Laura Allen Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Laura Allen: (On Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston's kiss on "Dirt".) Courteney has some steamy sex scenes. This was actually really tame.

Laura Allen: (On Jennifer Aniston quitting smoking on the set of "Dirt".) Jen was doing a total cleansing and did a lot of yoga to stop smoking. Between takes, it would have been tempting to go outside and have a cigarette. Instead, Jen was clinging to Courteney. She said how hard it was.

Laura: (about her NYPD domestic abuse counselor job) It's frustrating because you don't know if [the victim's] safe tonight.

Trivia

She attended Bainbridge High School.

After she 'burnt out' from her job at NYPD, she starred in a stage version of Robin Hood as Maid Marian. This was her first acting job since high school.

Laura tried out for Michelle Bauer on Guiding Light. But she got turned down. Ironically, one of her co-stars on All My Children, had previously played the role.

She starred in the theatre production of Spooky Doo, a Scooby Doo stage parody, as Daphne.

Her career as a NYPD domestic abuse counselor only lasted nine months.

In one of her movies, she attended Wellesly College. Although set in a different time era, she also attended Wellesly.

Laura went to Bainbridge High School, as did SNL cast member Chris Kattan. "Snow Falling On Cedars" author David Guterson was a teacher at the same school.

To be able to take the role on Dirt, she had to leave The 4400.

Laura is a distant relative of the late Princess Grace of Monaco.

Laura's favorite food is sushi.

Middle child of three sisters. Older sister is Jenny and younger is Lindsay.