Laura Harris

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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.

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2026
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Movie Andie
2021
Scaredy Cats
TV show Willa's Mom
2021
Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
Movie Audrey
2016
Cycles
Movie The woman
2014
Preggoland
Movie Shannon
2013
Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable
Movie Shadowcat (voice)
2013
The Privileged
Movie Julia Westwood
2013
Officer Down
Movie Ellen Logue
2012
Astonishing X-Men: Torn
Movie Shadowcat (voice)
2012
An Officer and a Murderer
Movie Det. Jennifer Dobson
2012
Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous
Movie Shadowcat (voice)
2012
Path of Souls
Movie Grace Beardsley
2011
Underworld: Endless War
TV show Selene
2011
Snowmageddon
Movie Beth Miller
2011
Underworld: Endless War
Movie Selene (voice)
2011
Whole Day Down
TV show Esther

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2011
Final Sale
Movie Allison Graves
2009
Astonishing X-Men
TV show Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat (voice)
2009
Merlin and the Book of Beasts
Movie Avlynn
2009
Defying Gravity
TV show Zoe Barnes
2009
Warehouse 13
TV show Lauren Andrews
2008
Corporate Affairs
Movie Cassie Meyers
2007
Women's Murder Club
TV show Jill Bernhardt
2007
Up Close with Carrie Keagan
TV show Herself
2006
Four Extraordinary Women
Movie Sharon
2006
Hollis & Rae
Movie Rae Devereauz
2006
Severance
Movie Maggie
2005
A Friend of the Family
Movie Alison Shaw
2004
Stargate Atlantis
TV show Nola
2003
Jake 2.0
TV show Angela Hamilton / Angela Wright
2003
Dead Like Me
TV show Daisy Adair
2003
A Mighty Wind
Movie Girl Klapper
2003
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All
Movie Ann Clemons
2003
The Fastest Man in the World
Movie Herself
2003
Pure 24
TV show Herself
2002
The Dead Zone
TV show Miranda Ellis
2001
24
TV show Marie Warner
2001
Come Together
Movie Charlotte Hart
2001
Going Greek
Movie Paige Forrester
2000
The Calling
Movie Kristie St. Clair