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Name: Laura Bell Bundy
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Date of Birth:
April 10, 1981
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Place of Birth:
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Mini-bio:
Laura Ashley Bell Bundy is currently starring in Legally Blonde: The Musical on Broadway as "Elle Woods". She has also played Sherrie Christian in the musical "Rock of Ages". She starred in both Hairs...( read more)pray (Tony Award-winning Musical) and Wicked.
From the age of nine, Laura Bell has been performing. As a child, Off-Broadway, she originated the role of Tina Denmark in Ruthless, The Musical!, earning her both Outer Critics Circle & Drama Desk award Nominations for an Outstanding Actress in a Musical. Regionally, Laura played Dainty June in Gypsy, starring Betty Buckley and Deborah Gibson, and toured with yet another star, Marie Osmond, in the Sound of Music.
Laura also has experience in television and film - appearing in Dreamgirls, Jumanji, Life With Mikey, and The Adventures of Huck Finn. She has made guest appearances on television programs including Happy Hour for FOX, Modern from the WB, Cold Case for CBS, Veronica Mars for UPN, and Strangers with Candy for Comedy Central. Pilots in which Laura has had leading roles in include Dirtbags for FOX and All Grown Up for CBS. One of her biggest television achievements was playing the role of Marah Lewis on the soap opera, The Guiding Light from 1999-2001.
Laura is a talented recording artist with her own original sound. Her first release, entitled "I'll Be Home For Christmas", benefited her own charity as well as the Bluegrass Area Jass Association (BAJA). Her latest album, is in a genre all its own, "Y'alternative". "Longing for a Place Already Gone" not only includes Laura Bell's favorite tunes, but her own unique songs as well. The album has just recently been released.
She is co-designer and founder of a brand new line, Schmancy Purses. Some of the bags are even being used in Legally Blonde: The Musical. She also has a charity - Kreative Kids Foundation.