Laurie, who has dual citizenship of the United States and Canada, studied for a year at the McGill University, and then went to UCLA to do a BA in Theater Arts. After graduating with honors, he received the prestigious “Natalie Wood Award for Interpretation“for Best Actress. She then moved to London to study the classics at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Back in the United States, she began working in theater where she was discovered by the director Frank Darabont, who gave him the title role in the drama “The Majestic“(2001).
In the following years she could be seen in the films “The Fantastic Four“(2005),”The mist“(2006),”The Mist“(2007) and”Meet Market“(2008), among others.
Laurie is well known for her role as Marita covarrubias in the television series “The X Files“. It was also Mary travis in the series “The Magnificent Seven” and the Agent Olivia Murray on “The shield: Outside the law“He currently plays the character of Andrea on “The walking dead“, series based on the famous comic of the same name.
The actress is a great activist for human rights, and is doing a master’s degree in this specialty in the Columbia university. She is single and lives in the city of Los Angeles.