Laura Austin is a New York–based actor working across film, television, and theatre.

Laura is an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors Equity. Her extended study includes work at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, The Hartford Conservatory, Nikolais Louis Dance Theatre, La Mama, Second City, Terry Shreiber, Stella Adler and Howard Fine Studios and Trinity College where she earned the President’s Fellowship Award for Theatre and Dance. Austin’s performing career encompasses television and film work in Los Angeles and Off-Broadway and regional theatre work throughout the country and abroad.

She has served as a board member for numerous organizations including  Syracuse University School of Architecture, The Skaneateles Festival, The Sarah G. Austin Foundation and The Allyn Foundation. She taught as an Adjunct Professor of Acting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University and is one of the original founders of Red House Arts Center, where she also served as Artistic Director.