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.
Andrea
Diane Kentner
Marie Warner
Miranda Ellis
Nola
Margo Hall
Lauren Andrews
Sarah Hayward
Mona Lisa 37X
Loni (uncredited)
Julia Renquist
Daisy Adair
Elana
Teenage Girl
Willa's Mom
Bright Eyes (voice)
Ashley Frasier
Zoe Barnes
Hairball (voice)
Vampire
Jill Bernhardt
Herself
Esther
Herself
Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat (voice)
(voice)
Marybeth Louise Hutchinson
Tracy Lasker
Angela Hamilton / Angela Wright
Selene
Maggie
Selene (voice)
Audrey
Avlynn
Freddie
Girl Klapper
Girlfriend #1
Ellen Logue
Elise Chasten
Kristie St. Clair
Beth Miller
Janette
Kimberly Corley
Shannon
Self - Nominee
Cassie Meyers
Alice / 'Cyclops'
Alison Shaw
Laura Rhoads
Deborah Marlowe
Allison Graves
Lucy Bines
Shadowcat (voice)
Paige Forrester
Sharon
Ann Clemons
Julia Westwood
Gillian Ravenscroft
Det. Jennifer Dobson
Rae Devereauz
Jill Volsner
Tammy Driscoll
Valerie Sanders
Shadowcat (voice)
Andie
Ziggy Watson
Shadowcat (voice)
Martha Cratchet
Josie Cooper
Grace Beardsley
Jan
The woman
Herself
May
Charlotte Hart