Lauren Maher (born Lauren Robinson Maher, 11 September 1977 in Boynton Beach, Florida, USA) – American actress and internationally certified yoga therapist, who graduated with a degree in theatre arts from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City and also studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and Richmond College in London. Her most notable film roles include Scarlett in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy (The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003, Dead Man's Chest 2006, At World's End 2007), Laurie in Coherence (2013), and Chica in The Decay of Fiction (2002). She also appeared in Girl Play (2012), Mind Forest (2012), and 33 Griffin Lane (2015). On stage she has performed in Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Great White Hope, and Tony Kushner's The Illusion in New York, London, and Los Angeles. Since 2001 she has been teaching yoga, specializing in therapeutic work with cancer patients.