Laura Harring is a Mexican model and actress. She is known to viewers for her roles in the films Mulholland Drive and John Cue. Laura also starred in the TV series Gossip Girl, The Shield, Fraser, The Pursuit of Life and Law & Order. Special building ".
Biography and personal life
Laura was born on March 3, 1964. Her full name is Laura Elena Martinez Harring. The birthplace of the actress is the Mexican city of Los Mochis. Her mother, Maria Elena Cairo, is a psychotherapist. However, for some time she had to work as a secretary and deal with real estate. Laura's father is a builder and farmer. His name is Raymond Harring. Laura has Austrian and German roots. When the future actress was 7 years old, her parents divorced.
From her youth, Laura wanted to be a model and shine on television. In 1985 she took part in the American beauty pageant and received the title of "Miss USA". Laura Harring was married to the famous German politician Karl Eduard von Bismarck. Their union lasted only a couple of years, from 1987 to 1989. Karl then married Natalie Bariman, their marriage lasted from 2004 to 2014.
Career
Like other actors, Laura began acting in episodes of various TV series. She got small roles in the medical drama General Hospital, the melodrama Beauty and the Beast, the famous TV series Malibu Rescuers and the fantastic film Alien Nation. Also in 1987, she starred in the action-adventure movie The Alamo: Thirteen Days of Glory.
Two years later, she played Jerry in Monte Hellman's horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! Her partners on the set were Samantha Scully, Bill Moseley, Richard S. Adams, Richard Beymer, Melissa Hellman, Isabelle Cooley, Eric Da Re, Leonard Mann. Laura got her first leading role in 1990 in the Forbidden Dance melodrama. The film tells the story of an activist who decides to win a national dance competition to draw attention to her activities.
Creation
In 1995, Laura got one of the main roles in the film "Empire". She also starred Henry Darrow, Carol Mayo Jenkins, J. Downing, Robert Lishock, Stephen Langa and Marjorie Lovett. Then in 1999, along with Naomi Watts, Laura played in the detective thriller Mulholland Drive. At first, the film was conceived as a pilot episode of the series, but then its creators decided to release a full-length picture.
In 2002, the actress was cast for the role of Galina in the action movie Down the Deck with Jean-Claude Van Damme. The following year, she was invited to play a major role in the fantastic horror film Willard by Glen Morgan. The picture tells the story of a shy young man who is driven to a nervous breakdown by the ridicule of others and awakens in him a thirst to kill. In the same year, Laura played the main character in the American melodrama Crazy Love. In total, Harring has more than 60 roles in films and TV shows.
