Laura Harring Highlights

  • 2007: Cast in the big-screen adaptation of "Nancy Drew"
  • 2007: Had a supporting role in Gabriel Garcia Márquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera"
  • 2006: Co-starred with Gael García Bernal in "The King," a low-budget American film by the British documentary-maker James Marsh
  • 2004: Played John Travolta's wife in "The Punisher"
  • 2003: Cast as Cathryn in the thriller "Willard"
  • 2002: Appeared in the feature "John Q"
  • 2001: Starred as a mysterious amnesiac in David Lynch's halucinatory "Mulholland Dr." (originally shot as a 1999 pilot for a potential ABC series; when the network passed, Lynch received funding to turn material into a feature film)
  • 2001: Made guest appearance on the Sci-Fi series "Black Scorpion"
  • 2000: Appeared in "Little Nicky"
  • 2000: Cast as Marisleysis Gonzalez in the Fox docudrama "The Elian Gonzalez Story"
  • 1997: Portrayed policewoman Paula Stevens on the NBC daytime drama "Sunset Beach"
  • 1996: Appeared in the film "Black Scorpion II: Aftershock"; aired on Showtime
  • 1994: Had featured role in "Exit to Eden"
  • 1990: Appeared as Carla Greco on the ABC daytime serial "General Hospital"
  • 1990: Had lead role as a Brazilian woman who introduces the Lambada to the USA in "The Forbidden Dance"
  • 1989: Feature film debut in "Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!"
  • 1987: TV-movie debut in "The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory" (NBC)
  • 1985: Won the title of Miss USA, becoming first (and to date only) Latina to hold that honor
  • 1982: Stranded in the Philippines for eight months when the owner of the restaurant at which she was working as a cashier confiscated her passport because he was infatuated with her
  • 1976: Was the victim of a drive-by shooting at age 12 while living in San Antonio, Texas; suffered wound to the head
  • At age 11, moved with family from Mexico to Texas
  • Returned to USA and lived in El Paso, Texas; entered local beauty pageant in 1984
  • Born and raised in Mexico