Laura Marano

Laura Marie Marano ( born November 29, 1995 Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. She is the younger sister of Vanessa Marano, who is also active as an actress. Sporadic Laura Marano is also active as a voice actress. Since 2011 she plays the lead role in the Disney sitcom Austin & Ally.

Life and career

Born in Los Angeles in the State of California in 1995, Marano started her career as an actress at the age of five, when her three older sister Vanessa also previously worked at the beginning of her acting career. Initially along with her sister, she starred in various plays at the Agoura Children's Theatre in Agoura Hills, which is led by, among others, her mother Ellen Marano, who was once even worked as an actress. Through local engagements have finally found their way into television, where she still came in various commercials at the beginning of their careers to use before she was offered her first film or television role. This was finally in a recurring role in the television series Without a Trace - disappeared without a trace, where she along with her sister (played by Anthony LaPaglia ), the daughters of the main character Special Agent John "Jack" Michael Malone mimed. In this role, she was seen until 2006 in eight different episodes. Furthermore, they came this year too at an engagement in the award-winning movie Finding Nemo, where she contributed a number of additional votes.

In the years that followed for the young Californian predominantly appearances in television series, although it was occasionally booked for film productions. She was among other things in 2004 in an episode of Joan of Arcadia and see in the following year in an episode of Medical Investigation and was also received in 2005 the cast of The Jacket, where she made ​​her film debut and the young Jackie Price ( played by Keira Knightley ) showed. In addition, they also took over a synchronous role in the short-lived animated series Family X - On a secret mission.

In 2006, some more series appearances followed in Ghost Whisperer - Ghost Whisperer (1 episode ) Huff - Ripe for the couch (1 episode ), a recurring role in Dexter (2 episodes), as well as a commitment to Ice Age 2: The Meltdown where she was responsible for additional voices again. In addition, Laura Marano can look back on a very successful 2007, in which it was used, among other things, in the short film Goldfish and in the movie Superbad and in addition it was still active in various television series. They took Herself on the U.S. game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? part that knows that in Germany under the name but every child! was produced. Marano took it to the entire first season in part (11 episodes). Furthermore, she made it in 2007 in the cast of the television series Back to You, and The Sarah Silverman Program .. While she was deposed in Back to You after five series appearances and replaced by Lily Jackson that her role as Gracie Carr in a further four episodes held, she had her role as a younger version of Sarah Silverman also held in 2010, where she performed up to this point in appearance in six episodes. Although she had in Back to You bad luck already and was replaced by another actress, it happened that in the following year at Gary Unmarried. There they should initially take on the role of Louise Brooks, but was thrown after the turn of the pilot episode from the team and replaced by younger Kathryn Newton, who henceforth took over their role.

In the years that she could - with the exception of eleven episodes of Ni Hao, Kai -lan in 2008 - not really connect to their previous successes and was only sporadically to guest appearances on internationally well-known television series. So they could in the years 2009 and 2010 appearances in the series Heroes (1 episode ) Little Monk ( 1 episode), True Jackson ( 2 episodes), FlashForward (1 episode ) Childrens Hospital (2 episodes) and in the TV movie Telepathetic look back. After they had entered appearance already in charge of Nickelodeon and there was able to convince her roles and commitments, she was brought to the occupation of the Disney series Austin & Ally, which had 2011 premiere in December, where they occupied the main role of Ally.

Your German voice in the television series Heroes was Lydia Morgenstern, who had already taken the voice of Vanessa Marano in various productions among others.

Filmography

Movies

• 2005: The Jacket
• 2007: Goldfish
• 2007: Superbad
• 2010: Telepathetic

TV series

• 2003-2006: Without a Trace - Vanishing ( Without a Trace ) ( 8 episodes)
• 2004: Joan of Arcadia ( Joan of Arcadia ) (1 episode )
• 2005: Medical Investigation (1 episode)
• 2006: Ghost Whisperer - Ghost Whisperer ( Ghost Whisperer ) (1 episode )
• 2006: Huff - Ripe for the couch ( Huff ) (1 episode )
• 2006: Dexter (2 episodes)
• 2007: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (11 episodes) (as herself )
• 2007-2008: Back to You (5 episodes )
• 2007-2010: The Sarah Silverman Program. (6 episodes )
• 2008: Gary Unmarried (pilot episode)
• 2009: Heroes ( 1 episode)
• 2009: Little Monk ( 1 episode)
• 2010: True Jackson (True Jackson, VP) (2 episodes)
• 2010: FlashForward (1 episode)
• 2010: Childrens Hospital (2 episodes)
• 2012: Jessie (guest appearance, crossover with Austin & Ally )
• Since 2011: Austin & Ally ( starring )

Synchronous roles

• 2003: Finding Nemo ( Finding Nemo ) ( Additional Voices )
• 2005: Family X - Secret Mission ( The X 's) (? Episodes)
• 2006: Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (Ice Age 2: The Meltdown ) ( Additional Voices )