Laura Marano started acting in the theatre when she was five years old.
She has done numerous plays at the Agoura Children's Theatre, and
continued her acting in many national commercials.
She stared on the Disney show,
Austin & Ally (2011), where she
is playing the title character, "Ally Dawson".
She guest-starred in television shows such as
Heroes (2006),
Childrens Hospital (2008),
Flashforward (2009),
True Jackson, VP (2008),
Ghost Whisperer - Stimmen aus dem Jenseits (2005),
Little Monk (2009),
Medical Investigation (2004),
Huff - Reif für die Couch (2004) and
Die himmlische Joan (2003).
Her first film, produced by
George Clooney and
Steven Soderbergh, was called
The Jacket (2005). She starred with
Oscar-winning actor, Adrien Brody. She has
worked on Judd Apatow's film,
Superbad (2007) and starred in the short
film, Goldfish (2007).
Laura has done many voice-over jobs including the commercially
successful animated films,
Findet Nemo (2003) and
Ice Age 2 - Jetzt taut's (2006).
She has recurring roles on the Nickelodeon shows,
Familie X - In geheimer Mission (2005) and
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan (2007).
Also, she has had recurring roles on the hit television shows
Without a Trace - Spurlos verschwunden (2002),
playing "Kate", the daughter of Emmy Award-winning actor,
Anthony LaPaglia, Showtime's
Dexter (2006) and on Comedy Central's
critically acclaimed,
Das Sarah Silverman Programm (2007).
Laura did enjoy that her classmates at school could actually see her on
the hit show,
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (2007).
She was a series regular during her 5th grade year in elementary
school. She worked as a series regular on
Back to You (2007), with
Kelsey Grammer and
Patricia Heaton, playing their daughter.
Laura enjoys school, soccer, piano, hip-hop, tap dancing and singing.
She loves to write songs and has written over a hundred songs. She has
an older sister, Vanessa Marano, and a
dog named "Velvet". Her favorite thing to do is to read books and
plays. She just finished
William Shakespeare's, "King
Lear", and loves the "Harry Potter" series. She loves to travel and has
been to Europe three times. Laura lives with her parents and her sister
in the Los Angeles area and attends a private school. Laura Marano is best friends with Ross Lynch; they keep in touch with each other regularly as best friends do.
