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 Andie
as Willa's Mom(3 eps)
as The woman
as Shannon
as Shadowcat (voice)
as Julia Westwood
as Ellen Logue
as Shadowcat (voice)
as Det. Jennifer Dobson
as Shadowcat (voice)
as Grace Beardsley
as Selene(3 eps)
as Beth Miller
as Selene (voice)
as Esther(5 eps)
as Allison Graves
as Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat (voice)(25 eps)
as Avlynn
as Zoe Barnes(13 eps)
as Lauren Andrews(1 ep)
as Cassie Meyers
as Jill Bernhardt(13 eps)
as Herself(1 ep)
as Sharon
as Rae Devereauz
as Maggie
as Alison Shaw
as Nola(1 ep)
as Angela Hamilton / Angela Wright(1 ep)
as Daisy Adair(24 eps)
as Girl Klapper
as Herself
as Herself(2 eps)
as Miranda Ellis(3 eps)
as Marie Warner(24 eps)
as Charlotte Hart
as Paige Forrester
as Kristie St. Clair
as Diane Kentner(1 ep)
as Ziggy Watson
as Self(1 ep)
as Gillian Ravenscroft
as Elana(1 ep)
as Marybeth
as Kimberly Corley
as Alice / 'Cyclops'
as Tammy Driscoll
as Elise Chasten
as Deborah Marlowe
as Valerie Sanders
as Laura Rhoads
as Janette
as Tracy Lasker(1 ep)
as Freddie
as Josie Cooper
as Jill Volsner
as Lucy Bines
as Martha
as Hairball (voice)(13 eps)
as Sarah Hayward(1 ep)
as Mona Lisa 37X(1 ep)
as Margo Hall(1 ep)
as Teenage Girl(1 ep)
as Andrea(1 ep)
as Julia Renquist(1 ep)
as Girlfriend #1
as Bright Eyes (voice)(26 eps)
as Vampire(1 ep)
as Ashley Frasier(65 eps)
as Loni (uncredited)(1 ep)
as (voice)(8 eps)