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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.

Known For

6.5

Willa's Mom

Scaredy Cats

2021

7.8

Audrey

Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos

2021

0.0

The woman

Cycles

2016

5.8

Shannon

Preggoland

2014

0.0

Shadowcat (voice)

Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable

2013

5.9

Julia Westwood

The Privileged

2013

5.2

Ellen Logue

Officer Down

2013

7.3

Shadowcat (voice)

Astonishing X-Men: Torn

2012

5.4

Det. Jennifer Dobson

An Officer and a Murderer

2012

7.8

Shadowcat (voice)

Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous

2012

Credits

Scaredy Cats

as Willa's Mom

2021

6.5

Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos

as Audrey

2021

7.8

Cycles

as The woman

2016

0.0

Preggoland

as Shannon

2014

5.8

Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable

as Shadowcat (voice)

2013

0.0

The Privileged

as Julia Westwood

2013

5.9

Officer Down

as Ellen Logue

2013

5.2

Astonishing X-Men: Torn

as Shadowcat (voice)

2012

7.3

An Officer and a Murderer

as Det. Jennifer Dobson

2012

5.4

Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous

as Shadowcat (voice)

2012

7.8

Path of Souls

as Grace Beardsley

2012

0.0

Underworld: Endless War

as Selene

2011

3.0

Snowmageddon

as Beth Miller

2011

5.6

Underworld: Endless War

as Selene (voice)

2011

6.9

Whole Day Down

as Esther

2011

0.0

Final Sale

as Allison Graves

2011

5.8

Astonishing X-Men

as Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat (voice)

2009

5.7

Merlin and the Book of Beasts

as Avlynn

2009

4.5

Defying Gravity

as Zoe Barnes

2009

6.6

Warehouse 13

as Lauren Andrews

2009

7.7

Corporate Affairs

as Cassie Meyers

2008

3.2

Women's Murder Club

as Jill Bernhardt

2007

7.9

🎬

Up Close with Carrie Keagan

as Herself

2007

5.0

Four Extraordinary Women

as Sharon

2006

6.0

Hollis & Rae

as Rae Devereauz

2006

0.0

Severance

as Maggie

2006

6.3

A Friend of the Family

as Alison Shaw

2005

3.3

Stargate Atlantis

as Nola

2004

8.0

Jake 2.0

as Angela Hamilton / Angela Wright

2003

7.0

Dead Like Me

as Daisy Adair

2003

7.7

A Mighty Wind

as Girl Klapper

2003

6.7

🎬

It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All

as Ann Clemons

2003

0.0

🎬

The Fastest Man in the World

as Herself

2003

0.0

🎬

Pure 24

as Herself

2003

0.0

The Dead Zone

as Miranda Ellis

2002

7.2

24

as Marie Warner

2001

7.8

🎬

Come Together

as Charlotte Hart

2001

0.0

Going Greek

as Paige Forrester

2001

4.7

The Calling

as Kristie St. Clair

2000

4.9

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Diane Kentner

2000

7.6

The Highwayman

as Ziggy Watson

2000

4.5

Teen Choice Awards

as Self - Nominee

1999

10.0

The Manor

as Gillian Ravenscroft

1999

5.8

Total Recall 2070

as Elana

1999

6.2

The Faculty

as Marybeth Louise Hutchinson

1998

6.6

Nobody Lives Forever

as Kimberly Corley

1998

0.0

Just the Ticket

as Alice / 'Cyclops'

1998

5.5

Kitchen Party

as Tammy Driscoll

1997

5.6

Suicide Kings

as Elise Chasten

1997

6.6

Habitat

as Deborah Marlowe

1997

5.1

🎬

Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger

as Jan

1997

3.0

Murder at My Door

as Valerie Sanders

1996

2.4

Abduction of Innocence

as Laura Rhoads

1996

3.5

Susie Q

as Janette

1996

5.6

Poltergeist: The Legacy

as Tracy Lasker

1996

6.2

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

as Freddie

1996

6.7

A Kidnapping in the Family

as Josie Cooper

1996

0.0

The Halfback of Notre Dame

as Jill Volsner

1996

4.0

For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down

as Lucy Bines

1996

0.0

Ebbie

as Martha Cratchet

1995

4.4

DarkStalkers

as Hairball (voice)

1995

6.7

The Outer Limits

as Sarah Hayward

1995

7.7

The Outer Limits

as Mona Lisa 37X

1995

7.7

Sliders

as Margo Hall

1995

7.6

🎬

Best Wishes Mason Chadwick

as May

1995

0.0

M.A.N.T.I.S.

as Teenage Girl

1994

5.0

The X-Files

as Andrea

1993

8.4

Highlander: The Series

as Julia Renquist

1992

7.4

Stay Tuned

as Girlfriend #1

1992

6.2

My Little Pony Tales

as Bright Eyes (voice)

1992

6.7

The Odyssey

as Vampire

1992

7.2

Hillside

as Ashley Frasier

1991

6.8

It

as Loni (uncredited)

1990

6.9

The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil

as (voice)

1988

7.0