A native Angelino Laura started out as the bass guitarist in the performance rock band Spork (which toured with Marilyn Manson). After performing in several productions at The Odyssey Theater Ensemble in Los Angeles, she branched out and founded the Lost Angels Theatre Company. The LATC production of Tracey Letts' "Killer Joe" garnered several awards and won Laura an ensemble Ovation award for her performance. Her first screen credit was in Joss Whedon's Firefly, and since then she has been steadily working in both TV and film, and has been seen in such films as Jobs, Trust and Chastity Bites. She is also a part of the sketch comedy group Showfriends.