Faye Lauren, a celebrity makeup artist, loved the Williamsburg, Brooklyn, apartment she shared with two roommates for eight years. But in July, when Hollywood actors called a strike, celebrity red carpet events, and, in turn, Ms. Lauren’s career, evaporated. Without income, Ms. Lauren could not pay the rent. “When the actors’ strike happened, I knew that I had to leave,” she said. Two months into the actors’ strike, and almost five months into a writers’ strike against the same entertainment companies, people who work in the film and television industry are struggling to keep up with basic living expenses.

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Persons: Faye Lauren, Lauren’s, Lauren, ”, “, sublet, Bowie Locations: Williamsburg , Brooklyn, South Florida