Laura Silverman

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Laura Jane Silverman (born June 1, 1966) is an American actress/voice actress and a native of Bedford, New Hampshire. She is the older sister of Sarah Silverman.

She had a starring role as Laura, Dr. Katz' receptionist on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist and many roles in Home Movies including Linda Small and Loni. She has also appeared as Rebecca Nightrod, girlfriend of Nathan Explosion, and "Penelope" from "Dating Penelope" in the Adult Swim cartoon series Metalocalypse.

She has had many brief roles including appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Half Baked and Family Guy. She recently played the character Jane on the TV show The Comeback.

Her sister is actor/comedian Sarah Silverman. Laura played a friend of Sarah's in the latter's 2005 concert film, Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic.

Silverman currently stars with her sister on The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central, in which she plays a fictionalized version of herself.

Laura has guest starred a number of times on The King of Queens.

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