Carmen Llywelyn

Carmen Llywelyn (also known as Carmen Lee) is an American actress and photographer.

Career

She starred in the 1996 film Drawing Flies, a View Askew production directed by Matthew Gissing and Malcolm Ingram, and produced by Kevin Smith. She portrayed Kim in the 1997 film Chasing Amy directed by Kevin Smith; co-stars included Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, and Joey Lauren Adams. She appeared in the 2000 film Cowboys and Angels alongside actors Radha Mitchell and Mia Kirshner. She was the lead actress in Free opposite Corin Nemec, also starring Randall Batinkoff and Ione Skye.

Personal life

In 1994, Llywelyn met Jason Lee, then a professional skateboarder. In 1995, the couple was married in a ceremony presided over by actor Bodhi Elfman. In March 2001, the couple lived together in Southern California. Llywelyn and Lee obtained a divorce in 2001. Lee stated of their separation, "Our breakup had nothing to do with Hollywood or my career."

Llywelyn entered a long-term relationship in 2003 and the couple became parents of twins in 2004. As of 2015, the family lived together in Atlanta.

Relationship with the Church of Scientology

Llywelyn was introduced to the Church of Scientology by her then-partner Jason Lee. According to Llywelyn, her resistance to becoming more involved with Scientology was a cause of problems in their relationship.

According to her account, after she revealed to her Scientologist talent manager Gay Ribisi (mother of actor Giovanni Ribisi) that she had read A Piece of Blue Sky, a book critical of the Church, she was labeled a Suppressive Person and shunned (or "disconnected") by her friends within the church. Llywelyn's manager, a member of the Church, also "disconnected" and allegedly convinced United Talent Agency to drop Llywelyn as a client.

Since her departure, Llywelyn has been an outspoken critic of the Church of Scientology. She has expressed distaste for the classist undertones of Scientology.

She has stated the organization has harassed her, pursuant to the Fair Game policy. Llywelyn reports being subjected to a campaign of surveillance and harassment. Writes Llywelyn: "Scientology has a sophisticated intelligence agency known as the Office of Special Affairs, which is essentially a complex system dedicated to ruining the lives of those it sees as enemies in any way possible. Those who work for the OSA do not follow the law."

Filmography

Awards and nominations