Known for movies

Short Info

Date Of BirthNovember 20, 1976
FactWhile 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 NameLaura Harris
Date Of BirthNovember 20, 1976
Height1.69 m
ProfessionActor
EducationCrofton House School
NationalityCanadian

Accomplishments

NominationsScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Teen Choice Award for Film - Most Disgusting Scene
MoviesThe 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 Shows24, Defying Gravity, Women's Murder Club, Dead Like Me, Hillside, My Little Pony Tales, It

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Facts

#Fact
1Her 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.
2Rides motorcycles and horses.
3Is of Scottish, Scandinavian and Iberian descent.
4Father was an amateur ping pong and tennis player.
5Mother is a lettuce and honey farmer in Crescent Beach, Canada.
6Both siblings are lawyers.
7Played violin from the age of three.
8Studied collage at MoMA.
9Is a fan of Patti Smith and Marina Abramovic.
10While 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.
11Grew up in Surrey, B.C. Canada.
12Friends with Emily Perkins, whom she met at drama school in Vancouver.

Pictures

Movies

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Cycles2016/IVShort
Whole Day Down2015TV SeriesEster
Preggoland2014Shannon
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.2014TV SeriesElloe Kaifi
The Privileged2013Julia Westwood
Officer Down2013/IIEllen Logue
An Officer and a Murderer2012TV MovieDetective Jennifer Dobson
Path of Souls2012Grace Hudson
Underworld: Endless War2011Video shortSelene (voice, uncredited)
Snowmageddon2011TV MovieBeth Miller
Final Sale2011Ally Graves
Warehouse 132010TV SeriesLauren Andrews
Merlin and the Book of Beasts2010TV MovieAvlynn
Astonishing X-Men2009TV SeriesKitty Pryde / Shadowcat (voice)
Defying Gravity2009TV SeriesZoe Barnes
Women's Murder Club2007-2008TV SeriesJill Bernhardt
Corporate Affairs2008Cassie Meyers
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2007TV SeriesDiane Kentner
Hollis & Rae2006TV MovieRae Devereauz
Stargate: Atlantis2006TV SeriesNola
Four Extraordinary Women2006TV MovieSharon
Severance2006Maggie
The Dead Zone2005-2006TV SeriesMiranda Ellis
A Friend of the Family2005TV MovieAlison Shaw
Dead Like Me2003-2004TV SeriesDaisy Adair
Jake 2.02003TV SeriesAngela Hamilton / Angela Wright
242002-2003TV SeriesMarie Warner
It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All2003Ann Clemons
A Mighty Wind2003Girl Klapper
Come Together2001Charlotte Hart
Going Greek2001Paige Forrester
The Outer Limits1997-2001TV SeriesMona Lisa 37X / Sarah Hayward
The Calling2000Kristie St. Clair
The Highwayman2000Ziggy Watson
Just the Ticket1999/IAlice / 'Cyclops'
The Manor1999Gillian Ravenscroft
Total Recall 20701999TV SeriesElana
The Faculty1998Marybeth Louise Hutchinson
Nobody Lives Forever1998TV MovieKimberly Corley
Kitchen Party1997Tammy Driscoll
Suicide Kings1997Elise Chasten
Poltergeist: The Legacy1997TV SeriesTracy Lasker
Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger1997TV MovieJan
Habitat1997Deborah Marlowe
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down1996TV MovieLucy Bines
Murder at My Door1996TV MovieValerie Sanders
Abduction of Innocence1996TV MovieLaura Rhoads
Sliders1996TV SeriesMargo Hall
Sabrina the Teenage Witch1996TV MovieFreddie
A Kidnapping in the Family1996TV MovieJosie Cooper
The Halfback of Notre Dame1996TV MovieJill Volsner
Susie Q1996TV MovieJannete
Best Wishes Mason Chadwick1995May
Ebbie1995TV MovieMartha Cratchet
The X-Files1995TV SeriesAndrea
Darkstalkers1995TV SeriesHairball
M.A.N.T.I.S.1994TV SeriesTeenage Girl
Highlander1994TV SeriesJulia Renquist
The Odyssey1994TV SeriesVampire
Fifteen1991-1993TV SeriesAshley Frasier
Stay Tuned1992Girlfriend #1
My Little Pony Tales1992TV SeriesBright Eyes / Tunefull
It1990TV Mini-SeriesLoni (uncredited)
Beany and Cecil1988TV Series

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Whole Day Down2015TV Series co-executive producer - 1 episode
Come Together2001producer

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Born Into Mafia2007special thanks
The Genesis of 'Severance'2007Video documentary short special thanks
The Making of 'Severance'2007Video documentary short special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Up Close with Carrie Keagan2007TV SeriesHerself
The Genesis of 'Severance'2007Video documentary shortHerself
The Making of 'Severance'2007Video documentary shortHerself
Dead Like Me... Again2005Video documentary shortHerself
Dead Like Me: Don't Fear the Reapers2003TV MovieHerself
Pure 242003TV Series documentaryHerself
24: Access All Areas2003TV Movie documentaryHerself
9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2003TV SpecialHerself
The Fastest Man in the World2003DocumentaryHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Poltergeist: The Legacy1997TV SeriesTracy Lasker

Awards

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2004FFCC AwardFlorida Film Critics Circle AwardsBest Ensemble CastA Mighty Wind (2003)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2004PFCS AwardPhoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest Ensemble ActingA Mighty Wind (2003)
2003ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series24 (2001)
1999Teen Choice AwardTeen Choice AwardsFilm - Most Disgusting SceneThe Faculty (1998)
1993Young Artist AwardYoung Artist AwardsBest Young Actress Starring in a Cable SeriesHillside (1990)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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