Laura Elizabeth Harris (born November 20, 1976
["Close-up: Laura Harris" by Jay Bobbin, '']Chicago Tribune
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'' (16 Dec, 2007) Retrieved from ) is a
Canadian
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actress who has appeared in a variety of roles in movies and on television. She may be best known for playing Marybeth Louise Hutchinson in ''
The Faculty
''The Faculty'' is a 1998 American science fiction horror film directed and edited by Robert Rodriguez with a screenplay by Kevin Williamson. It stars Jordana Brewster in her film debut, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Ha ...
'',
Daisy Adair in the
Showtime series ''
Dead Like Me,'' and
Marie Warner in Season 2 of ''
24''. She is sometimes credited as Elizabeth Harris or Laura E. Harris.
Early life
Harris's parents were schoolteachers. Born and raised in
Metro Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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, she began acting in
CBC Radio dramas and animated series when she was five years old.
["Actor is liberated by role; Laura Harris used to playing women from U.S. Midwest" by Alex Strachan, '' Leader Post'' (10 Oct, 2007) inal EditionRetrieved from ] As a child Harris was educated at the private
Crofton House School[ in Vancouver; after moving to ]Los Angeles
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she took college correspondence courses in psychology. After several years of work in television, she broke into feature film
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s as a teenager.
Career
Harris is 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
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...
's '' It'' as Loni. She appeared as Marybeth Louise Hutchinson in ''The Faculty
''The Faculty'' is a 1998 American science fiction horror film directed and edited by Robert Rodriguez with a screenplay by Kevin Williamson. It stars Jordana Brewster in her film debut, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Ha ...
'' in 1998.
In 2006, Laura Harris starred as Maggie in a British-German horror film called '' Severance'', directed by Christopher Smith, and written by Smith and James Moran.
In the summer of 2009, she co-starred in the internationally co-produced science fiction series '' Defying Gravity'' as Zoe Barnes."Inner-Space Problems in Outer Space"
by Alessandra Stanley at www.nytimes.com
She has also done voice-overs in animated TV shows including '' The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil'', ''Astonishing X-Men
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'', '' Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.'' and '' My Little Pony Tales''.
While never officially quit acting, she switched her focus in 2010 to education and began attending college at UC Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkele ...
. While there, she began to show an interest in activism.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
Bio at angelfire.com
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Canadian child actresses
Canadian film actresses
Canadian television actresses
Canadian voice actresses
Living people
20th-century Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses
1976 births