Laura Marano

Laura Marie Marano (born November 29, 1995) is an American teen actress. She has appeared in Without a Trace and Back to You, in both instances playing the daughter of the lead characters. She is Vanessa Marano's younger sister and is currently 16 years old. She currently stars as Ally on the Disney Channel's Original Series Austin & Ally.

Early life and career
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 stars and is most known for her role in          the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally.

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Trivia

 * Sh e is a Sagittarius.
 * She has a sister named Vanessa Marano who stars as Bay in the ABC Family Original Series, Switched at Birth.CFDSFDSF.jpg
 * She had a pretty wild imagination when she was a kid:
 * She had seven baby dolls, they were all her "children".
 * She could talk to animals.
 * Her "husband" just died and she was looking for another love interest.
 * When she was little she was really into Broadway shows.
 * She loves animals.
 * When she turned 11 she got really into classic rock 'n' roll.
 * Her most common nick-name is "Laurific".
 * She would love to sing a song with Jason Mraz, according to an interview with Disney Channel UK.Velvet.jpg
 * She really likes the bands, Queen, Journey, and Gun N' Roses.
 * When she's not working she likes to wear her hair down or in a ponytail.
 * She has a dog named Velvet.
 * She started acting at age 5.
 * Her favorite color is red.
 * She has a crush on Harry Potter ,not Daniel Radcliffe (although she loves Daniel Radcliffe) but she has a crush on the actual crush on Harry Potter.
 * She loves playing soccer and watching it.
 * She loves to bake
 * She tap-dances.
 * When she's bored she looks up videos of puppies, because she thinks they're really cute.
 * She loves eating "Go-Gurt"
 * She has a really cool and stylish flip cell-phone which she adores and wouldn't even think of getting rid of.
 * She said she is not that good of a soccer player but still loves it.
 * When an interviewer asked her why Austin & Ally is a must-watch she replied, "Why does somebody have to watch "Austin and Ally"??? Well my answer would definitely be "Why Not"??? I mean, the show's really amazing and for the first time in my eleven years of acting, I've actually had fun while recording."
 * She has been writing songs since she was 4.
 * She is the second youngest of all the main cast.
 * She and Ross Lynch are now Ambassadors for Friends for Change.
 * When talking about her role on Austin & Ally she said, "Ally and I could have practically been the same person. She's a song-writer just like me and is a goody two-shoes just like me. But since I'm an actress, it may be a little hard for me to have stage-fright like Ally".
 * She loves watching horror movies.
 * She is an A-Grade student. In fact she once stated, "People say I'm a nerd. Well, I am and I'm proud of it. I care a lot about my grades. It's sort of an obsession".
 * She once said she is the biggest fan of Natalie Portman alive.
 * She is a very romantic girl cuz she loves romance.

Gallery
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