About Laura

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Laura E. H. Thompson was born in Houston, TX. She moved to NYC after school and earned a degree New York University where she graduated Magna Cum Laude in Philosophy and French. Laura grew up dancing and during her time in NY auditioned she joined several shows including the Radio City Rockettes for 6 seasons, as well as taking a year off to play Cassandra in the National Tour of CATS the musical. Laura has performed all over North America, from Boston and New York, down to Texas, and all the way across to Seattle. She married her best friend in 2016 and in 2020 they moved to Toronto. During the pandemic Laura took many online classes including 4 courses in Linguistics at Canada Institute of Linguistics, Improv & Acting courses at The Second City, and three workshops in Coding with SheCodes. She plans on completing all SheCodes workshops and starting a career using her new skills.