Lara Shah was born in New Jersey. Her family moved to Florida when she was four years old, where she made her acting debut as the mother kitten in her preschool production of "The Three Little Kittens." She moved back to New Jersey after a year and went on to perform in school plays throughout middle and high school.Stemming from her love of entertainment, she was a television anchor in high school, a radio host at Boston University, and went on to intern in at MTV Networks in New York City. After school, she went back to NYC to work at Warner Bros. In 2011, she traveled to Wilmington, NC to play a Detective on "One Tree Hill." The experience convinced her to pursue her passion.Lara now works as a film, television, and commercial actress out of Los Angeles, CA.