Molly Ephraim - wikipedia Molly Ephraim Molly Ephraim Ephraim in 2012 ( 1986 - 05 - 22 ) May 22, 1986 ( age 31 ) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Alma mater Princeton University Occupation Actress Years active 2002 -- present Molly Ephraim ( born May 22, 1986 ) is an American actress who has appeared in films, on television, and in Broadway, off - Broadway, and regional theatre productions. She is best known for playing the role of middle daughter and entrepreneur Mandy Baxter in the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing, which aired from October 2011 to March 2017. She also played Wendy Greenhut in the 2008 film College Road Trip, and Ali in Paranormal Activity 2 and Paranormal Activity : The Marked Ones. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Theater 2.2 Screen 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 4 References 5 External links Early life Ephraim was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Nina Zebooker and William Ephraim. She was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She performed in shows at the Bucks County Playhouse as a child and in professional productions at the Prince Music Theater and Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia as a teenager. She graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Religious studies. At Princeton she was a member of the Triangle Club and performed in and choreographed various shows for Princeton University Players and Theatre Intime. Ephraim was raised Jewish. Career Theater Ephraim made her Broadway debut in 2002 as Little Red Riding Hood in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods, receiving a Drama League Award nomination. She was later seen as Bielke in the 2004 Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof. Off - Broadway, Ephraim played Rachel Stein in End Days at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in 2009. She played Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Barrington Stage Company in 2008, in a remounting of the production with new direction by Jeremy Dobrish, and at the North Shore Music Theatre. In 2010, she played Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank at the Westport Country Playhouse. In 2015 Ephraim appeared as `` Daphna Feygenbaum '' in Joshua Harmon 's Bad Jews at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. Screen Ephraim played Wendy Greenhut in the 2008 film College Road Trip. She had roles in episodes of the television shows Royal Pains ( 2009 ), Law & Order ( 2008 ), the Michael J. Fox - produced pilot Hench at Home ( 2003 ), and in the HBO pilot, The Wonderful Maladys. Ephraim played Ali Rey in the 2010 film Paranormal Activity 2 and the 2014 spin - off film Paranormal Activity : The Marked Ones. Ephraim appeared as a series regular in the role of Mandy Baxter, one of Tim Allen 's character 's daughters, in the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2008 College Road Trip Wendy Greenhut Paranormal Activity 2 Ali Rey 2014 Paranormal Activity : The Marked Ones Ali Rey 2015 Gravy Cricket 2018 The Front Runner Irene Kelly Post-production Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 Hench at Home Ally Hench Unsold ABC pilot 2008 Law & Order Anne - Marie Liscomb Episode : `` Tango '' 2009 Royal Pains Beth Samuels Episode : `` It 's Like Jamais Vu All Over Again '' The Wonderful Maladys Emo Girl Unsold HBO pilot 2011 -- 2017 Last Man Standing Mandy Baxter Main cast, 130 episodes 2017 -- present Brockmire Bartender 5 episodes 2017 Halt and Catch Fire Alexa Vonn 5 episodes References Jump up ^ ABC Unveils 2011 - 12 Schedule : New Comedy Block On Tuesday With Tim Allen. deadline.com, accessed May 17, 2011 Jump up ^ `` Molly Ephraim Biography ''. Tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 05. Jump up ^ Rising star, Questions and answers with actress Molly Ephraim ' 08 princeton.edu, March 19, 2008 Jump up ^ Molly Ephraim -- Bad Jews By starrymag June 9, 2015 Jump up ^ `` Funk, Doyle, Trimm, Hoty, Ephraim and Schwencke Join Roundabout 's ' BYE BYE BIRDIE ' ''. Baltimore.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2012 - 10 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Ensemble Studio 's END DAYS Makes Off Broadway Premiere 3 / 25 ''. Broadwayworld.com. 2009 - 03 - 05. Retrieved 2012 - 10 - 19. Jump up ^ In the Attic With Anne Frank, New York Times review, October 8, 2010 Jump up ^ `` ' Bad Jews ' : Theater Review ''. The Hollywood Reporter. External links Molly Ephraim at the Internet Broadway Database Molly Ephraim on IMDb VIAF : 309839999 LCCN : no2014082064 MusicBrainz : 8e177286 - c619 - 44bd - 9801 - 1eadfdd38500 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Molly_Ephraim&oldid=813060857 '' Categories : 1986 births Living people 21st - century American actresses Actresses from Philadelphia American child actresses American film actresses American musical theatre actresses American stage actresses American television actresses People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Princeton University alumni Jewish American actresses Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Articles with IBDb links Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Deutsch فارسی Frysk Italiano 日本 語 Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 1 December 2017, at 14 : 38. 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Question: who is the actress that plays mandy on last man standing
Answer: Molly Ephraim