Laura Harris is a

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actress.

Early life

Harris is the daughter of schoolteachers. She began acting in radio dramas and animation series when she was five years old. As a child Harris was educated at Crofton House School and attended college through UC correspondence. After working nearly 14 years in television, she broke into

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acting as a teenager.

Career

Harris is known for her roles as

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Daisy Adair in the cable series ''

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'' and as Marie Warner in the spy drama '' 24''. Her film career dates back to 1990 when she appeared in an adaptation of Stephen King's '' It'' as Loni. She appeared as Marybeth Louise Hutchinson in ''

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'' in 1998. In 2006, Laura Harris starred as Maggie in a British-German horror film called ''

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'', directed by Christopher Smith, and written by Smith and James Moran. In the summer of 2009, she co-starred in the internationally co-produced science fiction series '' Defying Gravity'' as Zoe Barnes. She has also done voice-overs in animated TV shows including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.'' and ''

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''. She is sometimes credited as Elizabeth Harris and Laura E. Harris.

Filmography

References

External links

*
Bio at angelfire.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Laura Canadian child actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses Living people 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses 1976 births