Ever since astounding audiences and critics alike with her breakthrough performance in David Lynch's award winning "Mulholland Drive" for which she received an Alma Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, Laura Harring has been one of Hollywood's hottest rising stars.

The International Herald Tribune compared Harring to Ava Gardner. Respected film critic, Roger Ebert likened her to Rita Hayworth.

Born in a small town in Mexico, Laura or "Laurita" as her family called her, grew up an extremely shy as well as a reclusive fragile young girl. Laura's mother however found an alternative medical doctor that helped transform her life forever. Laura who was taking medicine at the time, abandoned them ambitiously to start dancing and imagine herself as an actress. On her journey to newfound health, she jumped in feet first, to an play an angel in the Christmas play "The Nativity Story".
 
In her teens Laura went abroad to study at the prestigious boarding school, Aiglon College in Switzerland. It was here that Laura met the brother of her future husband of 2 years, before having an amicable separation to pursue her dream of becoming a versatile actor. After graduation, pursuing her passion to travel, Laura took on the task of becoming a social worker in India, where she performed manual labor work, including building schools, planting trees and carrying heavy rocks to fix the extreme soil erosion problem, that hit the foothills of the Himalayas in the mid eighties.

After "Mulholland Drive" Laura starred opposite John Travolta in Marvel Comic's action film, "The Punisher". She played Livia Saint, a dark, wicked, deadly strong head of the mafia wife.

Summer 2007, Laura played the mystery in the  Warner Brothers feature "Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills" starring alongside Emma Roberts for director Andrew Fleming and producer Jerry Weintraub. Her role Dehlia Dreycott, a famous movie star of the 70's, was described as breathtaking beautiful and mysterious.

A few months later, she starred  opposite Javier Bardem in New Line's "Love in the Time of Cholera" from the award winning novel written by Nobel Prize Winner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and directed by Mike Newell. Her role Sara Noriega, described as a big woman who Florentino could have married, made Laura gain 30 pounds, which took her a year to lose.

A versatile actress who has played a great diversity of roles in her career, Harring's film credits include: "John Q" with Denzel Washington, "The King"opposite William Hurt, and "The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory," opposite the legendary Raul Julia. Laura always held her own.

Laura stole our hearts with the heartfelt and real performance of a suburban mom in the HBO feature "Walkout," directed by Edward James Olmos. It was based on the true story of the 60's injustice in the school system of East Los Angeles.

Harring was featured on Season 5 of FX's critically acclaimed hit series, "The Shield" as Becca Doyle, a defense attorney who willingly commits to pro bono cases for people she feels are redeemable. Laura played opposite Forrest Whittaker.

In his last film, David Lynch honored her femme fatale character from Mulholland Drive in "Inland Empire." Another dark and mysterious abstract film of the masterful director. Laura is the Goodwill Ambassador to the David Lunch Foundation.

Opposite Frank Langella and Elliott Gould she co-starred in "The Caller" and Laura plays "The Sophisticated Lady" a classical jazz singer, which won last year's Tribeca Film Festival, "Made In New York Best Narrative Feature Film Award".

Always busy, Laura completed her first film in Spanish in Argentina. An experience she describes as "most relaxed, and creative atmosphere". And "Drool" a dark comedy in the vein of "Sideways" or "Little Miss Sunshine".

Laura's passions include Argentine tango and salsa dancing, world travel and Commedia Dell' Arte. She resides in Los Angeles, California.