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Laura Harris
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.
As actor
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
Cycles
Preggoland
Officer Down
Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable
The Privileged
An Officer and a Murderer
Path of Souls
Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous
Astonishing X-Men: Torn
Final Sale
Snowmageddon
Underworld: Endless War
Merlin and the Book of Beasts
Corporate Affairs
Severance
Four Extraordinary Women
Hollis & Rae
A Friend of the Family
The Fastest Man in the World
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All
A Mighty Wind
Going Greek
Come Together
The Calling
The Highwayman
The Manor
Just the Ticket
The Faculty