Lissa Lauria is an American actress and recording artist born in

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Acting career

Lauria is the youngest of four siblings. She began acting at a young age appearing in local, regional and national commercials as well on the children's show ''

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'', ''

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'' and the 2003 film '' The Kiss''. When Lauria was fifteen, she and her family moved to the West Coast where she landed a role in the 2009 rock musical, ''All Ages Night'' and a role in the pilot, ''How To Survive High School''. Lauria appeared in a segment of the TV series ''Style 101: Teen Edition'', about

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and its use during the Academy Awards. Soon after, she appeared in the TV series ''

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'' and '' Weeds'', That same year she was a co-writer on ''Planet Rock: An 80's Musical'', which was produced by Randy Jackson, Joe Simpson, Barney Cohen and Delora OBrien. Lauria is the lead in the upcoming comedy film ''Spare Change'' which is available on Amazon as well as Google Play and iTunes. Lauria was a lead in the 2019 film, "Wally Got Wasted" which is an unofficial remake of "Weekend at Bernies." It is now available on Amazon Prime.

Music career

Lauria and the Stained Pink band were invited to open for the

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with four original songs. Lauria has had two of her original songs added to the teen film, '' Minor Details''. Soon after, her song "Famous", written with

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, was added to the soundtrack of pro-wrestling documentary ''

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''. In Denmark, Lauria and the making of "Famous" were the focuses of a Danish reality show about making it in Hollywood. Music producer and Musical Director for the Black Eyed Peas,

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has produced music with her under his "Beets and Produce" imprint. As of 2018, Lauria is now 1/2 of the singing/songwriting/production Pop/Rock/Americana duo, Fox & Lauria with musical prodigy, Isaac Fox. They appeared at CMAfest 2018 & 2019 in Nashville.

Music videos

*"Famous" (2011) *"Girlfriend" (2012) *"Boys and Girls" (2013) *"One Day" (2014)

Filmography

*''

'' (2002) *''

'' (2002) *'' The Kiss'' (2003) *'' Minor Details'' (2009) *''All Ages Night'' (2009) *'' Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre'' (2009) *''How To Survive High School'' (2010) *''Style 101: Teen Edition'' (2010) *''

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'' (2011) *''

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'' (2011) *''

'' (2012) *''Spare Change'' (2014) *''Wally Got Wasted'' (2019)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lauria, Lissa American television actresses Living people 21st-century American actresses American film actresses American child actresses Actresses from New York City American women singers Singers from New York City Year of birth missing (living people)