Laura Marano

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Laura Marano
Born	November 29, 1995 (age 16)
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	2003–present
Relatives	Vanessa Marano (sister)

Laura Marano (born November 29, 1995)^[1] is an American teen actress and singer. She has appeared in Without a Trace and Back to You, in both instances playing the daughter of the main characters. She currently stars in the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally. Her older sister Vanessa Marano is also an actress.^[2]

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

Life and career

Laura Marano's first acting role was when she was five years old. Since then, she worked for a lot of productions at the Stage Door Theater. She appeared in numerous commercials and has small roles on Ghost Whisperer, Medical Investigation, Huff and Joan of Arcadia. Her bigger roles in television have been in Without a Trace and other shows. She has also been heard in the animated movies Finding Nemo and Ice Age: The Meltdown. She played child role of Keira Knightley's character in the film The Jacket, and had a small flashback role in the film Superbad.
She was a regular cast member on the FOX game show, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and played the role of Gracie Carr on FOX's sitcom Back to You.
Marano has since appeared in several episodes of The Sarah Silverman Program. Initially she was cast in the pilot episode, "Batteries", as the child version of Sarah Silverman, and the writers liked her so much they brought her back for a larger role as a girl Sarah coaches to win a beauty pageant ("Not Without My Daughter"). On the DVD commentary track, co-star Brian Posehn notes that Marano knew everyone else's lines better than they did. She has also appeared in Dexter as the child version of Debra Morgan. She has also played the child version of a character played by Diana Scarwid, Alice Shaw, sister of Angela Petrelli, on Heroes. She currently plays "Ally Dawson" on the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally.^[3][4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Jacket	Young Jackie
2006	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Additional Voices
2007	Goldfish	Suzy	Short film
2007	Superbad	Young Becca

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003-2004	Without a Trace	Kate Malone	7 episodes
2004	Joan of Arcadia	Emily	Episode: "Night without Stars"
2005	Medical Investigation	Brooke Beck	Episode: "Tribe"
2005	The X's	Scout (voice)	TV series
2006	Ghost Whisperer	Audrey	Episode: "Friendly Neighborhood Ghost"
2006	Without a Trace	Kate Malone	Episode: "Shattered"
2006	Huff	Amelia	Episode: "Black Shadows"
2006	Dexter	Young Debra	Episode: "Let's Give the Boy a Hand" Episode: "Father Knows Best"
2007	"Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader"	Herself	1 season
2007-2008	Back to You	Gracie Carr	5 episodes
2007-2008	The Sarah Silverman Program	Young Sarah Silverman	5 episodes
2008	Gary Unmarried	Louise Brooks	Episode: "Pilot"
2008	Ni Hao, Kai-Lan	Mei Mei
2009	Heroes	Young Alice Shaw	Episode: "1961"
2009	Little Monk	Cousin Lauren	Episode: "Little Monk and the Monk Cousin"
2010	Telepathic	Marsha	TV movie
2010	True Jackson, VP	Molly	Episode: "Little Buddies"
2010	The Sarah Silverman Program	Young Sarah Silverman	Episode: "A Slip Slope"
2010	FlashForward	Young Tracy	Episode: "Blowback"
2010	Childrens Hospital	Haley	Episode: "Give a Painted Brother a Break" Episode: "Frankfurthers. Allman Brothers. Death, Frankfurters"
2011–present	Austin & Ally	Ally Dawson	TV series; Lead role