
Born and raised in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, she began acting in CBC Radio dramas and animated series when she was five years old. As a child she was educated at the private Crofton House School in Vancouver; after moving to Los Angeles she took college correspondence courses in psychology. After several years of work in television, she broke into feature films as a teenager. She may be best known for playing Marybeth Louise Hutchinson in The Faculty, Daisy Adair in the Showtime series Dead Like Me, and Marie Warner in Season 2 of 24. While never officially quit acting, she switched her focus in 2010 to education and began attending college at UC Berkeley. While there, she began to show an interest in activism. In 2013, she began working for a tech company that also worked to improve local communities, politically and otherwise. In 2021, after a 6 year hiatus from acting, Laura took on the role of Willow Ward on the Netflix show Scaredy Cats, appearing in 3 episodes. Also in 2021 Laura had a part in the Lifetime Channel movie Gone Mom.
Scaredy Cats
2021
Cycles
2016
Preggoland
2014
The Privileged
2013
Officer Down
2013
Path of Souls
2012
Snowmageddon
2011
Whole Day Down
2011
Final Sale
2011
Defying Gravity
2009
Warehouse 13
2009
Hollis & Rae
2006
Severance
2006
Jake 2.0
2003
Dead Like Me
2003
A Mighty Wind
2003
The Dead Zone
2002
24
2001
Going Greek
2001
The Calling
2000
The Highwayman
2000
The Manor
1999
The Faculty
1998
Just the Ticket
1998
Kitchen Party
1997
Suicide Kings
1997
Habitat
1997
Susie Q
1996
Ebbie
1995
DarkStalkers
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
Sliders
1995
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994
The X-Files
1993
Stay Tuned
1992
The Odyssey
1992
Hillside
1991
It
1990
Whole Day Down
2011


































































