Laura Foy (born March 16, 1976, in

Oakdale, New York Oakdale is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, New York (state), New York, United States, situated on the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island. The hamlet's popula ...

) is an American former

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and former co-host alongside Tina Wood,

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, and Scot Rubin of the interactive

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'' G4tv.com'' on G4. Foy began her television career in

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, where she co-hosted an online show entitled ''Lilith and Eve'' on AllGamesNetwork. She directed a daily, live, one-hour talk show about video games called ''GameTime'' and also co-hosted a show called
Judgecal's High Weirdness
'. Laura was also once a contestant on the U.S. version of the game show ''

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''. The episode originally aired on November 18, 2003. Her nickname is " Thug". Foy is known for dismissing the

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and

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genres in favor of

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s. Announced on Tina Wood's personal blog, the series was cancelled by G4 and the final episode of ''G4tv.com'' was filmed on December 16, 2005. Foy is now director of digital marketing for Homebridge, a national mortgage lending firm.

External links

Laura Foy's channel 9 profile

Ping! show

Laura Foy's IMDB PageLaura Foy's Professional Website

References

1976 births Living people People from Oakdale, New York American television personalities American women television personalities Television producers from New York (state) American women television producers 21st-century American women {{US-tv-producer-stub