Laura Harring
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| Laura Harring | |
 Harring at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
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| Birth name | Laura Elena Martínez Herring |
| Born | March 3, 1964 (age 42) Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Official site | http://www.lauraharring.net |
| Notable roles | Rita in Mulholland Drive |
| Spouse(s) | Count Carl-Eduard von Bismarck-Schönhausen - (1987-1989) |
Laura Harring (born Laura Elena Martínez Herring on March 3, 1964 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a Mexican American actress and former Miss USA (1985).
Harring lived the first ten years of her life in Mexico, before her family relocated to San Antonio, Texas. At age 16 she convinced her family to let her study in Switzerland at one of the top schools, Aiglon College. She eventually returned to America, settling down in El Paso, Texas and entered the world of beauty pageants. She won the title of Miss El Paso, and soon after, Miss Texas USA. In 1985 she became the first Hispanic to ever win the Miss USA crown.
She spent the next year traveling through Asia, exploring Europe and working as a social worker in India. It was in Europe that she was introduced to the world of nobility and, in 1987, she married Count Carl-Eduard von Bismarck-Schönhausen. While she retains the title of Countess von Bismark-Schönhausen, the couple decided to divorce in 1989, but still remain friends to this day.
Harring studied theatre at the London Academy of Performing Arts and is skilled in the French style of Commedia dell'arte, as well as in most of the Latin dances, including the Argentine Tango.
She is best known for her performance in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001), opposite Naomi Watts. Controversy arose when Lynch blurred one of Harring's nude scenes on the DVD release of the film, the only film in which she has appeared nude – one of very few instances of cinematic nudity by a countess.
She has also guest starred on the television series Law and Order: SVU.
In 2003 she starred in Mi Casa, Su Casa together with Barbara Eden of I Dream of Jeannie fame.
In 2004, she starred as John Travolta's spoiled wife in the movie adaption of Marvel Comics's "The Punisher", with Thomas Jane in the title role.
In 2006, she joined the cast of the FX Networks crime drama, The Shield. Her performance on the show earned her a "Jeer" from TV Guide before her first episode aired.
[edit] Films
- INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
- The King (2005)
- All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005)
- Return to Babylon (2004)
- The Punisher (2004)
- The Poet (2003)
- Mi Casa, Su Casa (2003)
- Willard (2003)
- Rabbits (2002)
- Derailed (2002)
- John Q (2002)
- Feather Pimento (2001)
- Mulholland Dr. (2001)
- Black Scorpion (series) (2001)
- Little Nicky (2000)
- A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story (TV) (2000)
- Final Payback (1999)
- California (series) (1997)
- Hoover Park (1997)
- Black Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997)
- Sunset Beach (series) (1997)
- Empire (series) (1995)
- Exit to Eden (1994)
- Rio Diablo (TV) (1993)
- Dead Women in Lingerie (1991)
- General Hospital (series) (1991)
- The Forbidden Dance (1990)
- Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989)
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (TV) (1988)
- The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (TV) (1987)
[edit] Trivia
- Laura's 1985 "sisters" titleholders are fellow actress Kelly Hu (Miss Teen USA) and Puerto Rican Deborah Carthy-Deu (Miss Universe)
- In 2005, The New York Daily News reported Herring was dating billionaire Paul Allen for six months.
| Preceded by: Mai Shanley |
Miss USA 1985 |
Succeeded by: Christy Fichtner |
| Miss Universe Organization Titleholders 1985 |
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| Miss Universe Deborah Carthy-Deu |
Miss USA Laura Martinez-Herring |
Miss Teen USA Kelly Hu |
[edit] External links
- Laura's Official Site
- Laura Harring at the Internet Movie Database
- Laura Harring at Yahoo! Movies
Categories: 1964 births | Living people | Film actors | People from El Paso, Texas | Television actors | American actors | Mexican actors | American soap opera actors | Mexican American actors | People from Los Mochis | Miss USA winners | Flautists | Silent Night, Deadly Night actors | The Shield actors
