Lauren Heller

Lauren is Kelsey's best friend and coworker at Empirical Publishing, a millennial marketing assistant with sharp opinions on everything from social media to sex. She's blunt, funny, and fiercely loyal, quick to sniff out other people's secrets while parading her own dating life without a hint of shame.

Bernard plays her with a comic confidence that never curdles into caricature — Lauren says the outrageous thing and means it, then somehow lands as the most emotionally honest person in the room. She's the show's id, a walking punchline machine who still manages moments of real tenderness toward her friends.