<P> 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 . </P> <P> She also played Wendy Greenhut in the 2008 film College Road Trip, and Ali in Paranormal Activity 2 and Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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