Molly Bernard

Born in Brooklyn, Molly Bernard is an American actress known for playing Lauren Heller in the comedy-drama series Younger and Dr. Elsa Curry on Chicago Med. She started her career in 2000 with the drama Pay It Forward, and her early television work included a recurring part as Angie Sullivan on Alpha House. In 2015 she joined the cast of Younger, appearing with Sutton Foster and Hilary Duff. That year she also had a small role in Nancy Meyers's comedy The Intern, alongside Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. Bernard played Young Shelly in Transparent, sharing the role with Judith Light, and she appeared in two seasons of the show. In 2019 she acted in Cindy Chupack's comedy Otherhood. She appeared as medical student Elsa Curry in two seasons of NBC's Chicago Med. After earning a bachelor's degree at Skidmore College, she studied acting at Yale School of Drama, where she received an MFA.