'Superstore' is my dream job: Lauren Ash

Lauren Ash says she badgered her manager for days to get an audition for NBC sitcom "Superstore" and the actress is glad to have made the cut as the show has turned out to be her "dream job".
The Canadian native, who moved to the US to pursue a career in showbiz, plays an uptight assistant store manager, Dina Fox in the TV series, which premiered in the US in 2015.
Lauren says when she read the part, she was immediately drawn to it.
"I read a lot of scripts at the beginning of 2015. And then I read this and I thought it was a great character. I was immediately drawn to it. I wanted to play Dina. I was my manager's most annoying client as I kept saying that I needed to get this part," Lauren told PTI over phone from Los Angeles.

After a successful first season, "Superstore" was renewed for a second, which was also a hit with the audience. Earlier, this year NBC renewed the series for a 22-episode third season, which is set to premiere on September 28, 2017.
"It has been a great experience. The cast is great. I knew from the beginning that the show is going to be successful. We have fun together. It is a dream job."

The Justin Spitzer-created series, which also features America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Colton Dunn and Nichole Bloom, airs in India on Comedy Central.
Lauren's stronghold is comedy - she is one half of sketch comedy duo "Cory!" and is also a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner.

The actress, who is an an alumni of Toronto's Second City, the largest school of improvisation and sketch comedy, says she had initially enrolled in a drama school but dropped out of it as she did not feel comfortable there.
"I had decided to go to a theatre school for a dramatic training but after a few months, I dropped out. I was not comfortable. I was kind of depressed. It was then that I went to Second City."
She, however, does not rule out starring in drama-heavy projects as she says as an actress she should always keep pushing her boundaries.

"I was in Canada for many years before coming to the US. I have done dramatic roles but after coming here, it has been only comedy stuff.
"But I would love to do different things. I would love to do something which is more dramatic down the road. It is a different kind of challenge.