Miracle Laurie | |
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 Laurie at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 17, 2009. | |
| Born | August 1, 1981 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Miracle Laurie (born August 1, 1981) is an American actress, best known for portraying Mellie on the Joss Whedon drama Dollhouse . [1]
Laurie started towards a professional acting career at Orange Coast College, where she was part of the student-run repertory theatre. She also appeared in several faculty-directed shows at the school. Notable roles from this period include Belle Starr and other female roles in Jessie and the Bandit Queen [2] in 2000 and Ariel in William Shakespeare's The Tempest [3] in 2001.[ citation needed ]
Laurie's first credited TV role was sorority sister Veronica in "Team", a 2004 episode of Medical Investigation . In 2009, she played Elsa in the pilot episode of The Cabonauts.
That same year, Joss Whedon cast Laurie in his show Dollhouse , which depicted a secret corporation that recruits troubled young people, stores their memories in a computer, wipes their minds (turning them into "dolls"), imprints them with new personalities, and rents them to wealthy people for special assignments. Her first major dramatic role, Laurie played a supporting character named Mellie. She also dances and plays the ukulele in Uke Box Heroes, a ukulele cover band that she co-formed with her husband. [4]
Laurie and her mother, Cathy Anne, appeared as members of the audience in the October 6, 2010 episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , and participated in Ferguson's opening monologue during the cold open. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | Fannie Garretson | video |
| 2012 | Any Day Now | Monica | |
| 2012 | 100,000 Zombie Heads | Blazcaff | |
| 2013 | Scenic Route | Joanne | |
| 2014 | Lust for Love | Jenny | |
| 2014 | Any Other Friday | Cindy | Short |
| 2017 | Nobility | Alethes | |
| 2017 | Watch the Sky | Laura Neary | |
| 2018 | Insane Jane: Taco Tuesday | Jane Travers / Avenging Star | Short |
| 2019 | 2177: The San Francisco Love Hacker Crimes | Det. Lister | |
| Mesmerized | Sara Hawthorne | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Medical Investigation | Veronica | Episode: "Team" |
| 2009 | The Cabonauts | Elsa | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2009–2010 | Dollhouse | November | Recurring role |
| 2011 | Goodnight Burbank | Elizabeth Chivers | Main role |
| 2012 | Singled Out | Mak | TV film |
| 2013 | Shelf Life | Nunja | Episodes: "Hero Worship", "Pristine", "Shelf of the Dead, Part 1" |
| 2014 | Corporate | Samantha Adams | TV film |
| 2015 | Scary Endings | Amber | Episode: "Yummy Meat: A Halloween Carol" |
| 2015 | Gen Zed | Christine (voice) | TV series |
| 2022 | The Afterparty | Quiet Heather | TV series, 3 episodes |
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