LAURA M BUTLER - AEA, - SAG-AFTRA

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FILM

Inside Llewyn Davis (w/Oscar Isaac)

Day Player

d. Joel & Ethan Coen

Reclaim Anna

Lead

Film Society of Lincoln Center

HairBrained (w/Brendan Fraser)

Supporting

d. Billy Kent

Family on Board (w/Eric Roberts)*

Supporting

d. George Pogotsia

Devoured

Lead

Rollin Studios | d. Alexi Wang

Mr. Dust

Lead

Giraldi Media | d. MinJin Shin

Finding Home

Lead

Aardvark Alley Productions

Until the End of the World

Lead

Seven Oaks Productions

Motion Picture Martyr

Supporting

d. Jacob Cohen

Novelties

Supporting

Soft Blanket Productions

Carousel - A Reading**

Supporting

Sundance Film Festival

AWARDS

*OFFICIAL SELECTION BAFF 2014

**SUNDANCE FF 2017

*OFFICIAL SELECTION NYCIFF 2015

*OFFICIAL SELECTION CANNES 2015

TELEVISION

Digital Media PSA

Lead

MTV | d. Joel Schumacher

Boardwalk Empire (w/Steve Buscemi)

Day Player

HBO | d. Tim Van Patten

COMMERCIAL - Conflicts available upon request

THEATRE

Evening of Excerpts

Guitar Player

Public Theater | Victor Maog

Marion Bridge

Theresa

Director's Co | Laila Robins

Mr. Toole*

Lisette

New York Theatre Workshop

The Glass Menagerie

Laura

Dorset Theatre | John Morrison

The Brothers Grimm

Madeline

Cleveland Playhouse

One Shot, One Kill

Nicole

29th St Rep | Leo Farley

Text#Love-Love#Text**

Ally

Voyage Theater Co | Jen Hertel

Orangutan & Lulu

Lulu

Barrow Group | Amanda Junco

AWARDS

*BEST PLAY ESTROGENIUS FEST 2014

**BEST LEAD ACTRESS NOMINEE

*BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINEE

**INNOVATIVE THT AWARDS 2016

*MIDTOWN INT THT FEST 2016

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

The Ohio State University

Cum Laude

BA - Theatre, Music, Dance

University College London

ACTING

Shakespeare

Laila Robins | Bill Metzo

Film

Erica Jensen | Pam Scott |

Tim Phillips | Janet Murphy Butler

Meisner Technique

Bruce Hermann

Advanced Scene Study

Maureen Ryan | Bruce Hermann

MOVEMENT

Jazz

Patti D'Beck | Vincent DiMonda

Modern

Maurice Hines

Ballet

Alvin Ailey | Meredith Monk

Mime

Marcel Marceau | Jeanine Thompson

| School for Mime Theatre

Suzuki & Viewpoints

SITI Company | Jeanine Thompson

Alexander Technique

William Conable

VOICE

Fitzmaurice

Beth McGuire

Singing

Carolyn Redman | Mandy Fox

Dialects

Maureen Ryan

Linklater

Mandy Fox

WORKSHOPS | RESIDENCIES

Anne Bogart & SITI

The Wooster Group

Richard Maxwell & NYC Players

Meredith Monk

Royal Shakespeare Company

Actors from the London Stage

The New Globe

Theatre de Complicite

Improbable Theatre

Trestle Theatre

Benjamin Zephaniah

Marcel Marceau

Steppenwolf Theatre

School for Mime Theatre

Laura Butler is an award-winning actress, singer, singer-songwriter, internationally touring musician, best-selling author, & filmmaker based in NYC. She’s best known for her Oscar-qualifying film Family on Board, which screened at Cannes. She’s been nominated for Best Actress at Innovative Theatre Awards for Text#Love-Love#Text, as well as Outstanding Supporting Actress at MITF for Mr. Toole. She speaks 5 languages, teaches yoga & meditation, bakes, & has synesthesia (sees colors when she hears music).

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 120 lbs

Marathon Runner, Poetry, Wiggle Ears & Nose, Yoga Instructor, Basketball, Combat - Stage, Cycling, Equestrian - General, Frisbee, Gymnastics, Ice Hockey, Ice Skating, Kick Boxing, Motorcycle Riding - General, Ping Pong, Roller Skating, Rollerblading, Running - General, Running - Long Distance, Running - Sprint, Sky Diving, Softball, Surfing, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - backstroke, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - butterfly, Swimming - diving, Swimming - freestyle, Track & Field, Water Skiing, Yoga, Dancer, Guitar, Host, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Mime, Piano, Singer, Vocal Range: Soprano, Vocal Style: Belt, Vocal Style: Legit, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent, French Accent, German Accent, Irish Accent, Italian Accent, Russian Accent, Spanish Accent, Fluent French, Fluent Italian, Fluent Spanish