Laura Spencer (born May 8, 1986) is an US actress. She is known for playing

Jane Bennet The Bennet (surname), Bennet family is a fictional family created by the English novelist Jane Austen, in her 1813 novel, ''Pride and Prejudice''. The family consists of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, and their five daughters: Jane, Mary, Catherine, Lydia ...

in the 2012 web series ''

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'' which is an adaptation of ''

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'', intern

Jessica Warren This is a list of fictional characters in the television series '' Bones''. The article deals with the series' main, recurring, and minor characters. The series' main characters consists of the fictional Jeffersonian Institute's forensic anthrop ...

in seasons 9 to 12 of '' Bones,'' and Emily Sweeney in seasons 7 to 10 of the CBS comedy series ''

The Big Bang Theory ''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro, all of whom also served as head writers. It premiered on CBS ...

''. She recently had a guest role on fellow Oklahoman Sterlin Harjo's FX on Hulu's TV series ''

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''.

Early life

Spencer was born on May 8, 1986, in

Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, a ...

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

, and grew up in

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where she attended Santa Fe High School, graduating in 2004. She went on to the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...

, and earned a

Bachelor of Fine Arts A Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a standard undergraduate degree for students for pursuing a professional education in the visual, fine or performing arts. It is also called Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) in some cases. Background The Bachelor ...

degree in 2008.

Career

Spencer played Jane Bennet in the web series ''

''. She had a main role as Emily Sweeney,

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's girlfriend on ''

'', which began in that show's seventh season, in the March 6, 2014, episode "

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". That same year, she had begun a formerly recurring role as

on '' Bones.''

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spencer, Laura Living people 21st-century American actresses American television actresses American film actresses 1986 births Actresses from Oklahoma City