Laura Harris
Born: 1976-11-20 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Known For: Acting
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
2021
- Scaredy Cats as Willa's Mom
- Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos as Audrey
2016
- Cycles as The woman
2014
- Preggoland as Shannon
2013
- Officer Down as Ellen Logue
- The Privileged as Julia Westwood
- Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable as Shadowcat (voice)
2012
- An Officer and a Murderer as Det. Jennifer Dobson
- Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous as Shadowcat (voice)
- Astonishing X-Men: Torn as Shadowcat (voice)
- Path of Souls as Grace Beardsley
2011
- Underworld: Endless War as Selene (voice)
- Final Sale as Allison Graves
- Snowmageddon as Beth Miller
- Whole Day Down as Esther
- Underworld: Endless War as Selene
2009
- Warehouse 13 as Lauren Andrews
- Defying Gravity as Zoe Barnes
- Merlin and the Book of Beasts as Avlynn
- Astonishing X-Men as Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat (voice)
2008
- Corporate Affairs as Cassie Meyers
2007
- Women's Murder Club as Jill Bernhardt
- Up Close with Carrie Keagan as Herself
2006
- Severance as Maggie
- Hollis & Rae as Rae Devereauz
- Four Extraordinary Women as Sharon
2005
- A Friend of the Family as Alison Shaw
2004
- Stargate Atlantis as Nola
2003
- Dead Like Me as Daisy Adair
- Jake 2.0 as Angela Hamilton / Angela Wright
- A Mighty Wind as Girl Klapper
- Pure 24 as Herself
- The Fastest Man in the World as Herself
- It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All as Ann Clemons
2002
- The Dead Zone as Miranda Ellis
2001
- 24 as Marie Warner
- Going Greek as Paige Forrester
- Come Together as Charlotte Hart
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Diane Kentner
- The Calling as Kristie St. Clair
- The Highwayman as Ziggy Watson
1999
- Total Recall 2070 as Elana
- The Manor as Gillian Ravenscroft
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
1998
- The Faculty as Marybeth Louise Hutchinson
- Just the Ticket as Alice / 'Cyclops'
- Nobody Lives Forever as Kimberly Corley
1997
- Kitchen Party as Tammy Driscoll
- Habitat as Deborah Marlowe
- Suicide Kings as Elise Chasten
- Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger as Jan
1996
- Poltergeist: The Legacy as Tracy Lasker
- For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down as Lucy Bines
- The Halfback of Notre Dame as Jill Volsner
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Freddie
- A Kidnapping in the Family as Josie Cooper
- Murder at My Door as Valerie Sanders
- Abduction of Innocence as Laura Rhoads
- Susie Q as Janette
1995
- The Outer Limits as Sarah Hayward
- Sliders as Margo Hall
- Ebbie as Martha Cratchet
- DarkStalkers as Hairball (voice)
- Best Wishes Mason Chadwick as May
1994
- M.A.N.T.I.S. as Teenage Girl
1993
- The X-Files as Andrea
1992
- Highlander: The Series as Julia Renquist
- The Odyssey as Vampire
- Stay Tuned as Girlfriend #1
- My Little Pony Tales as Bright Eyes (voice)
1991
- Hillside as Ashley Frasier
1990
- It as Loni (uncredited)
1988
- The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil as (voice)