Lindsay LaVanchy

Lindsay Noelle Windal LaVanchy was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She spent her summers camping, canoeing, and horseback riding in the Ozarks of Lebanon, MO, as well as performing at St. Louis' regional theater, The Muny Opera, the largest outdoor amphitheater in North America. She studied theater at UCLA for her undergraduate degree. She also separately went to Europe to study theater with world renowned teachers in Berlin, Germany, as well as Stromboli, Italy. She filmed the social media/horror/short film "Dembanger". It screened at IFS film festival in Los Angeles winning Best Horror Short. After, she joined the writing team of the feature film version of the same name, and it went into Production in the Spring of 2019. She stars as the lead, and serves as a co-writer and one of the Producers of the film. It was accepted in the SXSW 2020 Film Festival in the Midnighters Narrative Feature competition category. It was renamed Initiation, and CAA and XYZ films handled the sales. With