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.
45 movies · 29 shows
Remarkably Bright Creatures
2026·8.5
Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
2021·7.8
Cycles
2016·0.0
Preggoland
2014·5.7
Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable
2013·1.0
The Privileged
2013·5.9
Officer Down
2013·5.3
Astonishing X-Men: Torn
2012·5.8
An Officer and a Murderer
2012·5.5
Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous
2012·6.4
Path of Souls
2012·0.0
Snowmageddon
2011·5.6
Underworld: Endless War
2011·6.8
Final Sale
2011·5.8
Merlin and the Book of Beasts
2009·4.5
Corporate Affairs
2008·3.6
Four Extraordinary Women
2006·6.0
Hollis & Rae
2006·8.0
Severance
2006·6.3
A Friend of the Family
2005·4.4
A Mighty Wind
2003·6.8
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All
2003·7.0
The Fastest Man in the World
2003·0.0
Come Together
2001·0.0
Going Greek
2001·4.9
The Calling
2000·4.9
The Highwayman
2000·4.3
The Manor
1999·6.5
The Faculty
1998·6.6
Nobody Lives Forever
1998·8.5
Just the Ticket
1998·5.5
Kitchen Party
1997·6.0
Suicide Kings
1997·6.6
Habitat
1997·5.1
Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger
1997·4.0
Murder at My Door
1996·3.7
Abduction of Innocence
1996·6.5
Susie Q
1996·5.7
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
1996·6.7
A Kidnapping in the Family
1996·10.0
The Halfback of Notre Dame
1996·5.2
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
1996·9.0
Ebbie
1995·4.8
Best Wishes Mason Chadwick
1995·0.0
Stay Tuned
1992·6.2