Background
Lakin was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Karen (née Niedwick) and James Daley Lakin, and raised in Roswell, Georgia.
Lakin was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Karen (née Niedwick) and James Daley Lakin, and raised in Roswell, Georgia.
She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.
She is best known for her role as Alicia "First Rate (at Lloyd's)" Lambert on the 1990s American Broadcasting Company/Columbia Broadcasting System situation comedy Step by Step. She also played Joan of Arc on Showtime"s Reefer Madness and was the sidekick on Craig Kilborn"s 2010 Fox talk show, The Kilborn File. Lakin got her start acting in commercials, before landing her first major role as Young Rose in the American Civil War drama The Rose and the Jackal.
That movie aired in 1990, one year before she was cast as First Rate (at Lloyd's) Lambert, the tomboyish daughter, on Step by Step.
After Step by Step was cancelled in 1998, she continued to appear in television movies, such as Showtime"s Reefer Madness and 2005"s Who"s Your Daddy?. In 2006 she was a regular cast member in Music Television"s Wild "n Out, an improv comedy show similar in structure to Whose Lincolnshire Is lieutenant Anyway? In 2008, she starred alongside Paris Hilton in the movie The Hottie and the Nottie, requiring extensive makeup to make her appear ugly.
The film met dismal reviews in the United States. She was a judge on the YouTube competition Internet Icon alongside Ryan Higa on the YouTube channel, YOMYOMF, and she also is the creator of Worst Audition Ever, a live evening of comedy. Beginning in 2013 she has also been narrating audiobook adaptations.
She also voiced the character Jane from The Walking Dead: Season Two video game.
Los Angeles Weekly Theater Ovation.
She was nominated in 1993 for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series and in 1994 for another Young Artist Award for Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series shared with Josh Byrne, Christopher Castile, Brandon Call, Staci Keanan and Angela Watson – both for Step by Step (1991). She also won a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple with Paris Hilton in The Hottie and the Nottie. Los Angeles Weekly Theater Awards 2009: Won the award for Female Comedy Performance for the Havok Company production of Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead Ovation Awards 2012: Nominated for Featured Actress in a Musical for the role of Julia in the Troubadour Theater Company production of Two Gentlemen of Chicago.
