jennifer Episode: "Road Warriors" Over the Garden Wall Pumpkin Gal (voice) Episode: "Hard Times at the Huskin' Bee" 2015–2016 Hockey Wives Herself Cast member; 13 episodes Grandfathered Priya Guest role; 2 episodes 2016 Square Roots Saleena Desai Television film Hell's Kitchen Herself Episode: "Crepe Grand Prix" Life in Pieces Dionne Episode: "Will Trash Book Spa" 2017 The Problem with Apu Herself Documentary film 2018 Living Biblically Emily Episode: "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness" All Night Mrs. Lewis Recurring role; 5 episodes 2020–2021 Good Girls Krystal Recurring role 2020 Tacoma FD Donna Recurring role; 2 episodes 2025 Acapulco Roxanne Episode: "Higher Love"

Web Year Title Role Notes 2012 First Dates with Toby Harris Sarah Episode: "Ex-Boyfriends" 2012–2013 Burning Love Titi Recurring role; 10 episodes 2014 Kiss Her I'm Famous Hannah Guest role; 2 episodes

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