Biography
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.
Filmography (74)
Remarkably Bright Creatures
2026
Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
2021
Scaredy Cats
2021
Cycles
2016
Preggoland
2014
Officer Down
2013
Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable
2013
The Privileged
2013
An Officer and a Murderer
2012
Path of Souls
2012
Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous
2012
Astonishing X-Men: Torn
2012
Final Sale
2011
Snowmageddon
2011
Underworld: Endless War
2011
Underworld: Endless War
2011
Whole Day Down
2011
Merlin and the Book of Beasts
2009
Defying Gravity
2009
Astonishing X-Men
2009
Warehouse 13
2009
Corporate Affairs
2008
Women's Murder Club
2007
Up Close with Carrie Keagan
2007
Severance
2006
Four Extraordinary Women
2006
Hollis & Rae
2006
A Friend of the Family
2005
Stargate Atlantis
2004
The Fastest Man in the World
2003
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All
2003
A Mighty Wind
2003
Dead Like Me
2003
Jake 2.0
2003
Pure 24
2003
The Dead Zone
2002
Going Greek
2001
Come Together
2001
24
2001
The Calling
2000
The Highwayman
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The Manor
1999
Total Recall 2070
1999
Teen Choice Awards
1999
Just the Ticket
1998
The Faculty
1998
Nobody Lives Forever
1998
Habitat
1997
Kitchen Party
1997
Suicide Kings
1997
Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger
1997
Susie Q
1996
The Halfback of Notre Dame
1996
Murder at My Door
1996
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
1996
Abduction of Innocence
1996
A Kidnapping in the Family
1996
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
Ebbie
1995
Best Wishes Mason Chadwick
1995
Sliders
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
DarkStalkers
1995
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994
The X-Files
1993
Stay Tuned
1992
My Little Pony Tales
1992
Highlander: The Series
1992
The Odyssey
1992
Hillside
1991
It
1990
The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil
1988
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