Laura Harring
- Birthday
- Mar 3, 1964
- Birthplace
- Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Bio: Ever since astounding audiences and critics alike with her breakthrough performance in David Lynch's award winning "Mulholland Drive" for which she received an Alma Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, Laura Harring has been one of Hollywoods hottest rising stars. The International Herald Tribune compared her to Ava Gardner and film critic, Roger… More Bio: Ever since astounding audiences and critics alike with her breakthrough performance in David Lynch's award winning "Mulholland Drive" for which she received an Alma Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, Laura Harring has been one of Hollywoods hottest rising stars. The International Herald Tribune compared her to Ava Gardner and film critic, Roger Ebert likened her to Rita Hayworth.Born in a small town in Mexico, Laura or "Laurita" as her family called her, grew up an extremely shy as well as a reclusive fragile young girl. Sick most of her childhood, Laura's mother found an alternative medical doctor that helped Laura get over the illness and this transformed her life forever. Laura who was taking adult dosages of medicine, abandoned them ambitiously to start dancing and imagine herself as an actress. On her journey to newfound health she jumped in feet first to an play an angel in the Christmas play ,"The Nativity Story".After graduation from the prestigious boarding school, Aiglon College in Switzerland, Laura took on the task of becoming a social worker in India, where she performed manual labor work, including building schools, planting trees and carrying heavy rocks to fix the extreme soil erosion problem, that hit the foothills of the Himalayas in the mid eighties.A versatile actress who has played a great diversity of roles in her career, Harring's film credits include "John Q" with Denzel Washington, "The King" opposite William Hurt, and "The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory," opposite the legendary Raul Julia. Laura always held her own.Laura was the first Latina to ever win the Miss USA crown! Her passions include dancing, world traveling and Commedia Dell' Arte. She resides in Los Angeles, California.
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Filmography
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Drool (2009)
- Anora Fleece
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The Caller (2008)
- Eileen
- 13%
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Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
- Sara Noriega
- 26%
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Nancy Drew (2007)
- Dehlia Draycott
- 50%
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Ghost Son (2006)
- Stacey
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Laura Harring Videos
Love In The Time Of Cholera
2 minutes 45 seconds
The Punisher
3 minutes 33 seconds
John Q
2 minutes 28 seconds
Nancy Drew
2 minutes 12 seconds
Derailed
2 minutes 45 seconds
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