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Laura Allen stars in "Terriers" on FX as Katie Nichols.

Actress Laura Allen got her start on the big screen in "Mona Lisa Smile" alongside Julia Roberts and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Most recently she was featured in Disney Pictures "Old Dogs" and in the independent film "Cherry" which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival spring 2010. She has also starred in independent movies "From Within," "Hysteria," and "How You Look to Me" with Frank Langella. Past television credits include the critically acclaimed
Laura Allen in "Terriers"
Laura Allen Terriers
Courteney Cox series "Dirt" as Julia Mallory. She was also the female lead in the Spike Lee directed film "Sucker Free City" for Showtime and the Emmy nominated USA Network original series "The 4400" as Lily Tyler.

A graduate of Wellesley College, Allen focused her social science studies in Criminology. Upon graduation she worked with the NYPD as a domestic violence counselor before pursuing acting. She soon got involved with the downtown theater scene volunteering at New York's prominent off-Broadway theater MCC. Shortly thereafter, she landed her first acting role in a pilot for FOX, Darren Star's "The $treet," and later was chosen for the role of Laura Kirk English on the daytime drama, "All My Children."

A native of the Pacific Northwest, Allen grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, outside of Seattle. Along with her father and two sisters, she performed throughout her childhood in community theater productions and summer stock, and continued her pursuit of live theater in college, her studies abroad in London and at Shakespeare & Company in the Berkshires.

Now a resident of Venice, California with her son and husband, Allen continues to study with Larry Moss and Sharon Chatten.



LAURA ALLEN: FACTS

How tall is Laura Allen? How old is Laura Allen? Where does Laura Allen live? Find out here.

Age: 38 years old
Birthday: March 21, 1974
Height: 5' 7"
Birthplace: Portland, OR
Hometown: Bainbridge Island, WA
Current Residence: Venice, CA
Husband: Bruce Weyman (9/23/2006, 1 child)





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LAURA ALLEN: TWITTER
May 26, 2012
@ThePunyGod Whats up? x
less than an hour ago
Every time I get some #LauraAllen in my life it's taken away 13 eps later. RIP Awake. I somehow blame Dan Harmon.
7 hours ago
Is Laura Allen nude hot or what?
11 hours ago
@mollylambert is #LauraAllen the new Ted McGinley? First Terriers (the better of the 2) then Awake? Does she have a new show to cancel yet?
20 hours ago
 
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