Laura Harris

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Laura Harris (born November 20, 1976, Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as grim reaper Daisy Adair in the cable series Dead Like Me and as Marie Warner in the spy drama 24. Her film career dates back to 1990 when she appeared in an adaptation of Stephen King's It. She appeared as Marybeth in The Faculty in 1998, and has since gone on to form her own production company with a friend, Rocket Chicken International Pictures, which has produced the film Come Together in which Laura played a leading role. She is sometimes credited as Elizabeth Harris and Laura E. Harris.

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[edit] Early years

Born to two Canadian school teachers in British Columbia, Laura Harris began acting in radio dramas and animation series when she was five years old. As a child Harris was educated at an all-girls Anglican school (Crofton House School for Girls) and attended college through UC correspondence. It was in her teens, after having worked professionally in Vancouver as a television actress for nearly 14 years, that Harris broke into the realm of feature films.

[edit] Filmography

  • Stephen King's It (1990) Loni
  • Stay Tuned (1992) Girlfriend #1
  • Best Wishes Mason Chadwick (1995) May
  • Ebbie (1995 TV Movie) Martha Cratchet
  • Susie Q (1996 TV Movie) Jeanette
  • Halfback Of Notre Dame (1996 TV Movie) Jill Volsner
  • For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down (1996 TV Movie) Lucy Bines
  • A Kidnapping in the Family (1996 TV Movie) Josie Cooper
  • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996 TV Movie) Freddie
  • Abduction of Innocence: A Moment of Truth Movie (1996 TV Movie) Laura Rhoades
  • Murder at My Door (1996 TV Movie) Valerie Sanders
  • Into the Arms of Danger (1997) Jan
  • Habitat (1997) Deborah Marlowe
  • Suicide Kings (1997) Elise Chasten
  • Kitchen Party (1997) Tammy Driscoll
  • Nobody Lives Forever (1997 TV Movie) Kimberly Corley
  • The Faculty (1998) Marybeth Louise Hutchinson
  • The Manor (1999) Gillian Ravenscroft
  • Just the Ticket (1999) Alice/Cyclops
  • The Highwayman (2000) Ziggy Watson
  • The Calling (2000) Kristie St. Clair
  • Going Greek (2001) Paige Forrester
  • Come Together (2001) Charlotte Hart
  • A Mighty Wind (2003) Girl Klapper
  • It's Better to Be Wanted For Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All (2003) Ann Clemons
  • A Friend of the Family (2004 TV Movie) Alison Shaw
  • Severance (2006) Maggie
  • Ted's MBA (2006) Cassie Meyers

[edit] TV appearances

[edit] Trivia

  • Has a tattoo of a sun and scorpio symbol on the back of her left shoulder.
  • She worked as a waitress at Earl's on Top, a Vancouver, B.C. restaurant, before she moved to L.A.[citation needed]
  • She loves the writings of E. E. Cummings.
  • In preparation for her role on 24, Laura was taken to a shooting range to handle a firearm. It was the first time she had ever fired a gun, and she purportedly cried afterward [1].
  • Laura's production company is developing a show for MTV called "Chemistry".

[edit] References

  1. ^ Entertainment Weekly Interview

[edit] External links

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