Laura graduated from the NC School of the Arts for the performing arts High School and college. At her hometown high school, she was President of her class and Vice President of her school. Opinionated and outspoken, she was always involved in social and humanitarian issues ranging from Greenpeace to human rights issues and equality.After graduation from NCSA, Laura, whose father and mother own a tire service shop in her hometown, moved to New York and found work in a number of off-Broadway productions. A big break came in 1996, when she won the leading role of Amanda Cory on Another World (1964) She left the show in 1998 and a year later she was a cast member in a revival of _Death of a Salesman (2000) (TV), starring Brian Dennehy, which enjoyed a healthy Broadway run and a historical filming of the play for Showtime. Laura moved to Los Angeles in the following year.She resides in NYC.