While filming Fifteen (1990) Laura and all Canadian cast members lived in rented townhouses near Nickelodeon studios - girls in one house, boys in another house, with chaperones.
Laura Harris is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the television series Dead Like Me, ReGenesis and Stargate Universe.
Harris was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is the daughter of Ann (née Wilson) and John Harris. She has two sisters, Rebecca and Jennifer. Harris was raised in Oakville, Ontario. She attended Appleby College and Queen’s University.
Harris began her acting career in the early 1990s. She had roles in the television series Street Legal and Forever Knight. She also appeared in the films The Skulls and Final Destination 2.
In 2003, Harris was cast as Daisy Adair in the television series Dead Like Me. The show ran for two seasons and was cancelled in 2004. Harris received a Saturn Award nomination for her performance on the show.
In 2009, Harris was cast as Dr. Carolyn Lam in the television series Stargate Universe. The show ran for two seasons and was cancelled in 2011.
Harris has also had roles in the films White Noise, I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer and The Reaping.
Harris is married to actor Jared Keeso. They have two sons together.
General Info
Full Name
Laura Harris
Date Of Birth
November 20, 1976
Height
1.69 m
Profession
Actor
Education
Crofton House School
Nationality
Canadian
Accomplishments
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Teen Choice Award for Film - Most Disgusting Scene
Movies
The Faculty, Suicide Kings, Severance, Just the Ticket, Merlin and the Book of Beasts, Preggoland, Going Greek, An Officer and a Murderer, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Kitchen Party, The Highwayman, A Kidnapping in the Family, Officer Down, Ebbie, The Calling, Corporate Affairs, Habitat, Final Sale, D...
TV Shows
24, Defying Gravity, Women's Murder Club, Dead Like Me, Hillside, My Little Pony Tales, It
Her first feature film in America was Suicide Kings (1997) starring Christopher Walken and Denis Leary. The film's final scenes with Walken, Leary and Harris were filmed at Catalina Island. It was rumored to be the first time Walken had returned to Catalina Island since the night Natalie Wood drowned there in 1981.
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Rides motorcycles and horses.
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Is of Scottish, Scandinavian and Iberian descent.
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Father was an amateur ping pong and tennis player.
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Mother is a lettuce and honey farmer in Crescent Beach, Canada.
While filming Fifteen (1990) Laura and all Canadian cast members lived in rented townhouses near Nickelodeon studios - girls in one house, boys in another house, with chaperones.
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Grew up in Surrey, B.C. Canada.
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Friends with Emily Perkins, whom she met at drama school in Vancouver.