Laura: Elle Woods would never wear hospital shoes.
Laura: People think I'm a total stuck-up blonde bitch. I always make comments like, "Oh, I'm playing the bitch again — typecasting!" I think if you've done a kind of a role enough, you become really good at it, and it's believable because the character is not only a little over the top, but it's also got a sense of realness to it because you've done it so many times. I think it would be really nice for me to be able to do something different now.
Laura: You know, a lot of people do one-woman, one-man shows. You get up and sing a lot of songs, and you take the journey down memory lane or you talk about men, a whole show about men, or you do a show where you're just doing one composer's songs. But this particular show is different in that I'm playing other people. I'm playing well-known celebrities. I'm [also] playing my mother. I'm playing Britney Spears. I'm playing Judy Garland. All of these different characters kind of tell the story of my life and how I came from Kentucky as a five-year-old girl and came to New York and got a five-year modeling contract with Ford Modeling Agency and how that put me into other things — how I got to where I am now. It's a comic look at my dysfunctional life seen through other people's eyes.
Laura: Hairspray was a show I was involved in from the very first reading, and I was 19. And, Hairspray, was one of my favorite movies growing up. I used to watch the video while I was eating my lunch. You have those favorite movies that you watch over and over again and you have that really big Blockbuster bill because of it. Well, Hairspray was that [movie] for me, and my mom would let me rent it and watch it, which was very nice and strange of her.
Laura: I’ve been on this search my whole life to find what’s true to me. It’s led me to this conclusion that all faiths, no matter what they are, are based on the concept of love. It is the most sacred thing and the easiest thing.
Laura: Everything happens in it’s own time, so I’m not too anxious.
Laura: I would love to do The Real World, but I’m not controversial enough.
Laura: It’s difficult working from New York when you really need to be in Nashville.
Laura: It was a really good experience to be around people who weren’t actors, no offense to actors.
Laura: I have faith that God will put me wherever I need to be.
Laura: It's fun to play the bitch.
Laura: When you do theatre, the audience is right there, so you're getting that immediate response.
Laura: The show [Hairspray] has a great message, incredible music and leaves people really happy.
Laura: It was crazy. I couldn't even get into my dressing room, there were so many flowers and gifts everywhere. I had to get dressed somewhere else. It was insane.
Laura appears on the cover of the 'Continental' Magazine May issue.
Laura is nominated for the Tony in the best actress category for her performance as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde.
Laura attended The Lexington School in Lexington, Kentucky.
She was the childhood sweetheart of Macaulay Culkin.
Joe's Pub, where Laura did her Shameless! performance, is located on Lafayette Street in downtown Manhattan.
Britney Spears and Natalie Portman were understudies for Laura's role of Tina in Ruthless! The Musical.
Laura's premiere show gift for Hairspray was a Hairspray robe with her name on it.
Laura played Courtney in Life with Mikey.
Laura won the 1993 Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
Laura was supposed to take over the role of Galinda in Wicked after Krstin Chenoweth left, but there were some non-agreeable terms, so she had to pass.
Laura did a one woman show called Shameless! on October 4, 2004.
Laura recorded a duet with Kerry Butler called Any Day.
Laura hosted the May 16 Monday Nights, New Voices concert at the Duplex Cabaret Theater with another Hairspray star, Kerry Butler.
Laura played Dainty June in an Off-Broadway production of Gypsy.
Laura has been host on the E!'s classic hits; For Your Entertainment and Wild on E!
Laura played Amber in Hairspray on Broadway.
Laura starred at the Radio City Music Hall's Christman Spectacular two times.
Laura was most recently in Rock of Ages in Los Angeles where she played the part of Sherrie.
Laura is currently in New York working on the new musical Legally Blonde.
Laura played Young Sarah Whittle in the movie Jumanji.
Laura's song I Believe in The Mystery was nominated for a Emmy Award for Best original song.
Laura is an actress and singer with many stage credits.
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